140
Developer Carlsen Games
140 is a platform game developed and published by Carlsen Games. It was directed by Jeppe Carlsen, who previously worked on Playdead's Limbo. The game is described as a "minimalistic platformer", using electronic music to create synesthesia as the player makes their way through four different levels, each with their own soundtrack. The gameplay has been compared to other similar games which involve music… From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
387 reactions from 3 sources (Bluesky, Steam reviews, Lemmy) · newest Nov 5, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
155 positive · 14 negative
95% range 87–95%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bluesky * | 24 | 18 | 168 |
| Steam reviews | 155 | 14 | 0 |
| Lemmy * | 1 | 0 | 7 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
What players are saying
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 172 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Very Positive (4,350 of 4,699 positive).
Players praise the game's minimalist design and tight integration of music with platforming. [1][2][3] Many note it is short but challenging, with some finding the post-game levels frustrating. [4][5][6] Some reviewers complain about the lack of a save function and the difficulty of the mirror stages. [7][6][8]
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No function to save the game? I'm supposed to play through everything in one go? Are you kidding me? I started the game, made myself a coffee, spoke to a colleague on the phone and then slowly made my way through the levels. But then I just got to the first boss and had to leave the game for something else and was afraid I'd have to start all over again, and that's exactly what happened, how stupid is that? …
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140 hits like a minimalist nightmare trip — streamlined platforming synced right to the beat, demanding perfect timing and rhythm if you wanna survive. The world is sharp, the soundtrack hypnotic, and every jump feels like life or death in a neon dream sequence. It’s short and brutal, but for those who crave precision and vibes over fluff, this is one hell of a ride. Recommended if you chase rhythm‑hardcore …
- [12]
Holy moly. Okay. This game is awesome. It's short, no doubt, but it's not often I come across a game like this that I end up obsessively replaying. Because the vibe of the game is just that good. I come back to play the levels and the bosses because it just feels so good. The music is amazing. It manages to give such an effect with just shapes and beats and it's amazing. Play it.
- [2]
This is not just minimalist in terms of graphics, but in the musical sense. As you play each level, every advancement you make adds another layer, building the whole piece by piece. This applies to both gameplay, which adds new mechanics to the world with every advancement, and to the music that adds another layer of beat, melody, or counterpoint with each advancement. The result is a game that is both simple and …
- [3]
Fun and engaging. Gameplaywise, it is just a basic platformer with some environmental gimmicks. The main draw is the role of the soundtrack, perfectly match'd with the motion of platforms and hazards, making gameplay strongly a matter of becoming one with the beat. I'm no music guy, but even I have drawn some satisfaction of following this and being rewarded with a gameplay success. True music-heads will likely get …
Summarised from 34 of the 292 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 10, 2026. How summaries are made
Players who liked 140 talk about music and rhythm are perfectly synced with gameplay; those who didn't talk about game is very short, only 1-2 hours. Which matters more to you?
Critics, per Wikipedia
Review aggregator OpenCritic assessed that 140 received fair approval, being recommended by 39% of critics. Edge considered the game to initially appear in stark contrast to Carlsen's earlier Limbo, but as the player progresses in the game, the various mechanics of 140 show similar traits to many of the puzzles and situations that Carlsen had developed for Limbo. Ryan Cartmel of Hardcore Gamer gave the game a 4/5, calling it "gaming minimalism done right." Derrick Sanskrit of The A.V. Club's Gameological Society called 140 "a tightly paced and clever game of precise timing and jumping" and praised its minimalist structure that allows the player to focus on the rhythm and gameplay. The game…
From the “Reception” section of Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Critic context only — not part of the audience score.
Reactions
60 of 387 · most liked first58 years ago today, 5-foot-5, 140-pound Freddie Patek made his MLB debut for the Pittsburgh Pirates. After the game, he was asked by a reporter how it felt to be the shortest player in MLB. “A helluva lot better than being the shortest player in the minors,” he responded.
neutral · AI labelView post →If this is it for Russell Wilson, he should be congratulated on an outstanding career. From 2017-2020, he threw 140 touchdowns against 36 picks. He was also tough as hell. Not many third-round picks start every game for the first nine years of their career.
neutral · AI labelView post →🦊Blobun is OUT NOW! Touch every tile and get your slime all over 140 stages in this casual puzzle game! A curious rabbit girl gets turned into slime, and now she and her girlfriend are trying to undo it. Will they succeed? store.steampowered.com/app/3284270/... #indiedev #gamedev #gamemaker
neutral · AI labelView post →I don't usually share game stuff but i wanted to share this IM FREEEEEEEEEEEE (for context, my first playthrough took me 140 hours. I managed to beat it in 40 hours this time)
positive · AI labelView post →i do think we need to retire the "western game dev has been here" meme though. street fighter 6 is 100 gigs. nioh 3 is 130. ace combat 8 is 140. final fantasy rebirth is 160. this is just what games are now. the problem is AAA scope itself, not bad optimisation or regional trends
neutral · AI labelView post →The Games for Gaza bundle is now live! It's 256 games (48 video games, 197 tabletop games, and more) from 140 different creators! All proceeds are going to the organization Medical Aid For Palestinians. My microgame of rebellion against empire, A Sunless Space, is included! itch.io/b/2120/games...
neutral · AI labelView post →Ok, here are my thoughts on Black Myth: Wukong. On a fundamental level, what Game Science have been able to pull off here is extremely impressive. They started developing this game in 2018 when there was only 13 people working on it, and scaled up to 140 people by 2024. 🧵Thread below:
neutral · AI labelView post →game came out 2 weeks ago and yall rush it and played it 140 hours in that time LIKE???? ofc ur sick of it 😭😭😭 why do ppl do this????? the games out forever its not a rental? its not a contest and u didnt even enjoy doing this
negative · AI labelView post →Factory Kit, out now! 🏭 This set includes over 140 models perfect for automation or puzzle games. The set is completely free to download, and use, compatible with all game engines. kenney.nl/assets/facto... #gamedev #gameassets
neutral · AI labelView post →VOMIT 🤮 (To be clear, I was never going to buy this, but CA$140 for the complete version of the game *and* it includes a subscription that's set to auto-renew? Absolutely disgusting, money-grubbing behaviour.)
negative · AI labelView post →episode of King of the Hill where Hank tells Peggy he got a great deal on a car by paying sticker price but it's Hank paying for a game with 140% markup to play it two days early
neutral · AI labelView post →Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says Q2 2025 fiscal saw "Strong momentum for Xbox Cloud Gaming, with a record 140 million hours streamed this quarter. Game Pass set a new quarterly revenue record, and grew its PC subscriber base by over 30%."
neutral · AI labelView post →That or its along the lines of "20 hours in theres a black woman who i suspect is also gay. Game is woke and just ticking boxes for the librals" *Time in game - 140 hours*
neutral · AI labelView post →I want to share something we've been working on at D-Pad Studio for the past while: We're putting together GAMES OF NORWAY! Its a massive Steam sales event featuring as many Norwegian games as humanly possible! (140+) It lasts from May 11th - 18th. Check out the games here: gamesofnorway.com
neutral · AI labelView post →I threw 140 pitches in my final college baseball game. I hope with all my heart there is another Mariners game this week I’ll need to summon the words for. If there’s not, well, I hope you can feel every pitch I wrote in this one. www.lookoutlanding.com/editorial/13...
neutral · AI labelView post →MUSIC COMMS OPEN - New Pricing/Tiers I'll compose and produce music for your project/channel/animation/game and I'll even compose an original theme for your fursona/OC! Twitch alert pack - $40 up to 1m - $60 up to 2m - $140 over 2m - DM me #furrymusic #furrycommissions #opencomms
neutral · AI labelView post →I feel like the only interesting answer I have to that "game everyone loves that you dislike" meme is that I put 140 hours into elden ring and grew more and more resentful of the entire exercise of fromsoft action games the more I played of it. it sucked the desire to play the genre right out of me
negative · AI labelView post →Video Game History Hour's Frank Cifaldi is joined by documentarian, historian, hacker, and all around cool guy @synamax.bsky.social to talk about their documentary Resurrecting Sinistar: A Cyber-Archaeology Documentary in the latest VGHH podcast: gamehistory.org/episode-140-...
neutral · AI labelView post →The quintessential Alan story is the time he figured out the casino marketing department had somehow come up with a promotion that turned video keno, the worst game in the house, into something like a 140% rate of return.
neutral · AI labelView post →Siraj a bit mouthy for getting someone out on 140 who turned the game #AUSvIND
neutral · AI labelView post →Congratulations to Fake/States Night for its 17th anniversary on April 1! For April Fools', Ryohgo Narita wrote a story that was almost as long as a 140-page novel, serving as a prologue to a nonexistent text adventure Fate game. The novel became the basis for Fate/Strange Fake.
neutral · AI labelView post →With the Nuggets up one, Russell Westbrook missed a layup and committed a foul in the final seconds of 2OT. Minnesota wins the game at the free throw line, 140-139.
neutral · AI labelView post →140 ‘actually gonna do this’ tickets from playtesting… 90 fixed already. Honestly, I don’t think I’m ever gonna ship a game without this level of public user feedback again. Playtesting has always been a part of my process, but my god the scale possible via these very straightforward tools nowadays
positive · AI labelView post →🇸🇲 HISTORY IS MADE AS SAN MARINO FINISH TOP OF THEIR UEFA NATIONS LEAGUE GROUP & SECURE PROMOTION TO LEAGUE C! After ending their 140-game winless streak vs. Liechtenstein on 5 September, they have beaten the same opponent again & scored three goals in a game for the first time!
neutral · AI labelView post →Holy guacamole, we have 140 rad devs in our Gender-Diverse Game Devs starter pack! There's only a few spots left, so if you want in, speak now or forever hold your peace! go.bsky.app/7f5QDdb
neutral · AI labelView post →🦌Blobun is on sale for its lowest price ever! Touch every tile in this casual puzzle game with 140 puzzles and over 100 positive Steam reviews! Get it in a bundle with its OST (on steam) for less than $10! store.steampowered.com/app/3284270/... itch.io/s/163610/hal... #indiedev #gamedev #gamemaker
neutral · AI labelView post →Classics Of Game 140 www.youtube.com/watch?v=OokW...
neutral · AI labelView post →Guy Paying $140 for the digital standard edition of the new Legend of Zelda: "I'm so glad there's no pronouns in this game!"
neutral · AI labelView post →Yeah you just learn the places you go so you don’t even need the paper maps. I did a whole 140 mile round trip down to the Twins game last month from my home town without consulting a map. Your brain’s good at learning where things are.
neutral · AI labelView post →24 hours after launch, here are some Dawnfolk numbers! ⭐ 56 reviews (98% positive) → Very Positive 💰 2,795 copies sold 📃 42,937 outstanding wishlists 🕹️ 140 players in-game right now Thank you all for the amazing support! ❤️ #gamedev #indiedev
neutral · AI labelView post →Final Fantasy VII Rebirth is coming to PC on January 23rd 2025 I put 140+ hours into this game and I highly recommend anyone who hasn't played it, to do so.
positive · AI labelView post →足元に気をつけて千語ちゃん。このゲームの水、シャレにならないから。 Watch your step Chen, the water in this game is no joke. www.pixiv.net/artworks/140... #ArknightsEndfield #エンドフィールド #fanart
neutral · AI labelView post →"ROBO OH vs UCHU MEGA FIGHT" Portraits(32x32px) of the in-game robots and aliens. From the PICO-8 standard palette, 0 (black) and 1 (dark-blue) have been replaced with 129/-15 (darker-blue) and 140/-4 (true-blue). #pico8 #pixelart #indiedev #ロボウチュ
neutral · AI labelView post →> A factory accident in Israel has shut production long enough to dent server chip shipments, while soaring memory prices are squeezing PC demand. The 28.6% drop erased about $140 billion in value and triggered a wave of downgrades. The stock is still up sharply for 2026, but has now given back about half its value since its June peak. 
neutral · AI labelView post →Alia Domus: a pixel art survival RPG about rebuilding humanity on an unknown planet. Demo now available. Hi everyone. I wanted to share Alia Domus, a pixel art survival RPG where you explore and colonize an unknown planet after Earth becomes exhausted by war. You are one of the first volunteer colonists sent to prepare humanity’s new home. The plan fails when the war cuts off supply shipments and support from Earth, leaving you isolated, unarmed, and alone on an unfamiliar planet. From there,…
neutral · AI labelView post →🦨Blobun is on sale on itch and Steam until July 10th! Get your slime all over 140 stages in this casual single-line puzzle game, and see why our game has 120 positive reviews on Steam! store.steampowered.com/app/3284270/... cyansorcery.itch.io/blobun #indiedev #gamedev #gamemaker
neutral · AI labelView post →Make it $140. Once to cover the cost of the game, and a second $70 as punitive damages for willingly supporting a fascist's crusade against trans people.
neutral · AI labelView post →If you buy this game you owe a transgender person $140. $70 for the first game, $70 for the second. And I still haven't received my $70 from the people who've bought the first game.
neutral · AI labelView post →Grizzlies vs Timberwolves. No defense. All offense. I dig it. I want 140 point score game.
neutral · AI labelView post →Really says a lot about Baldurs Gate 3 that I'm 140+ hours into my first playthrough, (nowhere near the end as far as I can tell) and I'm already thinking about a second playthrough... I'm not a huge game re-player. Larian made an astoundingly good game, I love it so much 😭
positive · AI labelView post →When the S&P500 hits 5,437 it's over (Current: 5,638) When the USDJPY hits 140 it's over (Current: 148.64) Big benchmarks to keep an eye on this week and beyond. We're getting really close to Game Over.
neutral · AI labelView post →Anyone here remember my first independently designed game: 140? If it was not for the relative success of '140' I don't think COCOON would have been made.
positive · AI labelView post →Baseball is still the least expensive of the four big men’s pro sports games to attend in the U.S. Cheapest nosebleed seat to the next Rams game: $45 Laker game: $140 Kings game: $45 There will be tickets to Dodger games this year for $15-$20.
neutral · AI labelView post →Shai Gilgeous-Alexander's 140-game streak of 20-point games started on November 1, 2024 Since then, he's won: - TWO MVPs (!!) - an NBA Championship - a Finals MVP - a scoring title - Clutch Player of the Year
neutral · AI labelView post →it's simple: people should pay $20 for the number of cd-roms a game is released on. Myst is $20, The 7th Guest is $40, and people should pay $140 for Phantasmagoria
neutral · AI labelView post →BC's got game! There are over 140 video game companies in BC, and our video games industry directly employs more than 14,000 people. Increased tax credits and new grants for emerging studios are levelling up our tech sector. What would you add to this list? #BCCreates #PlayBC
neutral · AI labelView post →Jets aren’t getting flamed enough for this 1st half: 23 rushes 140 yards 2nd half: 4 rushes 26 yards Game script did not force them to pass. They were up 30-21 in q3.
neutral · AI labelView post →Ubuntu Touch 24.04-2.1 Released with More Devices, Updated Morph Browser. >Ubuntu Touch 24.04-2.1 adds support for eight more devices, updates Morph Browser, improves notifications, and fixes a security vulnerability. >Ubuntu Touch 24.04-2.1 adds eight devices to the list supported by the 24.04-2.x series. These include the Nothing Phone (1), OnePlus Nord N10 and N100, Volla Tablet, Xiaomi Redmi Note 9 Pro (Global), Redmi Note 9S/9 Pro (India), Redmi Note 9 Pro Max, and Poco M2 Pro. >Another…
neutral · AI labelView post →I think the Wolves have won every game where they scored 140 or more points
neutral · AI labelView post →Minnesota’s Nickeil Alexander-Walker makes two of three free throws with 0.1 left in double OT for a 140-139 shorthanded Wolves win in Denver over the Nuggets. A career-high 61 for Jokić. Ant with 34. An incredible game.
neutral · AI labelView post →In a 6-game series decided by 11 points The Indiana Pacers outscored the New York Knicks 140-61 off turnovers.
neutral · AI labelView post →One of Gears of War: E-Day's 140 collectibles is a letter from The Coalition thanking "those that are no longer with us". www.videogameschronicle.com/news/one-of-...
neutral · AI labelView post →Imagine telling someone after the 2022 Arkansas game that, after 140 picks and four rounds in 2026, Harold Perkins Jr still hadn’t been drafted. And moreover, it wasn’t really a surprise.
neutral · AI labelView post →A tier list of every game I beat this year that I had not beaten before. I beat over 140 games in 2024. That's a lot of freaking games. I wonder if I can beat that next year? :3 My game-choices are EXTREMELY eclectic.
positive · AI labelView post →Tangled Blessings: Echoes of Lost Electives is officially 140 pages. That's more than double the base game!
neutral · AI labelView post →You know what the game of football has carried on absolutely successfully to an audience of billions without needing for over 140 years? American lawyers.
neutral · AI labelView post →The atmosphere of our game - I love the fact that this is a legit screenshot from 140 😂
positive · AI labelView post →Not to give away the game, but like 140 chapters of escalation in they drop this page and I audibly went 'what the fuck'
neutral · AI labelView post →The Heat should try to score 140 points every game
neutral · AI labelView post →The is my Contribution to our 30th Anniversary Crash Bandicoot Art Collab. We have 140+ Artists involved. I had to choose Crash team Racing. It's my favorite game of all time.
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