Game2015

David.

ActionIndie

Developer Fermenter Games

You play David, an awfully small abstracted chosen hero tossed into a blissfully simple world overrun by giant culminations of evil physics-beasts. As David, you are given a slingshot-esque gift that you will have to use to conquer your colossus foes. Be there AND be square. From the Steam store page

788 reactions from 3 sources (Bluesky, Steam reviews, Lemmy) · newest Nov 5, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works

Audience score

69
Fresh

123 positive · 55 negative
95% range 62–75%

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Bluesky *810590
Steam reviews123550
Lemmy *002

* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).

Steam's own rating
Mostly Positive
390 of 500 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)

What players are saying

69% recommend · 124 yes, 56 no

Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 180 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Mostly Positive (595 of 755 positive).

Players praise David for its challenging gameplay, unique mechanics, and atmospheric presentation. [1][2][3] Some reviewers criticize the controls as frustrating and the difficulty as unfair. [4][5][6] Many find it a worthwhile experience for its low price and creative design. [1][7][8]

Liked
  • Great soundtrack and atmospheric sound design. [1][2]
  • Challenging but rewarding gameplay. [1][9]
  • Unique physics-based mechanics with bullet-time. [3][10]
  • Good value for the low price. [1][7][11]
Disliked
  • Frustrating and sluggish controls. [4][6][12]
  • Unfair difficulty, especially on harder modes. [5][13][12]
  • Poor controller support and awkward mouse controls. [14]
Representative posts
  • [6]Steam user Steam user …5989Steam review · Jan 15, 2017 · Not recommended

    Steam recommended this game to me because I liked Thomas Was Alone. The only similarity is that you play as a block. The "narrator" or whatever just says weird vaguely religious sounding stuff that is neither funny nor inspiring. The controls are genuiniely upsetting, movement is very squishy but fast so it's hard to control, and the mechanic for shooting is just dumb and frustrating. Why do I have to click on …

  • [5]Steam user Steam user …1227Steam review · Mar 17, 2019 · Not recommended

    This game is frustrating, it's stupidly unfair.. It can be considered impossible rather than hard or "very" as you see this in the game on every level. I don't recommend you paying for a game such as this one

  • [1]Steam user Steam user …7415Steam review · Jun 11, 2017 · Recommended

    David is a game that I recommend because: - it has a good price - it is colorful - it is a good indie - it is difficult - it has a great soundtrack - it has strategy - it is atmospheric - it is addictive - it has controller support - it has an interesting concept - it has trading cards Enjoy!

  • [2]Steam user Steam user …4997Steam review · Sep 25, 2018 · Recommended

    a Cheap little gem if there ever was one, a game with a amazing soundtrack that really is enjoyable, the in game sounds and background music comes together beautifully . The game is a easy +1 to game count or perfect games for collectors, for someone looking for a simple platfromer they are at the right place. The game offers a decent difficulty play style which is to be expected from any decent platfromer. The …

  • [3]Steam user Steam user …4965Steam review · Dec 2, 2016 · Recommended

    David. is an interesting physics based platformer, with abstract and minimalist graphics. You play as a cubed named David. who must defeat some evil based on a very, very brief backstory given to you in the intro that teaches you how to play. The game is pretty straight forward. You’re a cube, you use WASD to move and jump, and you have little “orbs” that float around you that are your projectiles. You left click …

Summarised from 34 of the 336 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 13, 2026. How summaries are made

RottenBot@rottenbot · automated account

Players who liked David. talk about great soundtrack and atmospheric sound design; those who didn't talk about frustrating and sluggish controls. Which matters more to you?

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  • localthunk @localthunk.comBluesky · Jun 7, 2025

    People and media often say Balatro was made by 'one guy'. I feel like that unfortunately may be stoking the flames of this David vs. Goliath narrative a tiny bit No it was not 'one guy', look at the dang in-game credits

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  • Katherine @wordwatcher.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 6, 2026

    Chris Isaak was 33 years old when he wrote Wicked Game in 1989. It became an international hit after it was featured in David Lynch’s film Wild at Heart.

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  • spookyraptor 🎃 ➤ wishlist Hypnagogia 壊れた夢 @sodaraptor.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 15, 2025

    I am making a dream-based horror game inspired by Skinamarink and the works of David Lynch. It's out next week 📅 #screenshotsaturday

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  • Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.socialBluesky · May 8, 2026

    For his 100th birthday David Attenborough should get to surreptitiously release an animal of his choosing into the home of a big game hunter.

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  • Jason Schreier @jasonschreier.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 25, 2025

    By the time David Zaslav took over WB Discovery in April 2022, Monolith had already gone almost five years without shipping a game and lost almost its entire leadership team under Haddad's management

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  • Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 3, 2025

    Trump is planning to attend a New York Yankees game against the Detroit Tigers on September 11, 2025. I guess that’s better than inviting the Taliban to Camp David on 9/11.

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  • Sen, but Spooky @dresdencodak.comBluesky · Nov 17, 2025

    I caught myself thinking "have I even played Night Puncher 3?" as if it were a real game and not made up for a single page of my comic. But seriously, Bone David is only a meta pick because the hitbox on his Forward Heavy is busted.

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  • Tim Stillman ⭐️⭐️ @tim-stillman.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 9, 2025

    Hope this game sees a little more love thrown David Raya’s way. Been sensational all season. If we were voting POTS now he’d be mine.

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  • Aura @aurahack.caBluesky · Dec 11, 2025

    i will be watching The Game Awards tonight the only way it should be experienced: in a movie theatre watching a screening of David Lynch's "Blue Velvet" instead

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  • 🪼Ghost Jellyfishlines 🔜 PaxU🪼 @jellyfishlines.itch.ioBluesky · Jan 16, 2025

    Hey so I made a David Lynch Game Jam. use the #davidlynchgamejam to follow along, tag your entries, and if you can't join, share. Go here to join: itch.io/jam/fix-your...

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  • Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 13, 2026

    game plan revealed: "The sooner David Ellison takes over that network, the better"

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  • Play History @playhistory.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 4, 2026

    David Rosen, who helped create Sega and changed the coin-op industry forever, has passed away. www.replaymag.com/segas-dave-r... An absolute titan in video game history. May he rest in peace.

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  • Jared Dubin @jadubin5.bsky.socialBluesky · May 22, 2025

    So hilarious that TNT continues to show David Zaslav as part of the "these are the celebrities at the game" clips. Like, he has to be making them do that.

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  • Bill Madden @maddenifico.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 9, 2026

    At tonight's Minnesota Timberwolves game, a moment of silence for Renee Nicole Good, who was MURDERED by ICE Nazi Jonathan David Ross. 😳👇

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  • ArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.socialBluesky · May 19, 2024

    The Last Judgement (Game 7), by Michelangelo, 1536-41, 📸 by David Berding

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  • Sid Smith @sidsmith.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 29, 2026

    Happened upon The Badminton Game, painted by David Inshaw in 1972/73, courtesy of Tate Liverpool feed. It sent my prog/Hipgnosis/Keef detector into overdrive.

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  • George Hahn @georgehahn.comBluesky · Mar 19, 2025

    Tonight’s movie: “The Game” (1997), directed by David Fincher

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  • Game Changer @gamechanger.dropout.tvBluesky · Sep 7, 2026

    🚨 A new episode of Game Changer is out now on Dropout—featuring Lily Du, Brian David Gilbert, Vic Michaelis, Jacquis Neal, and Ele Woods!

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  • Al Kennedy @alkennedy.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 28, 2026

    If anyone ever tries to get you to watch a '90s Robert Altman noir with Tim Robbins but you're just not up for it, remember it could be worse: they could be trying to get you to watch a '90s David Fincher thriller with Michael Douglas. Don't hate The Player, hate The Game

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  • Kris Wolfheart @kriswolfhe.artBluesky · Feb 26, 2026

    Want a laugh? The David Cage service game is out now

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  • Kris Wolfheart @kriswolfhe.artBluesky · Feb 12, 2026

    hey, want a laugh? the David Cage service game launches in early access in two weeks

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  • Arpon Basu @arponbasu.bsky.socialBluesky · May 1, 2025

    David Savard, who just played his final NHL game, getting hugs from all his teammates.

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  • Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.coBluesky · Nov 21, 2025

    Actors who were in 'Game of Thrones' and Guillermo del Toro's 'Frankenstein' • David Bradley • Charles Dance • Ralph Ineson • Burn Gorman

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  • OneSoccer @onesoccer.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 24, 2025

    Conor McDavid 🤝 Jonathan David 🇨🇦 Scoring game-winners against the U.S. is fun... glad we're making it a habit! 🥶 #CanMNT | #USMNT

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  • NBA @nba.comBluesky · Apr 29, 2026

    WEMBY IN GAME 4: 7 BLOCKS WEMBY IN GAME 5: 6 BLOCKS He's the third Spurs player with 13 blocks over 2 postseason games...joining Tim Duncan and David Robinson!

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  • Ash Parrish, Kotaku's LeBron James @adashtra.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 10, 2026

    THIS IS THE GAME THAT HAS KEITH DAVID TELLING YOU 'YOU DID GOOD CHILD' AS HE LAY DYING AND ITS LIKE THE THIRD BEST PEFORMANCE IN THE GAME

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  • Skip Bolden 💙🎬🎞️ @skipbolden.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 11, 2026

    The Game (1997) Directed by David Fincher starring Michael Douglas, Sean Penn, Deborah Kara Unger. #MovieSky #FilmSky #Cinema

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  • PDwhoa @pdwhoa.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 30, 2026

    David Samson basically gives up the game on getting public financing for sports stadiums and it's maybe the C plot in this episode?

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  • Kirsten MacI- 🧸 @kirstensaidwhat.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 17, 2025

    David: well you should let us play the game, Chrissy Chrissy: also plays the game David: sorry Chrissy you got cast on the wrong season a strong man is winning! WHAT ARE WE DOING #survivor

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  • 100millionmile.bsky.social @100millionmile.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 12, 2026

    David Eckstein ass activist, just annoying for love of the game, would do it for free

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  • The Athletic @theathletic.comBluesky · Apr 27, 2025

    Crew chief David Guthrie acknowledged that the game-sealing non-call during Sunday’s Knick- Pistons game should have been called a foul.

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  • Walt @waltimedes.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 16, 2025

    I can't read the words "God of War live service game" after David Lynch dying. What a day.

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  • Portland Mercury @portlandmercury.comBluesky · Oct 9, 2026

    A Multnomah County judge ordered Councilor Dan Ryan to preserve evidence on his personal phone until an ongoing public records lawsuit is resolved. “This is not a game of cat and mouse," Judge David Rees said. "There are some indications that those games are being played, and it has to stop today."

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  • Axel Rapp @rappish.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 19, 2025

    Moments before "a failure of the game design" as David Cage *french accent* would have said.

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  • 🔪🔪🔪bryan 🔪 🔪 🔪 @murderxbryan.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 31, 2026

    Sure, nobody picked up mine and Chris’s idea for Lennon Lives, the video game where John Lennon has to run from Mark David Chapman but he has gigs to play, but A24 has to pick up Micro, the 2 hour and 40 minute drama about a guy with a micro penis

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  • /r/Habs @habsonreddit.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 12, 2026

    David Reinbacher records his first career NHL point in his first Habs game

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  • Skunkape @skunkapegames.comBluesky · Oct 22, 2026

    #samandmax20th An early but critical part of Sam & Max Season One’s early development was voice casting. With E3 swiftly approaching, we did a casting call for the trailer and decided to use David Nowlin for both Sam and Max. (Share this thread for a chance to win a game key!)

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  • Nick Hilton @nickfthilton.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 6, 2025

    Huge respect for the 2% of Celeb Traitors viewers who think that David Olusoga played the best game.

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  • Sarah Langs @slangsonsports.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 13, 2025

    Bryce Miller is the first pitcher to allow a leadoff home run and complete 6+ innings without allowing another run in a postseason game since David Price (7 IP) for BOS in 2018 World Series Game 5 at LAD (David Freese leadoff HR) h/t @Theo_DeRosa

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  • JM =^D @jm539581.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 9, 2025

    David Rodríguez with an incredible bicycle kick goal to level the game for Ottawa

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  • Dominic Tarason @dominictarason.comBluesky · Dec 25, 2025

    That's nice - the Haunted PS1 collective are hosting a game jam next month in honor of David Lynch.

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  • Skip Bolden 💙🎬🎞️ @skipbolden.bsky.socialBluesky · May 16, 2026

    The Game (1997) Directed by David Fincher starring Michael Douglas, Sean Penn and Deborah Kara Unger.

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  • Gary Alexander @garyalexander.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 2, 2025

    What's the point of working on a game that will come out after the David Cage Star Wars game. Nobody will ever need to play or even talk about anything again. Why even watch TV, read a book, go to concert, when there's David Cage Star Wars.

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  • Alice Unleashed | Art Nude Model AU @aliceunleashed.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 26, 2026

    Precarious. Bold and forewarning. A game of balance and strength 🙏 Thank you David for taking me somewhere so beautiful to play, and for sharing the goods with me post shoot!! 📷 David Watkins Photography #fineartmodel @aliceunleashed.bsky.social

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  • New Beverly Cinema @newbeverly.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 24, 2025

    David Fincher’s THE GAME (1997) screens in 35mm October 16th & 17th.

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  • Men in Blazers Media Network @meninblazers.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 22, 2025

    Evergreen tweet for the David Moyes revenge game 😅

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  • Risky Encounters @creampiedass.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 3, 2025

    I'm glad to see you made it to the party David, because the game sucks too.

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  • David the Slowpoke @ultraslowbro.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 10, 2024

    Another successful Bear and Board Game event! Your facilitator David signing off!

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  • Poorly Drawn Arsenal @poorlydrawnarsenal.comBluesky · May 7, 2025

    No thank you, I do not want to watch David Beckham watch the game.

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  • loren schmidt @lorenschmidt.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 18, 2026

    David Walters is now working on a mech game. watch this project. mark my words. this is going to be so beautiful.

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  • Rocky @viperwave.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 27, 2025

    Its time for @AnimeSerbia to join me for Beyond: Two Souls. The David Cage game even David Cage fans dont like: Join us www.twitch.tv/kemonofriend...

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  • Attend The Tale Of ElNarez @elnarez.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 6, 2025

    The game was delayed because David Ellison realized they were making a game where nazis are bad

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  • Michael Baumann @baumann.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 13, 2026

    David Hamilton is the third Brewer to score three runs in a playoff game, and if you think that's random, the two guys to do it before him were: Mark Brouhard (Game 4 of the 1982 ALCS) and Yuniesky Betancourt (Game 4 of the 2011 NLDS)

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  • taber @kvetch.gayBluesky · Oct 16, 2026

    Chappell Roan feature on "expectations" is out!, it's a treat of a video, David Byrne serving as a game show host and a lot of very draggy lqqks for both her and Ms. Rodrigo www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsZa...

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  • the beggars out of here getter @milesklee.bsky.socialBluesky · May 22, 2025

    Larry David courtside at Knicks game it’s all happening

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  • Monica At The Movies @monicasmovies.bsky.socialBluesky · May 27, 2025

    The Game (1997) Directed by David Fincher

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  • RD Topp @rdtopp.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 28, 2026

    Imagine telling yourself in May that David Hamilton and Cooper Pratt would hit game tying and go ahead HR in a potential World Series clinching game. We all really know nothing.

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  • Peter Abraham @peteabeglobe.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 25, 2026

    Roman Anthony and David Ortiz. Game recognizing game.

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  • Monica At The Movies @monicasmovies.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 26, 2024

    The Game (1997) Directed by David Fincher

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  • Golden State Warriors @warriorsofficial.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 3, 2025

    Game recognize game! Jimmy meets David in L.A. 🤝

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