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Super Meat Boy

Fast-paced 2D precision platforming through hundreds of deadly levels

Team Meat · Released Nov 30, 2010

Indie

Reviews
Very Positive
93% of 33K
Recent reviews
Very Positive
87% of 253 in 30 days
Players
84
daily peak, Nov 7, 2026
Steam Deck
Verified
Last update on Steam
8 years ago
Oct 24, 2018
Minimum PC
made within the last 4 ye…
1 GB RAM · 0.3 GB disk
Full requirements

Metacritic: 87/100 (critic reviews)

What is Super Meat Boy?

A fast-paced 2D precision platformer structured around hundreds of single-player levels and boss fights. You jump from walls and dodge saws, needles, and collapsing terrain as Meat Boy pursues Dr. Fetus and tries to rescue Bandage Girl.

For you if...

  • +you enjoy demanding levels built around precise timing
  • +you value quick movement and simple controls
  • +you like retrying stages until you master them

Not for you if...

  • −you want a relaxed platformer with forgiving difficulty
  • −you dislike frequent deaths and sudden difficulty spikes
  • −you want a story-heavy platformer

What players say

93% of 33,286 reviews are positive · 87% of 253 in the last 30 days

Players praise the tight controls, midair movement, and satisfaction of clearing demanding levels. Complaints focus on sharp difficulty spikes and some level and boss designs, while others find the controls slippery or unresponsive. Recent players also report crashes, input lag, and bugs on modern systems.

Players over time

▲ +9% vs a month ago

Players online on Steam, one sample a day.

Highest since Sep 2026: 147 players on Oct 25, 2026.

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Oct 29, 2026107
Oct 28, 2026145
Oct 27, 202686
Oct 27, 2026115
Oct 26, 2026117
Oct 25, 2026147
Oct 24, 2026135
Oct 23, 2026130
Oct 22, 20260
Oct 21, 2026107
Oct 20, 202669
Oct 19, 202687
Oct 18, 202682
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Oct 16, 202657
Oct 15, 202667
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Oct 13, 202668
Oct 12, 202687
Oct 11, 202699
Oct 10, 2026104
Oct 9, 202694
Oct 8, 2026108
Oct 7, 202692
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Oct 5, 2026105
Oct 4, 2026112
Oct 3, 202694
Oct 2, 202691
Oct 1, 202665
Sep 30, 202654
Sep 29, 202672
Sep 28, 202678
Sep 27, 202666
Sep 26, 202668
Sep 25, 202664
Sep 24, 202668
Sep 23, 202635
Sep 23, 202662
Sep 22, 202673
Sep 21, 202692

How many players finish Super Meat Boy?

7.0% of Steam players have unlocked «The End », the achievement for finishing the main story.

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Screenshots and trailer

Super Meat Boy screenshot 1

Super Meat Boy system requirements

Minimum: made within the last 4 ye…, 1 GB RAM, 0.3 GB of disk space.

As published by the developer.

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Minimum

OS
Microsoft® Windows® XP / Vista / 7 (Windows 8 is not officially supported)
Processor
1.4GHz or faster
Graphics
Graphics Card made within the last 4 years (Pixel Shader 3.0, Vertex Shader 3.0)
Memory
1 GB RAM
Storage
300 MB

Does Super Meat Boy have co-op or multiplayer?

No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.

Does Super Meat Boy run on Steam Deck?

Verified Yes, Verified by Valve: it works on Steam Deck out of the box.

  • All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
  • Shows Steam Deck controller icons
  • In-game text is legible on Steam Deck
  • Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
  • External controllers are not supported for the primary player

PC version details

DRM
None declared on Steam
Controller
Full controller support
Platforms
Windows, macOS, Linux
Achievements
48
Steam features
Family Sharing, Trading cards
Languages
Text only: English, Russian.

Does Super Meat Boy use AI-generated content?

No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.

Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Nov 7, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam

Tags

1 DLC available.

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