Goat Simulator
Developer Coffee Stain Studios
Goat Simulator is an action video game developed and published by Coffee Stain Studios. The game was released for Windows in April 2014, and ports for Linux and OS X were released in June 2014. Mobile versions for Android and iOS were released in September 2014. Versions for the Xbox 360 and Xbox One were released in April 2015, and for PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4 in August 2015; these ports were developed by… From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
380 reactions from 4 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Lemmy, Mastodon) · newest Nov 3, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
218 positive · 19 negative
95% range 88–95%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 218 | 19 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 28 | 1 | 83 |
| Lemmy * | 2 | 0 | 17 |
| Mastodon * | 2 | 0 | 10 |
* 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 216 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Very Positive (63,965 of 70,341 positive).
Players praise the game as a hilarious, janky sandbox that delivers chaotic fun. [1][2][3] Many note its nostalgic value, with fond memories of playing it years ago. [4][5][6] Some complain about technical issues, especially on modern PCs and in DLCs. [7][8][9]
- [7]
I played this game through its entirety plus bought all the DLC and can say this game is ABSOLUTELY NOT good for modern PC Builds. The main game maps worked fine, but the DLC was awful to play, especially the payday and GoatZ Maps. Payday I'd get video memory limit reached every 10 minutes playing it which force quit the game which got annoying fast especially for specific achievements and GoatZ being even worse …
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I booted up this game expecting a relaxing time as a humble goat… and now I’ve launched myself into orbit, destroyed a small town, and headbutted a car into another dimension. 10/10, very therapeutic. The physics make no sense, the goats make too much sense, and somehow I feel spiritually cleansed after causing maximum chaos. This is the perfect game to unwind after a long day — nothing says “self-care” like licking …
- [2]
I became a goat, ruined a town, licked a jetpack and accidentally summoned Satan. Not necessarily in that order. It’s janky, silly fun for a few hours, but the novelty wears off eventually. Would headbutt again. [7/10]
- [3]
Goat Simulator is a hilarious mess that I genuinely had a great time 100%ing, even if it tried very hard to break me along the way. It’s a game you can’t take seriously. The physics are nonsense, the world is absurd, and half the fun comes from watching it glitch itself into oblivion. Elevators are basically glitch traps, and blowing up cars in GOATZ can launch you into a void so badly you might have to restart all …
- [4]
this game could be 100 years old and i'd still play it, played Goat Simulator since i was a kid and played with my little brother every time, brings many good childhood memories back. the nostalgia feels amazing
Summarised from 34 of the 337 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 9, 2026. How summaries are made
92% of the 216 Steam reviewers we collected recommend Goat Simulator. The complaint that keeps coming up: poor optimization and crashes. Deal-breaker or nitpick?
Critics, per Wikipedia
Goat Simulator received "mixed or average" reviews upon release, according to video game review aggregator website Metacritic. Fellow review aggregator OpenCritic assessed that the game received weak approval, being recommended by only 22% of critics. Goat Simulator was named as an honorable mention for Excellence in Audio for the 2015 Independent Games Festival. Eurogamer's Dan Whitehead complimented Coffee Stain Studios on building in enough content Goat Simulator and potential expansion through Steam to prove it more than a simple joke title, and instead a brief diversion "in which the player is a willing participant". Dan Stapleton of IGN considered the title a "clever interactive spoof…
From the “Reception” section of Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Critic context only — not part of the audience score.
Reactions
60 of 380 · most liked firstMy son is currently obsessed with a video game called Goat Simulator 3 and the only way I can describe it is Grand Theft Auto but less graphic and it’s a goat.
positive · AI labelView post →Coffee Stain--makers of Goat Simulator and Satisfactory, publisher of Valheim--is set to be spun off from Embracer to become a rare publicly traded AA game company Profitable but small. 13 studios, 250 people They play up indie-style dev, downplay transmedia www.gamefile.news/p/coffee-sta...
neutral · AI labelView post →[CLOSED] [STEAM] Christmas Steam Key Giveaway -- Part 4. As before, please list up to 5 titles that you want, and I will do my best to make sure that everyone gets at least 1. Check [Part 1](https://lemmy.ca/post/35563409), [Part 2](https://lemmy.ca/post/35607838), and [Part 3](https://lemmy.ca/post/35685416) for previous giveaways (I'm going through the alphabet, if you couldn't tell). Occasionally keys may have already been redeemed, or be for the wrong game. Sorry about that, I've been…
neutral · AI labelView post →Greatest Of All Time Simulator
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Coming to Game Pass: news.xbox.com/en-us/2025/0... PC: -Blacksmith Master (today) -Void/Breaker (today) Standard: -Goat Simulator Remastered (8/20) -Persona 4 Golden (8/20) Ultimate: -Herdling (8/21) -Gears of War: Reloaded (8/26) -Dragon Age: The Veilguard (8/28)
neutral · AI labelView post →I’m seeing PS3 mentions on my timeline and now am thinking about one of my favorite games for the platform: PAIN. I know Goat Simulator does the ragdoll thing really well, but PAIN was unabashed, self-injurious chaos. I genuinely love the game and miss it a lot.
neutral · AI labelView post →Secret Agent Wizard Boy is Harry Potter meets Goat Simulator and it's chaos #SecretAgentWizardBoy #Gaming #PCGaming #Linux #SteamDeck
neutral · AI labelView post →Goat Simulator: Remastered - Official Gameplay Trailer.
neutral · AI labelView post →---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☐ Beautiful ☐ Good ☑ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☐ Very good ☐ Good ☑ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just don't ---{ Audio }--- ☐ Eargasm ☑ Very good ☐ Good ☐ Not too bad ☐ Bad ☐ I'm now deaf ---{ Audience }--- ☑ Kids ☑ Teens ☐ Adults ☐ Grandma ---{ PC Requirements }--- ☐ Check if you can run paint ☑ Potato ☐ Decent ☐ Fast ☐ Rich boi ☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer ---{…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Goat Simulator is a documentary. Not a game.
positive · AI labelView post →Nintendo Direct Partner Showcase summary - 27-08-2024. **Yakuza Kiwami - October 24** Take the fall for a murder and emerge from prison 10 years later to yakuza clans on the brink of a war that hurtles you on an intense journey of love, humanity, and betrayal, fueled by your fists and unyielding resolve, set against a bustling red-light district in modern day Japan. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fa4LtKgIVtA **Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma - Spring 2025** The classic action-RPG and…
neutral · AI labelView post →unpopular opinion but I never really got the hype behind House House games. No slight to those who enjoy them of course, but I just don't personally understand the appeal of them when Untitled Goose Game came out I was like "isn't this just a Goat Simulator retread?"
neutral · AI labelView post →The kiddo is playing Goat Simulator but also has absolutely no idea how the game works, and it's very cute.
positive · AI labelView post →Untitled Goose Game is soothing and silly and doesn't take much planning. There is a game called Goat Simulator in this vein that is more open too.
neutral · AI labelView post →Older games to nominate for Steam Awards this year. As before, Steam goes strictly by the Steam release date rather than the PC release year when determining whether a game qualifies for most of [the nominations](https://store.steampowered.com/steamawards/nominations). This allows to nominate quite a number of former Epic exclusives, Ubisoft releases, or other games previously unavailable on Steam, including: * Anno 1701 History Edition (2020) * Assassin's Creed Mirage (2023) * Avatar:…
neutral · AI labelView post →New Xbox Game Pass Games 8.19 - Blacksmith Master - Void/Breaker 8.20 - Persona 4 Golden 8.21 - Herdling 8.26 - Gears of War: Reloaded 8.28 - Dragon Age: The Veilguard Standard 8.20 - Goat Simulator Remaster news.xbox.com/en-us/2025/0...
neutral · AI labelView post →No, they're saying Goat Simulator is Saints Row and Untitled Goose Game is Hitman.
neutral · AI labelView post →I'm not sure I've seen a better sell for a game since Goat Simulator.
positive · AI labelView post →PHL Collective and Outright Games were really based, actually. They were the only game companies brave enough to ask the question "Should we do an official SpongeBob Squarepants mod of the iconic PC game Goat Simulator?" and answer "Yes."
neutral · AI labelView post →Game Pass adds Metal Slug Tactics, Goat Simulator Remastered, and more in early November www.gematsu.com/2024/11/game...
neutral · AI labelView post →New Game Pass Games: 11/5 Metal Slug Tactics StarCraft: Remastered StarCraft II 11/7 Goat Simulator Remastered 11/19 Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 Standard: Go Mecha Ball Harold Halibut The Rewinder Turnip Boy Robs a Bank Botany Manor news.xbox.com/en-us/2024/1...
neutral · AI labelView post →this game could be 100 years old and i'd still play it, played Goat Simulator since i was a kid and played with my little brother every time, brings many good childhood memories back. the nostalgia feels amazing
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →My scores for this game Story : ×/10 Graphics : 6/10 I did not see any particular problem with the graphics being good and acceptable. Musics : 7/10 The music is normal. Details : 10/10 It had a lot of details but was inaccurate, especially the new content was not at all accurate. Game play : 7/10 The gameplay was very cool and very funny to me. I enjoyed. Variety : 10/10 There was so much variety, you could do whatever you wanted as a sheep. Characterization : 8/10 The variety of character…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →~ DIFFICULTY ~ 🔲 My 90 year old grandma could play it 🔲 Easy 🔲 Normal ✅ Hard 🔲 Dark Souls ~ GRAPHICS ~ 🔲 MS Paint ✅ Bad 🔲 Meh 🔲 Graphics dont matter in this game 🔲 Good 🔲 Beautiful ~ MUSIC ~ 🔲 Bad 🔲 Not special ✅ Good 🔲 Eargasm ~ STORY ~ ✅ This game has no story 🔲 Like playing Temple Runners for the story 🔲 It's there for the people who want it 🔲 Well written 🔲 Epic story ~ PRICE ~ 🔲 Free 🔲 Underpriced ✅ Perfect Price 🔲 Could be cheaper 🔲…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The most played thing in our house has been Goat Simulator iii. Even my wife is playing this dumb $15 game. I should return all the toys.
positive · AI labelView post →I played this for most of my childhood on console and finally moved onto Pc. I missed this so much, there is always sop much funny ♥♥♥♥ just happening along with the voice lines!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →More OCs for #artfight! These were designed by ghostofanonpast on tumblr- they're based on Goat Simulator and Untitled Goose Game! [ #OC #art #OCsky #gijinka ] THE TWINKS!!
neutral · AI labelView post →Relevant video game: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1198970/I_Am_Jesus_Christ/ This shit looks like a Christian fundamentalist version of Goat Simulator. They should have called it "Christ Simulator."
neutral · AI labelView post →Great silly game to goof around in WARNING: If you are a completionist, to 100% Goat Sim you require all the DLCs (Also multiplayer is REALLY finicky!)
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Watching my kids play Goat Simulator and, not for the first time, wondering what the political landscape would have been like today if this had been the dominant game for the very online 15 years ago
neutral · AI labelView post →My game is obviously inspired by : - Kids walking down the street - Goat Simulator 3 - Sneakers - SEGA back in its Crazy Taxi and Jet Set Radio days Wishlist: store.steampowered.com/app/3274390/...
neutral · AI labelView post →You know that game Goat Simulator? I want to hear an announcement for Cat Simulator, v1.0, with regular updates every year like FIFA or NBA2k 😤 Maybe some kind of collaborative, MMORPG element (like the MyPark in 2k), too. Just a whole digital universe of Being a Cat. Right?? 😺 #CatSky #gaming
neutral · AI labelView post →game so peak even after 12 years of release I still play it. Totally worth like 20 dollars for full game with all DLCs. If you haven't bought goat simulator get it now and I mean NOW.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It’s a very good and funny game. Unfortunately, you cannot change your goat mutation in-game like the Xbox version which is really unfortunate. I recommend it but if you come from the console version, keep that in mind.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I booted up this game expecting a relaxing time as a humble goat… and now I’ve launched myself into orbit, destroyed a small town, and headbutted a car into another dimension. 10/10, very therapeutic. The physics make no sense, the goats make too much sense, and somehow I feel spiritually cleansed after causing maximum chaos. This is the perfect game to unwind after a long day — nothing says “self-care” like licking a jetpack and becoming the most majestic menace alive. Would I recommend it?…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →🔴LIVE! Playing more Goat Simulator as a normal goat www.twitch.tv/barghestblack
neutral · AI labelView post →Every video game has a lighthouse in it. Goat Simulator 3
neutral · AI labelView post →First game was Portal, but I got it free when Portal 2 came out. First games I spent money on and got on Steam were a couple of Humble Bundles (Introversion, Egosoft, EA). My first purchase actually from Steam was Goat Simulator.
neutral · AI labelView post →one more credit to end the year! i helped work on LQA for Goat Simulator 3's recent DLC! yes, this meme game is really on my portfolio now, so be it :p
neutral · AI labelView post →this game fixed my marriage, restored my faith in religion, got me dental insurance and made me believe in living again after curing me of my plentiful addictions to various substances. i would recommend this to the young, the old, the poor, the rich, the living, the broken and the damned. if we ever discover alien life i would recommend this to the aliens too as a sign of our intelligence and progression as a species. if you cant believe in a god, believe in this game <3
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I didn't name the game Penguin Simulator because I don't want to get anyone's hopes up. It won't be made to the same standards as Goat Simulator(the most realistic mass casualty simulator of all time).
neutral · AI labelView post →Post-apocalyptic VR Shooter 'Metro Awakening' Failed to Meet Revenue Goals, Parent Company Reveals. Embracer Group, the media conglomerate behind a host of game studios, announced in a recent financial report that Metro Awakening (2024) “underperformed” financial expectations. Developed by Embracer Group’s Vertigo Games, Metro Awakening brought the storied post-apocalyptic shooter franchise to VR for the first time, serving as the latest ‘AAA’ quality VR game to target all major headsets,…
neutral · AI labelView post →@batfett.bsky.social my son is playing a #game 🎮 called Goat Simulator 🐐 you complete challenges and get new gear and abilities. This one is called Father Goat and he makes the Vader laugh #starwars
neutral · AI labelView post →This is both the dumbest and funniest game I've ever played.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Remember watching ALL the big YouTubers back in the 2010's play this game.. and grinded it out as a kid myself. Too much fun and good memories to ever slander.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I got my first trophy on this game 11 years ago when I was just 9, and today I have just finished it. Janky but memorable game, it was a lot of fun to 100%. With all three current Goat Sim games done to perfection, I can't wait for the next one Coffee Stain Studios. I love goats so much man
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Goat Simulator 3 being this months free game has made me very, very, very happy
positive · AI labelView post →LIVE NOW!!! And now for something completely different! Playing a game way beyond my time with The Patrick Star Game! its Goat Simulator+Spongebob Squarepants! More GTAV story depending on how long it holds my attention! www.twitch.tv/assistmedoom
neutral · AI labelView post →Last chance to vote on which gear or event you want us to add to Goat Simulator: The Card Game! The poll closes tomorrow. Cast your vote on our Discord discord.gg/YPUmB2arC7
neutral · AI labelView post →goated nostalgic game, though if you have windows 11 and want to 100% this game, have fun with the crashes and fixing that
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fun fact: They skipped Goat Simulator 2 and went straight to 3. Great game Happy #RandomGameSaturday
positive · AI labelView post →I became a goat, ruined a town, licked a jetpack and accidentally summoned Satan. Not necessarily in that order. It’s janky, silly fun for a few hours, but the novelty wears off eventually. Would headbutt again. [7/10]
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Honestly for $10 this is a very fun Goat Simulator like game. Don't go in expecting a platformer like BFBB
positive · AI labelView post →Druid Simulator: It plays like Goat Simulator but you can wildshape between any animal you've seen in game. #dnd5e #pathfinder2e
neutral · AI labelView post →FYI the other game was fucking *Goat Simulator*
negative · AI labelView post →'Goat Simulator Remastered' launches November 7th on Xbox Series, PS5 and PC. Also Game Pass. youtu.be/J4bDc8gzsYs?...
neutral · AI labelView post →Just ordered Goat Simulator III for ps5. Will be sorely disappointed if this game is not as ridiculous and pointless as it looks in the advert.
neutral · AI labelView post →It's just looking at some basic information like "tags" that may appear in both unrelated games of different styles and genres. Example if a game shares 3 or more broad tags like "gore, violent, indie" then Steam will recommend games with such tags. Depends what is in your pool of played games as well. For me the recommendations were: "GTA 4" and "Goat Simulator"
neutral · AI labelView post →I got my nephew into Goat Simulator. That game is deliberately, intentionally ugly and garish. He's having a great time.
positive · AI labelView post →Best game to ever touch steam. If you think otherwise or in one way or another object to my statement, it should be known that you have lacking braincells to comprehend such perfection that is represented in this game.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →
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