OlliOlli World
OlliOlli World
Game
Game2014
OlliOlli
Developer Roll7, General Arcade
OlliOlli is a skateboarding video game developed and published by Roll7. It was released for PlayStation Vita on 21 January 2014 in North America, and on 22 January 2014 in Europe. The game received a port for Microsoft Windows, OS X and Linux, developed by General Arcade and published by Devolver Digital, a port for PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4, developed by BlitWorks and again published by Roll7, a port for… From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
261 reactions from 4 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Lemmy, Mastodon) · newest Nov 3, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
74
Fresh
128 positive · 46 negative
95% range 67–80%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 128 | 46 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 35 | 0 | 37 |
| Lemmy * | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| Mastodon * | 1 | 0 | 4 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Mostly Positive
484 of 632 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
74% recommend · 130 yes, 46 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 176 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Mostly Positive (676 of 864 positive).
Players praise the game's challenging but rewarding gameplay and solid mechanics. [1][2][3] Some reviewers criticize the controls and landing detection as frustrating. [4][5][6] Several players note that sequels like OlliOlli 2 or World are superior. [7][8][9]
Liked
Representative posts
- [5]
The game is not Tony Hawk's Pro Skater in 2D as I had hoped, it's just a skateboard themed runner game. Although the game seems difficult at first, most people, at least those who don't give up after five minutes, will get used to the controls. Doing tricks is also easy, but the problem, as others have noted in some reviews, is that the controls are not as responsive as they should be. Most of the times I failed a …
- [1]
Awesome little side scrolling skateboard game. Lots of sweet tricks, the stages are fun and challenging, mechanics all feel super solid, and the sound track is pretty good! This is a great game and kind of reminds me of Skate or Die!
- [2]
OlliOlli is basically the 2D version of Tony Hawk's Pro Skater cranked up to infinity. It is brutally hard, but produces a flow seldomly encountered in gaming. Probably one of the most difficult games to master of the ones I've played recently. The Dark Souls of skateboarding. Loved every second.
- [3]
OlliOlli does a really good job of catering both to hardcore completists and casual gamers. There is abundance of things to do and (possibly) max out, but the beauty lies in the fact that it's pretty much up to the player to decide what amount of completion is enough. It's fairly easy to just beat the basic part of the game but unlocking all levels requires a lot of skill and (pun intended) grinding. It's literally …
- [7]
good game, the sequel is better. Get OlliOlli 2.
Summarised from 34 of the 257 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 OlliOlli talk about challenging and rewarding gameplay with a great flow; those who didn't talk about controls can be unresponsive and frustrating. Which matters more to you?
Critics, per Wikipedia
OlliOlli received "generally favorable" reviews, according to review aggregator Metacritic. Writing for Destructoid, Ian Bonds gave the game a 9.5/10, and praised "the sweetspot of "simple to control" and "just difficult enough" to keep you playing without tearing your hair out". On Eurogamer, reviewer Simon Parkin rated the game a 9/10, and wrote "Elegant, understated and yet with the capacity for wild showboating, OlliOlli is a Twitch classic" The Escapist reviewer James Stephanie Sterling was more critical of the game, giving it a 3/5 and noting her frustration at times, writing "While playing this sidescrolling skateboard game, I was tempted to crack the Vita over my knee on multiple…
From the “Reception” section of Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Critic context only — not part of the audience score.
Reactions
60 of 261 · most liked firstAlso I understand the NDAs but man I kinda need to be able to say I worked on a game to help me work on more games. V grateful to the two projects that have allowed me to disclose (Sherlock Holmes chapter 1 and OlliOlli World)
neutral · AI labelView post →Quote this with the best damn video game you never bring up because you’re sure no one else has heard of it. OLLIOLLI WORLD! 2D skateboarding, big levels, many challenges- I actually talked about it a LOT when it came out, but my free advertising wasnt enough. Studio got shut down this year... 😭
positive · AI labelView post →🎙️Heyo Bsky! You may know me from such things as Lead Designer on the Bafta nominated OlliOlli Worlds DLC🛹 and at some point the main designer on every mobile game in the biggest series you've never heard of, Hungry shark🦈 Follow me for dumb opinions, dumb fantasy writing and dumb indie dev nonsense😘
neutral · AI labelView post →Take-Two is shutting down Intercept Games (Kerbel Space Program 2) and Roll7 (Rollerdrome, OlliOlli World) as part of mass layoffs. The company recently spent $460 million acquiring Gearbox Software..  https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-05-01/take-two-interactive-shuts-down-two-game-studios
neutral · AI labelView post →Denshattack! ($14.99) - take a skateboarding game like Olliolli, crank the ridiculousness by 20, give it a Dreamcast-era aesthetic, and then make the skateboard into a train. and it has a killer OST featuring everyone from Lotus Juice to Takenobu Mitsuyoshi store.steampowered.com/app/2524850/...
neutral · AI labelView post →Acclaimed Roll7 titles Rollerdrome and OlliOlli World delisted on Steam www.gamedeveloper.com/business/acc...
neutral · AI labelView post →2K says epic indies Rollerdrome and OlliOlli World will be back on Steam soon.
neutral · AI labelView post →Ok so today I received the invitation to join bsky so time for an introduction! 🌤️ Hi, I'm Marc! Environment Artist currently at Roll7 🛹 last game I worked was OlliOlli World! Occasionally I post stuff but mainly I give <3 and RT
neutral · AI labelView post →The excitement of popping down to GAME and buying a physical copy of OlliOlli World was ever so slightly diminished, when I realised the store had been closed down and replaced with a dank corner in Sports Direct. I didn't realise fulfilling this childhood fantasy would involve so much PE kit.
neutral · AI labelView post →1. First videogame: Miel Monteur: Miel bouwt Auto's! 2. Favorite character: Ichiban Kasuga! 3. Underrated game: OlliOlli World FUCKING RULES, tho u should pirate it now cause the original team is gone :') 4. Guilty pleasure: Fortnite, tho it isnt considered as "cringe" anymore as it once was.
positive · AI labelView post →Awesome little side scrolling skateboard game. Lots of sweet tricks, the stages are fun and challenging, mechanics all feel super solid, and the sound track is pretty good! This is a great game and kind of reminds me of Skate or Die!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fuck, I missed that. I liked the original Olliolli, it was a cool game to have on a 3DS. World was in the back of my mind as "might get that one day" (but too many freaking games).
positive · AI labelView post →The landing and grind detection in this game are why I drink.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Game 201: OlliOlli World Described as a "skateboarding action-platformer", it's a colorful game filled with creative characters and locations. The controls are as intuitive and simple to understand as they are hard to master, bringing that "just one more try" feeling a good challenging game needs.
positive · AI labelView post →OlliOlli World (X1/X) $4.99 via Xbox (Game Pass Price). ow.ly/Nhns50UFNVP
neutral · AI labelView post →The game is not Tony Hawk's Pro Skater in 2D as I had hoped, it's just a skateboard themed runner game. Although the game seems difficult at first, most people, at least those who don't give up after five minutes, will get used to the controls. Doing tricks is also easy, but the problem, as others have noted in some reviews, is that the controls are not as responsive as they should be. Most of the times I failed a level, it was because I was apparently too slow to press the jump button to jump…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Playing OlliOlli World. Really chill skateboard game.
positive · AI labelView post →I wanted to give this game a positive review initially but when I started doing challenges to progress further in the game, the input system really started to show its flaws. The way the game determines Perfect Landings is one of the worst feeling mechanics I have played with in quite a while. Sometimes you get perfects when you should and other times you get a red fail. I've recorded footage of pressing A at the exact time you land giving you a fail sometimes and perfect other times. It just…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →OlliOlli is basically the 2D version of Tony Hawk's Pro Skater cranked up to infinity. It is brutally hard, but produces a flow seldomly encountered in gaming. Probably one of the most difficult games to master of the ones I've played recently. The Dark Souls of skateboarding. Loved every second.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fun fact: I’m in the top 10 of global OlliOlli 2 players. Loved this game when it came out! Wish Roll7 was still around. :/
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neutral · AI labelView post →My game is glitched. It has audio but it's just a blank black screen. I tried uninstalling and re installing too many times. In my opinion, it was a waste of money for me.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Relax to this one while you work: www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcfS... Still my most played song on Spotify. Inspired by my time with OlliOlli World. Awesome arcade skateboarding game. Give it a go!
positive · AI labelView post →OlliOlli is what arcade-style skateboarding games should be like, but is overpriced and now outclassed by its own sequel. Skateboarding games were founded in the arcade genre. Crazy tricks, insane environments, and ridiculous physics defined skateboarding games for the early part of their existence. And to an extent, they actually returned to that shortly after Skate 2 and Skate 3 decided to take a more silly approach to skateboarding. I guess you could say we never actually left the arcade…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I've really liked having a "share your wins" redeem, its nice hearing folks celebrate a little! For games: Tiny Bookshop - cute shop sim w/ good characters OlliOlli World - rad skating game Mars First Logistics - build robots on mars Easy Delivery Co - Chill delivery sim w/ good atmosphere
positive · AI labelView post →♥♥♥♥♥♥ controls. Dont bother.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The controls are horrible and unreactive. You can hardly land any trick, be it with keyboard or controller.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →OlliOlli is a 2D side scrolling skate board trick game that suffers from extremely tight and precise controls and timing, if either of these are off by a small amount your entire run is destroyed and the game becomes frustrating, challenging and not fun really fast. The concept of the game sounds cool, but gets destroyed by the controls and timing. The soundtrack and the graphics are nice, however the gameplay is overshadowed by the terrible controls and timing required.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →really loving Denshattack so far, it's like a 3D OlliOlli that looks like a Jet Set Radio game
neutral · AI labelView post →Well, it's at the very end of the day, but I still got it out. Here's the first entry in my 25 Good Things series looking back at the first quarter century of games, music, movies, and books. First up: OLLIOLLI WORLD. www.thecrossoverappeal.com/olli-olli-wo...
positive · AI labelView post →Unresponsive controls and it's basically a mobile runner game with a skate skin. Graphics and sountrack are pretty neat tho.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I get stuck on what to stream on Sundays, so put a BUNCH of games from Steam that I've never played/finished. There's 83 so far, and more to add from Epic too! We will be spinning the wheel to pick our game for each stream. That said, we will be playing OlliOlli World this Sunday (19th)! See post 2
neutral · AI labelView post →Have you ever had muscle memory from a previous game stop you from being able to get into a similar one? I can't play Sekiro because my hands think it's Ninja Garden Black. I can't play OlliOlli or most snowboarding games because my hands think they're Tony Hawk.
neutral · AI labelView post →No time for a review so I give this game a rank C. Okay game - not bad but you can skip it or try on sale. See my profile for more details about my reviews. Additional notes: I really wanted to like this game more than that, and to spend more time on it. It is not bad, it is fine, actually well made with lots of winks at old games like THPS series and all, letters to collect etc, but all in pixellized indie 2D. The gameplay is smooth and responsive, levels are alright but quickly repetitive…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Worst controls I've seen in such a game.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Controls sucks. Character jumps only when he wants.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →After an hour of playing it one can hardly find any motivation to go on. It feels like an average game from the 80s. It is not a disaster by all means, but I can think of thousand ways to spend your time better.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →the controls are not nearly responsive enough for what is required later on in the game
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →More fun than Tony Hawk HD.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →On the surface OlliOlli looked like it was going to be really cool. When I launched the game it still looked cool, and the music really suits the game. Overall good atmosphere. Unfortunately the controls really bring down the game, they are rather unresponsive. And I must admit they also feel unituative, basically every thing is done with the left control stick (assuming playing on controller). As a result this game is too frustrating to play, and as such I can't recommend it. Which is a…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →In a better world, Roll7 didn't close down and they're about to put out a sequel to OlliOlli World called OlliOlli Universe or some shit and it would be the fucking coolest game ever because holy shit OlliOlli World ruled.
positive · AI labelView post →54. OlliOlli World This is both the most stylish and most challanging skateboarding game out there. But it is so intuitive, so fun, that you can't help trying again and again until you succeed.
positive · AI labelView post →the OlliOlli games were fun to revisit, the first game released first on Vita after all being able to play hotline miami, spelunky and jet set radio on a far smaller system than a steam deck is very (even if jsr has some slowdown) Retro City Rampage is pretty fun and kind of a perfect handheld game
positive · AI labelView post →10 GOOD LESSER-KNOWN GAMES FROM 2K GAMES 9. OlliOlli World (2022) Roll7 really changed up the look and feel of the already great OlliOlli 1&2 for this sequel, but they not only nailed it, but created one of the best games of 2022. It's a shame it didn't catch on as an instant classic; it's great!
positive · AI labelView post →#RandomGameSaturday If you were to buy this game, I highly recommend the OlliOlli Switch Stance/Epic Combo pack console version over STEAM PC as it has many issues on PC for the original PC release, especially since it includes OlliOlli 2 in the physical release too.
neutral · AI labelView post →Good to hear you enjoyed OlliOlli World! It was so fun to work on that game. I’m enjoying Later Alligator at the moment 😺
neutral · AI labelView post →Side note: I bought OlliOlli World during the last Steam sale and had yet to play it until tonight. WHAT. How did I miss this game??? The art style reminds me of Adventure Time. I didn't know I needed this in my life. PLUS LOOK HOW COOL I LOOK 😭 #olliolliworld #steam
positive · AI labelView post →Really hoping I can finally show off Diddy Kong Racing: Adventure 2 100%. Category has never been showcased and there have been some general 100% improvements that have not been shown either. Would also be cool to play OlliOlli World. Very colourful, vibey, fast-paced game.
positive · AI labelView post →Starting with "OlliOlli World"! Got it as a gift for Christmas, and really enjoyed it. Played it mostly (90%) on steam deck, which made it even more fun! The game itself was a surprise to me, I thought that I wouldn't like it, but ended up having too much fun with it. For me, it's a 10/10
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neutral · AI labelView post →This is a 2D retro pixel skating simulator/endless runner. Skate along and perform tricks on the way to build up your score. The game does run in 4K but the retro pixel graphics make it look ugly. The controls for the tricks are convoluted and not really a lot of fun, so that kind of defeats the purpose of this being a game and all. Endless runners are a lot like watching paint dry to begin with. So I guess this is like a needlessly difficult version of watching paint dry. The real…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Satisfying 2D arcade skate-'em-up
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Played it a while ago, was quite fun. (Need a review for the Autum sale)
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →OlliOlli is a mix between a runner and a skate game. The character always move forward, so you gotta stay attentive to the level; however, only trying to finish the level (so jump and grind at the right time) won't be enough to get a great score. You gotta use all of your tricks! So it's not just a typical runner experience of "jump there, slide there", neither is it like skater games where you have complete control over your character's movement and where the gameplay allows for freestyle.…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Honestly, I wouldn't recommend OlliOlli for everyone because it's a difficult game. If you're thinking about having fun, forget it. This game requires a lot of patience and sometimes, it's not enough. It starts off fine with amateur challenges, I believe they can be done by anyone who have a little patience. Then it's moving onto the pro challenges and this part is just fine until Neon City. If you ever manage to get pass the "helicoptering" challenge, you'll be awarded with RAD Mode which is…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I get a black screen on start up. Can't get to work. No one responds to forums. Presumed to be abandoned. Caveat emptor.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Stream Plans This Week - Taking smol break from Bloop Rinse tonight to chip away more at the stream backlog with OlliOlli World! 🛹 - After Wrapping up OlliOlli + rolling next game, going back to da bluest of princes tomorrow + Thursday!
neutral · AI labelView post →I have those super vague memories of tony hawks games and then then the slightly less but still vague memories of transitioning over to skate games (and later OlliOlli) it felt like yeah this is the way to do skating games now so to have this game put a whole new scheme on it was so refreshing.
positive · AI labelView post →terrible controls.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Working on OlliOlli World is still one of the highlights of my career, what a game
positive · AI labelView post →
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