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A retro-styled 2D platformer

by Terry Cavanagh

GameAction3+
Arch Linux (recommended)Standard: Git Other builds: Archipelago

Screenshots & videos

About

Help! Everyone has been teleported away randomly! As the heroic Captain Viridian, it's up to you to find your friends, bring them back to safety, and save the universe! VVVVVV is a platform game all about exploring one simple mechanical idea - what if you reversed gravity instead of jumping? The game is designed not to artificially gate your progress. In VVVVVV there are no locks, no power-ups, no switches, nothing to stop you progressing except the challenges themselves.

Additional information

Project

Developer
Terry Cavanagh
License
custom:VVVVVV Source Code License v1.0

Install

Available via
Arch Linux (3) · Void Linux · GOG · Lutris
All 6 packagings

AUR, AUR (Git · Archipelago build), AUR (Git build), Void Linux, GOG, Lutris (GOG build)

About this data

Sources
6 independent sources agree
Catalog data as of
October 12, 2026
How each source lists it (6)
SourceNameVersionBuilt byLicenseDescription
AURvvvvvv2.4.3-1—customA retro-styled 2D platformer
AUR (Git · Archipelago build)vvvvvv-archipelago-git20250412.027daa5d-2Community build, patchedcustomA retro-styled 2D platformer patched for Archipelago multiworld
AUR (Git build)vvvvvv-git20230402.c88f249f-1—customA retro-styled 2D platformer
Void LinuxVVVVVV2.4.3_1Distribution buildcustom:VVVVVV Source Code License v1.0Platformer exploring what if you reversed gravity instead of jumping? - Make and Play edition
GOGVVVVVV———
Lutris (GOG build)VVVVVV———DRM-Free GOG.com version
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