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What is the Metacritic score for Goat Simulator?
Metacritic’s all-platform aggregate for the 2014 original is 62/100, based on 39 critic reviews in the page snapshot accessed in 2026. Metacritic classifies that score as “Mixed or Average.” The displayed total and label are Metacritic’s aggregation, not a universal verdict on the game.
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Goat Simulator 3 - PlayStation 5 | Buy on Amazon | |
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Goat Simulator | $4.99 | Buy on Amazon |
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Goat Simulator The Goaty (Nintendo Switch) | $42.99 | Buy on Amazon |
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Goat Simulator: The Bundle (Xbox One) (輸入版） | $26.99 | Buy on Amazon |
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Koch Media Goat Simulator 3 (Switch) | $48.93 | Buy on Amazon |
See Metacritic’s Goat Simulator critic reviews and platform selector.
How are the critic reviews distributed?
| Metacritic category | Reviews | Share of the 39-review sample |
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| Positive | 11 | 28% |
| Mixed | 23 | 59% |
| Negative | 5 | 13% |
These counts and percentages are Metacritic’s displayed breakdown for the same 39 critic reviews; the aggregator’s review pool may change over time. The largest group is mixed, so the page’s “Mixed or Average” label reflects a distribution in which most included reviews fall in the middle category.
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- You can be a goat
- No really, there are so many goats - If you want to be fancy you can wear the skins of tall goats, stripey goats, and many more
- Or dress up your goat in all kinds of nonsense, from rolls of toilet paper to tea trays - Put on a jetpack for all we care
- This time we actually hired ‘game designers’ and we’re told they’ve added ‘an ok amount of content’ - events, NPCs to mess with, physics, status effects, collectables, easter eggs, lies, betrayal, heartbreak
- They’ve added mini-games too, lots of mini-games (seven is a lot, right?)
Which game and platform does this score cover?
This figure refers to the original Goat Simulator, whose initial release date Metacritic lists as April 1, 2014. It is not a score for Goat Simulator: Remastered or Goat Simulator 3, which have separate review records.
Metacritic’s platform tabs can show different scores because their review pools are not interchangeable. The 62/100 figure here is the all-platform aggregate; do not use it as a score for a specific console or mobile edition. Check the live platform selector and cite the platform-specific review count alongside any platform score.
Rank #2
- You can be a goat
- Get points for wrecking stuff - brag to your friends that you're the alpha goat
- MILLIONS OF BUGS! We're only eliminating the crash-bugs, everything else is hilarious and we're keeping it
- In-game physics that bug out all the time
- Seriously look at that goat's neck
Is 62 the critic score or the user rating?
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Quick Recap
Best Value
- You can be a goat - three friends can also be goats and play with you locally or online
- If you want to be chic, you can wear the skins of large, striped and many other goats
- This time we actually hired "game designer" and we've been told they added "tons of content"
- Contents: In addition to the game, a download code for the "downgrade" DLC is included in the box
Rank #3
- Destroy and Wreck Stuff as much as possible in style! Do a backflip while headbutting a bucket through a window to earn ultimate goat points!
- embark on an adventure in a simulated goat MMO world! Play as 5 different classes, complete dozens of quests and level up 101 times!
- survive in a simulated zombie apocalypse! Craft items, explore a new zombie map and unlock Super powered goats
- beat people up and take their money in goat simulator: Payday - Use your goat crew to Smash & grab, then blast away all your money at mahatma gambling, the Indian Casino - just like in that scaffolding cappuccino movie
- goat Wars: waste of space - you no longer have to fantasize about colonizing space as a simulated goat. Your dreams have finally come true!
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