Comparison

Game Jolt vs VRChat

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

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About

Game Jolt

Connect with fellow gamers, artists, and creators in a vibrant social space. Discover communities, participate in challenges, showcase your talents, and even monetize your creations. Explore fan art, cosplay, music, and in-game collectibles.

Highlights
  • Gaming challenges
  • Fan communities
  • Collectible shop
  • Monetize creations
  • Anime and fan art sharing
  • Cosplay showcase
  • Music sharing
Features
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Where game studios, solo developers, cosplayers, digital artists, and musicians actually hang out. Discover games you won't find anywhere else, post your art, share your cosplay progress, or drop the track you recorded in your closet. If you make stuff, Game Jolt is your spot. Quests Go on adventures, make friends along the way and complete quests from game studios and brands you already like. Gamedev tools Manage your games on the go. Use Game Jolt's dev tools to post devlogs and build a following from your first prototype through launch day. Are you a creator? Design and sell your own digital stickers, profile frames, and post backgrounds as a Game Jolt Creator. Turn your digital art into real income, not just likes. Find real content made by real people. No bots/ai or engagement farming. Download Game Jolt, the game and creator community app. For support or account removal, we are here for you at contact@gamejolt.com. Privacy Policy: https://gamejolt.com/privacy User Agreement: https://gamejolt.com/terms Content Policy: https://gamejolt.com/help/guidelines

About

VRChat

Explore a vast virtual universe with endless possibilities, from thrilling adventures and games to social gatherings and creative expression. Connect with friends, meet new people, and even build your own worlds and avatars. Experience immersive social interaction, whether in VR or on mobile.

Highlights
  • Explore user-created worlds
  • Customize unique avatars
  • Play thousands of games
  • Connect with friends
  • Build your own virtual spaces
  • Full-body tracking support
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Welcome to VRChat — a virtual world filled with limitless possibilities. Spend your afternoon dogfighting in fighter jets, before winding down in a treehouse that exists floating in a nebula. Make a new best friend while exploring a haunted mansion, right before playing a hand of cards with a robot, alien, and eight-foot tall wolf. In VRChat, there are hundreds of thousands of worlds, millions of avatars – all created by the users. No matter what you’re into, there’s a space in VRChat for you. And if there isn’t, we’ll give you the tools to make your dream a reality. While not required to join in on the fun, VRChat was built to take advantage of VR headsets in many unique ways. That means avatars that flow with your movement, and systems that work alongside various hardware platforms to provide full-body tracking, finger tracking, and much, much more. Even if you’re jumping in on your phone or tablet, you’ll get to experience the magic of hanging out with people that feel like they’re really there – not just some character on a screen! Use the companion app to keep up with your VRChat friends, or launch into a VRChat world to meet new friends right from your iOS device! There’s something magical around every corner. Come take a look, and see what you find. MEET NEW FRIENDS In VRChat, there’s always something to do – and people to meet there. Visit a planetarium and have a chat about astronomy. Go on a virtual hike through a majestic fantasy forest. Pull up to a car meet, and talk shop with some gearheads. Attend a live music event underneath a chemical storage facility, and talk obscure genres with DJs. Your community – whatever it is – is here. GO ON AN ADVENTURE There are thousands of games to play in VRChat. Try running a kitchen in a busy restaurant, or racing go-karts in zero gravity. Fancy a battle royale? We’ve got those, too. Just probably with a wider diversity of avatars than you’ve ever seen before. It doesn’t matter what you like to play: casual card games, shooters, racing, platformers, puzzles, horror, and of course, endless party games. BUILD YOUR DREAMS Everything here was built by the community using the VRChat SDK. Combined with Unity and Udon, our in-house scripting language, we give our users as much power as possible to build whatever their imaginations can conjure up. But creation isn’t just limited to worlds. VRChat provides a level of creative freedom that is unmatched anywhere else, and nowhere is that reflected best than on the avatars of our users. In VRChat, you can be anything, and explore your identity however you’d like. Want to be an alien? A talking dog? A sentient shoe with glowing bits that react to the beat of music by changing color? I mean, sure, if that’s what you’re about. VRChat is free to download and play on compatible devices. Subscribing to VRC+ grants access to enhanced features. Learn more at https://hello.vrchat.com/vrchatplus Privacy Policy: https://hello.vrchat.com/privacy Terms of Service: https://hello.vrchat.com/legal

Screenshots

Game Jolt4 screens
VRChat4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: VRChat at none against Game Jolt's shown. VRChat also leads on chart position (#83 vs unranked). Game Jolt's advantage is review sentiment (77% vs 46%) and rating (4.8 vs 4.4). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Game Jolt sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and VRChat sells 12 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Game Jolt holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3K and 3.3K respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 77% of Game Jolt's written reviews are positive against 46% of VRChat's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Game Jolt ships an update every 11 days, VRChat weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Game Jolt versus VRChat: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGame JoltVRChat
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (3K ratings) — better4.4 (3.3K ratings)
Positive reviews76.7% of reviews — better45.7% of reviews
Number of ratings3K3.3K — better
Update frequencyEvery 11 daysWeekly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank—#83 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size44 MB1.0 GB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperGame Jolt Inc.VRChat Inc.

Customer experience

Game Jolt

All ratings3,040 ratings
Positive95.3%
Neutral1.8%
Negative2.8%
Written reviews249 reviews
Positive76.7%
Neutral9.2%
Negative14.1%

VRChat

All ratings3,321 ratings
Positive84.6%
Neutral4.7%
Negative10.7%
Written reviews788 reviews
Positive45.7%
Neutral14.8%
Negative39.5%

User reviews

Game Jolt

From 3K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Great community
  • 🎨 Awesome art and content
  • 🤗 Friendly and respectful users
  • 💡 Innovative platform for game developers
  • 🎮 Good for finding and sharing games

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Frequent crashes and glitches
  • 🕰️ Slow loading times
  • 🤖 Issues with moderation and banning
  • 🔒 Difficulty signing in and accessing accounts
  • 📥 Unable to download or play games on mobile

VRChat

From 3.3K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🔥 Fire game
  • 🎉 Excited for iOS launch
  • 🎨 Clean UI presentation
  • 🌐 Able to play on the go

Room to improve

  • 🤖 Compatibility issues with older devices
  • 🔋 Battery life concerns
  • 🤔 Confusing login process
  • 📱 Not optimized for small screens

Bugs and requests

Game Jolt

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Login issues and inability to access accounts
  • Crashes and freezes when trying to view content
  • Incompatibility with older devices or operating systems
  • Glitches with notifications and in-app features

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add ability to download and play games on mobile
  • Improve server stability and reduce crashes
  • Enhance moderation tools to better handle trolls and inappropriate content
  • Implement dark mode and other customization options
  • Allow users to recover deleted posts and accounts

VRChat

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Play button not working on iPad
  • Login issues on some accounts

Requested features

3 requests
  • Google login option
  • iPad support
  • Improved compatibility for lower-end devices

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Game Jolt

One-time4
  • 400 Joltbux$1.99
  • 1000 Joltbux$4.99
  • 2000 Joltbux$9.99
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  • 4000 Joltbux$19.99
12 purchases

VRChat

Subscriptions2
  • VRChat+ (Monthly)$9.991 Month
  • VRChat+ (Yearly)$99.991 Year
One-time10
  • 600 VRChat Credits$4.99
  • VRChat+ Gift (One month)$9.99
  • 1200 VRChat Credits$9.99
Show 7 more
  • 2400 VRChat Credits$19.99
  • 3000 VRChat Credits$24.99
  • 3600 VRChat Credits$29.99
  • 4800 VRChat Credits$39.99
  • 6000 VRChat Credits$49.99
  • 9000 VRChat Credits$74.99
  • 12000 VRChat Credits$99.99

Questions

Is Game Jolt free?
Game Jolt is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is VRChat free?
VRChat is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Game Jolt or VRChat?
Game Jolt is rated higher. Game Jolt averages 4.8 out of 5 from 3K ratings, while VRChat averages 4.4 from 3.3K ratings.
Do Game Jolt or VRChat have ads?
Game Jolt shows ads; VRChat does not.
Which is updated more often, Game Jolt or VRChat?
Game Jolt ships an update every 11 days, and VRChat weekly. Most recently, Game Jolt was updated on October 19, 2026 and VRChat on October 18, 2026.

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