VVVVVV vs Puzzling Peaks EXE
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
VVVVVV
Experience a critically acclaimed indie platformer where you control gravity to navigate a challenging world. Avoid enemies and traps by flipping your surroundings. A retro-inspired adventure with a unique mechanic.
- Gravity flipping mechanic
- Challenging platforming
- Retro pixel art style
- Award-winning indie game
- Unique level design
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From the creator of Super Hexagon - VVVVVV, the hit 2010 indie platformer, now available on iOS! Winner of Indiecade's 2010 award for Most Fun/Compelling Game. "One of the best platformers I've ever played." - Anthony Burch, Destructoid 10/10 "This game is incredible." - Michael Rose, Indiegames.com "The very best videogames in existence leave you with a whole mess of memories that are so varied and entertaining that you can leaf through them like a photo album. VVVVVV is one of those games." - Quintin Smith, Rock Paper Shotgun
Puzzling Peaks EXE
Experience a unique blend of pinball, platforming, and golf in this physics-based puzzle adventure. Guide a spherical hero through over 100 handcrafted challenges by manipulating the environment. Enjoy a charming postmodern story with intentional and unintentional comedy.
- Pinball, platforming, and golf hybrid gameplay
- Physics-based puzzle mechanics
- Rotate platforms to launch hero
- Over 100 handcrafted challenges
- Unique postmodern storytelling
- Stunning pixel art and music
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Pinball, platforming, and golf combine in Puzzling Peaks EXE, a hilariously mind-bending physics puzzle game about a spherical hero named Knightly, a highly confident administrator named Jasmin, and a quirky, artificially intelligent guide named A.I.D.E. INNOVATIVE STORYTELLING The unique recipe for storytelling that handed us several industry accolades is refined and expanded upon to craft a memorable tale for Puzzling Peaks EXE. We use a combination of stunning pixel art, music, and unique narrative techniques to paint a charming postmodern story that will keep players intrigued and entertained until the end. 100+ HANDCRAFTED CHALLENGES This game features a distinct gameplay mechanic: our hero cannot move on his own, so you’ll have to rotate platforms and manipulate environments to launch him around a beautiful 16-bit world. You'll need logic, brainpower, quick reflexes, and unconditional trust in A.I.D.E. to pass more than a hundred highly polished levels. You’ll be surprised that it doesn’t get old. INTENTIONAL AND UNINTENTIONAL COMEDY Our testers have been enjoying some of the game’s philosophical jokes, and moments that weren’t meant to be jokes. NO ADS AND NO IN-APP PURCHASES Buy once and play it forever. You can spend the rest of your life just playing this game if you really want to. POSSIBLY SPOOKY This game may contain horror elements and digital beings that could scare you. Given the history of our games, it wouldn’t surprise us anymore.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Puzzling Peaks EXE at 4.9 against VVVVVV's 4.5. Puzzling Peaks EXE also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 18 months) and review sentiment (94% vs 75%). VVVVVV's advantage is ratings volume (187 vs 59) and iOS requirement (6.0 vs 12.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
VVVVVV costs $2.99 and Puzzling Peaks EXE $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Puzzling Peaks EXE holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 187 and 59 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of VVVVVV's written reviews are positive against 94% of Puzzling Peaks EXE's.
VVVVVV ships an update every 18 months, Puzzling Peaks EXE every 2 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | VVVVVV | Puzzling Peaks EXE |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | $2.99 |
| Rating | 4.5 (187 ratings) | 4.9 (59 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 74.8% of reviews | 94.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 187 — better | 59 |
| Update frequency | Every 18 months | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 6.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 83 MB | 57 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Distractionware Limited | Darius Immanuel Guerrero |
Customer experience
VVVVVV
Puzzling Peaks EXE
Bugs and requests
VVVVVV
Reported bugs
3 issues- Impossible user-created levels
- Teleporter issues and softlocks
- Frequent crashes and performance problems
Requested features
3 requests- Add controller support
- Update for newer iOS versions
- Implement level editor
Puzzling Peaks EXE
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
VVVVVV
No in-app purchases
Puzzling Peaks EXE
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is VVVVVV free?
Is Puzzling Peaks EXE free?
Which has better reviews, VVVVVV or Puzzling Peaks EXE?
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