Goober Dash vs LUMEN
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Goober Dash
Compete in thrilling multiplayer races against up to 31 other players. Navigate challenging courses filled with obstacles and discover hidden shortcuts to reach the finish line first. Customize your character and even create and share your own levels.
- 32-player multiplayer battles
- Hundreds of hand-crafted courses
- Dash ability for maneuvering
- Customizable characters
- Level Creator for custom courses
- Seasonal leaderboards
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Welcome to Goober Dash, an adrenaline pumping Race Royale, pitting 32 players against each other on hundreds of hand-crafted courses full of hazards to avoid and shortcuts to discover! Play as adorable, customizable characters known as Goobers and run, jump & dash your way to victory. Use your Dash ability to out-maneuver your opponents, smash through obstacles, or take down rivals in this action-packed race to the finish line! Unleash your creativity with the Level Creator, crafting and sharing your very own custom levels! The top rated, most interesting user levels are certified by the developers, and added to the main game regularly! Climb the global and country-based seasonal leaderboards to prove your dominance in this thrilling, multiplayer sprint to the finish!
LUMEN
Control gravity to navigate through challenging gaps in this neon arcade game. Experience flow by chaining gates and discover unique game modes and worlds that alter gameplay mechanics. Earn special rewards and play offline.
- Flip gravity mechanic
- Thread the gap gameplay
- 13 distinct game modes
- 20 unique worlds with rule changes
- Daily challenge mode
- Earnable signatures
- One-handed play support
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One thumb. One rule. Flip gravity and thread the gap. LUMEN is a neon arcade game about a single decision made over and over, faster and faster: fall up, or fall down. Chain the motes without clipping a gate and the world slips into slow motion — that is flow, and it is the whole reason to keep going. WHAT IS IN IT • 14 game modes. The corridor turns, mirrors, darkens, or only shows you a gate a heartbeat before it arrives. • 23 worlds. Nearly all of them change a rule, not just the colour — a tide that breathes the corridor, a world where every flip is heavier. • A daily challenge: the same course for everyone, everywhere, every day. • Signatures — what your flip, your flow and your death look like. The rarest one cannot be bought at any price; you earn it with a 70 chain. • Four languages, a colour-vision palette, reduced-motion support, and full one-handed play. HOW IT IS BUILT No banners. No interstitials. No ad ever interrupts a run. The only ads are rewarded videos you go looking for: tap the "Free shards" card in the shop, or take the offer to continue a run that has already ended. Skip every one of them and nothing in the game closes to you. No loot boxes. No countdown timers designed to make you anxious. The shop sells looks, and it also sells shields and slows if you want them — earned with shards you can play for, or buy outright if you would rather not. A set never charges you twice for a piece you already own, and the rarest signature in the game cannot be bought at any price. Plays offline. Small enough to download on a bad connection.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: LUMEN at 5.0 against Goober Dash's 4.5. LUMEN also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 6 weeks) and review sentiment (100% vs 77%). Goober Dash's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (322 vs 3). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model and device support 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
Both are free to download. Goober Dash sells 14 one-off in-app purchases and LUMEN sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
LUMEN holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Goober Dash has 322 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 77% of Goober Dash's written reviews are positive against 100% of LUMEN's.
Goober Dash ships an update every 6 weeks, LUMEN every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Goober Dash | LUMEN |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (322 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 77.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 322 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 45 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Winterpixel Games Inc | Kaan Ipek |
Customer experience
Goober Dash
LUMEN
Bugs and requests
Goober Dash
Reported bugs
4 issues- Crashes and freezes on certain devices
- Issues with screen orientation and controls on mobile
- Inconsistent qualification and scoring during races
- Matchmaking and connectivity problems
Requested features
5 requests- Add more game modes and level variety
- Improve the level editor with more tools and customization options
- Implement a ranking system or leagues for competitive play
- Allow players to change their username
- Add more customization options for player characters
LUMEN
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Goober Dash
- Gems Pack$0.99
- Goober Dash Deal 1b$0.99
- Goober Dash Deal 1c$0.99
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- Gems Pack$1.99
- Goober Dash Deal 2$1.99
- Goober Dash Deal 2b$1.99
- Goober Dash Deal 2c$1.99
- Starter Pack$2.99
- Gems Pack$4.99
- Goober Dash Deal 5c$4.99
- Goober Dash Deal 5d$4.99
- Gems Pack$14.99
- Gems Pack$29.99
- Gems Pack$49.99
LUMEN
- 1,200 Shards$1.99
- Rimefall Set$3.99
- 6,500 Shards$4.99
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- Nightfall Set$5.99
- Spectra Set$5.99
- 15,000 Shards$9.99









