Super Meat Boy

Maybe the best platformer ever made. It's ridiculously good and still holds up in 2025

One of the big boys on the indie boom back in the 2010s and with good reason! Its a simple and straightforward platformer with a huge difficulty curve for a lot of people. I still find myself coming back to it off and on just because the level design and various level mechanics are just that much fun to interact with. Alongside having features such as bonus levels and a ton of unlockable characters that completely change how you play? Its got a lot of replay-ability especially if you're a completionist.

If you liked this game after playing however, I would strongly advise against playing its sequel Super Meat Boy Forever, as it completely drops things such as unique characters and retro levels in favor of being an "an autorunner with rng elements". Its a shallow imitation of what this game achieves and its a shame its such a stain on what this series was about at its core lol.

But yeah, this game good.... I do not perceive the sequel.

Unlike PETA, I love this game. Nice mechanics and a good rage / platformer game. Worth the cost.

i really wish i didnt refund ittttttt.... i was ass and got mad....

It's very fun, but I've also screamed at it more times than I can count. Be aware!!!

fck cotton alley but otherwise fun game

Meat Boy controls horribly, he is way to slippery and it feels like there's no buffer time in this game.

Very challenging game, yet insanely fun. I would recommend playing this.

In-game 100% 14 years after I first played it. This game is a masterpiece that will never lose its status

---{ 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 boy
☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer

---{ Difficulty }---
☐ Just press 'W'
☐ Easy
☐ Easy to learn / Hard to master
☑ Significant brain usage
☐ Difficult
☐ Dark Souls

---{ Grind }---
☐ Nothing to grind
☑ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks
☐ Isn't necessary to progress
☐ Average grind level
☐ Too much grind
☐ You'll need a second life for grinding

---{ Story }---
☐ No Story
☐ Some lore
☑ Average
☐ Good
☐ Lovely
☐ It'll replace your life

---{ Game Time }---
☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee
☐ Short
☐ Average
☐ Long
☑ To infinity and beyond

---{ Price }---
☐ It's free!
☐ It's free, but... it's very difficult to play without spending money
☐ Worth the price
☑ If it's on sale
☐ If u have some spare money left
☐ You could also just burn your money

---{ Newbie Friendly }---
☐ You got a friend in me!
☑ Easy if you've played similar games
☐ One or two tutorials on YouTube
☐ Not so easy
☑ Oooh f#©k...
☐ Where do I click? How do I play?... Alt+F4!

---{ Bugs }---
☑ Never heard of
☐ Minor bugs
☐ Can get annoying
☐ ARK: Survival Evolved
☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs

---{ Servers }---
☑ Single Player
☐ Coop Local/Online
☐ Only NA
☐ Half of the world NA/Europe/Asia
☐ The whole world

---{ ? / 10 }---
☐ 1
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☐ 6
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☐ 10

I mean, it's Super Meat Boy, the game that more or less turned the "difficult indie platformer" subgenre into what it is now. (Heck, Cuphead's devs directly said SMB's success inspired them to make their game) Still, as someone who isn't some diehard platformer fan, it's still definitely worth it.

The game's legendary difficulty is no joke, Chapter 4 and onwards is when the game stops messing around. And have you seen those achievements? Cotton Alley (bonus endgame chapter, stupid hard) deathless? and on dark world as well? Goodness gracious... Thankfully, this game follows in the Hotline Miami style of "death is cheap" gameplay. Died on the last jump again? Well, thankfully the par time for this stage is only like 20 seconds, so you'll be back to it in no time!

As mentioned above, trying to 100%/Platinum it is a... journey, to say the least. I don't even know if I have the patience to get everything lol. But there's definitely bragging rights in there.

Graphics aren't anything special, but it's going for a certain style that just works.

Music is god tier, especially the 2010 soundtrack. You ain't lived until you've listened to The Battle of Lil' Slugger.

Anyways, definitely recommend, to at least see how far you can get without throwing in the towel permanently. It goes on sale fairly regularly.

It's that I personally don't really enjoy precision platformers, but Super Meat Boy has set the standard in a major way.

fun for speedrunning, lots of tech

(Review copy received for free on 03/21/25, game releases 03/28/25)

There's this really funny game, have you heard of it? Well if you haven't, you're in for an absolute TREAT. Because Super Meat Boy is that really funny game. "Funny" is an understatement. This game is HILARIOUS. You play as Meat Boy, a cube of meat. Yeah, you read that right. MEAT. And he's on a race to save his girlfriend Bandage Girl from Dr. FEATUS. Literally the villain is a FEATUS in a jar, like who comes up with this stuff??

If you are a veteran gamer you will find that this game takes notes from and references a lot of other games from when you were a kid. For example, the very first level of the game teaches you how to play. Sound familiar? Because that's precisely what level 1-1 in Super Mario Bros for the Famicom did. You may also notice that Super Meat Boy and Super Mario Bros. share an abbreviation (SMB), highlighting a clear respect for the legacy of the Famicom classic. But be warned: unlike Mario there is some crass humor. Dr Featus flips you off every chance he gets. Like, with his middle finger, and it's not blurred out or anything. It is, however, done so very comedically and I literally get a kick out of it every time he does it.

Speaking of humor, the game also references a lot of memes from a bygone era. Whenever you get to a new world, you'll hear a rendition of a familiar melody used in the famous "Dramatic Chipmunk" viral YouTube video from 2007. But aside from oldschool references, this game isn't afraid to tip the hat to its similarly-hilarious contemporaries, making it a joyful experience for uncles and nephews alike. You will be delighted to know that Derp Robot (from the Newgrounds classic, Derp Robot) is PLAYABLE as a playable character.

I do not wish to spoil this game further as I am bound by a contract with the developer (who I can attest from private conversations is equally hilarious), so I will conclude by saying that Super Meat Boy is an absolute sidesplitter. I haven't even touched upon the EGREGIOUS difficulty of the game, but that honestly ties into the hilarity of it all. From level to level, I tear up at the sight of a hundred Meat Boys attempting to complete the level but dying en masse. This detail alone justifies the price tag that I paid for this free review copy, and even then it's only a fraction of the joys this game has to offer. You won't be disappointed.

I cannot wait for you to experience this instant classic.

CONCLUSION
Pros: hilarious, referential, experimental, funny, teaches you how to play
Cons: it ends

RANK: 5/5

I love this game and are currently trying to 100% the game, but... I don't think I will be able to get all achievements without losing my hair and sanity. Otherwise this one of my favourite games

Game is irritating asl but fun and the art is so SO charming

GOOD GAME makes you rage every now and again but overall amazing really hope u enjoy if u get

despite the games various warnings i am playing on keyboard. my pinkie is in shambles. fun game tho

i tried to play ambient music over this game to calm myself down and yet i still manage to tear my fingernails and had an oopsie on my right arm

10/10 game

genuinely one of my favorite platformers ever.
the game has 2 buttons-one to jump, and hold another to run. THATS IT
and yet the game is mind numbing AGONY which humbled me badly

although the controls are simple, the gameplay is amazing,
1. you have pretty much full control of where you're gonna land (hence the precision platforming)
2. there's no bs that's killing you, the only reason you can die is if YOU, yes YOU do something wrong, which makes this entire game super skillfull

a bunch of worlds, characters (some beloved characters from newgrounds) and the best feature...
tofu boy.

anyway, i love this game, and im disappointed in the sequel, so...

100 supermeatboyillion/10

i like it but its not for everyone its great for the first couple of worlds then it gets hard very fast

You can't remap your controller inputs within the game, and it seems to not work properly when remapping inputs through Steam. I know this is a game from ten years ago, but this is ridiculous. I decided to give this game another go, since it happened to be in my collection, but I can't be bothered with all the fuss when I know there are newer, and probably better, games of this type available.

this is out of pure rage i hate level 4 on finale world

S Tier Platformer.

A lot of people say it's difficult but I think that's misleading. Yes you will die, a lot, but there are almost no repercussions. Let me elaborate:
1. You have unlimited lives
2. When you die you're immediately (and I mean literally a split second after death) sent back to the beginning of the level.
3. The levels are typically quite short (so it's not like you ever have to do more than a minute's--usually more like 20 seconds--worth of gameplay over)

Warp zones are the only exception: You get 3 lives per level (with 3 levels) and if you lose all 3 you have to start the warp zone over. They're probably the hardest parts of the game and even then you can try as many times as you want.

Note: The soundtrack is amazing too BUT MAKE SURE YOU SWITCH TO THE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK IN THE OPTIONS. The new one is only there due to some sort of licensing issue for newer consoles. The original is 10x better.

I mean it's alright


---{ 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

---{ Game Size }---
☑ Floppy Disk
☐ Old Fashioned
☐ Workable
☐ Big
☐ Will eat 15% of your 1TB hard drive
☐ You will want an entire hard drive to hold it
☐ You will need to invest in a black hole to hold all the data

---{ Difficulty }---
☐ Just press 'W'
☐ Easy
☐ Easy to learn / Hard to master
☐ Significant brain usage
☐ Difficult
☑ Dark Souls

---{ Grind }---
☐ Nothing to grind
☐ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks
☐ Isn't necessary to progress
☐ Average grind level
☐ Too much grind
☑ You'll need a second life for grinding

---{ Story }---
☐ No Story
☐ Some lore
☑ Average
☐ Good
☐ Lovely
☐ It'll replace your life

---{ Game Time }---
☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee
☐ Short
☑ Average
☐ Long
☐ To infinity and beyond

---{ Price }---
☐ It's free!
☑ Worth the price
☐ If it's on sale
☐ If u have some spare money left
☐ Not recommended
☐ You could also just burn your money

---{ Bugs }---
☑ Never heard of
☐ Minor bugs
☐ Can get annoying
☐ ARK: Survival Evolved
☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs

---{ ? / 10 }---
☐ 1
☐ 2
☐ 3
☐ 4
☐ 5
☐ 6
☐ 7
☐ 8
☐ 9
☑ 10

i love this game so god damn much its so much fun and at the time of writing this i have fully completed every world besides the cotton alley i just need to finish the dark world for it then im done the amount of precision you need for each level is insane and when you complete a level you get to see all of your attempts at once i highly recommend getting this game if you dont have it already

the game is fun for like the first three worlds but then the difficulty just keep spiking, you need to be extremely precise to repeat the movement pattern the developer wants you to do, and that's just not my type of game, it makes the experience feel too linear.

do i have an skill issue? maybe, but i am also not the target demographic of this game.
if you like games that are hard because it needs precise exact patterns of inputs with pixel perfect accuracy, then you may like this game.

Its so good rate it a 5 star its a hard game but fun i have 30 hours in this game.

really good rewarding game get now fr

📌 Visão Geral do Jogo
Em Super Meat Boy, o objetivo principal é navegar por uma série de níveis repletos de obstáculos mortais, como serras, agulhas e lava, até alcançar a Bandage Girl, que está aprisionada no final de cada fase. O jogo é composto por uma série de mundos e fases cada vez mais difíceis, com uma dificuldade crescente, desafiando constantemente as habilidades dos jogadores.

A cada fase superada, uma sensação de realização toma conta do jogador, uma vez que o nível de dificuldade é imenso, mas extremamente recompensador quando você consegue completar uma fase sem morrer, o que é raro. Cada erro é punido severamente, já que, na maioria das vezes, você morre instantaneamente ao encostar em qualquer obstáculo.

🎮 Jogabilidade e Mecânicas
🔹 Controle Preciso e Reativo
O controle de Super Meat Boy é um dos aspectos que mais se destaca. O jogo exige uma precisão absurda nos saltos e movimentos, o que torna a experiência tanto frustrante quanto satisfatória. O personagem responde rapidamente aos comandos, e a movimentação é extremamente fluida, permitindo que o jogador execute manobras complexas, como saltos duplos, deslizes e escaladas, com grande precisão.

A física do personagem é simples, mas incrivelmente bem-feita. A maneira como Meat Boy se move e reage a objetos no cenário é clara, e as mecânicas de pulo e controle de movimento são muito bem calibradas, o que faz o jogo ter uma curva de aprendizado justa. O desafio está em sincronizar os saltos e movimentos para não bater em qualquer obstáculo letal.

🔹 Desafios Intensos e Mortais
O grande atrativo de Super Meat Boy é, sem dúvida, seu nível de dificuldade. O jogo é projetado para testar os limites do jogador, oferecendo fases incrivelmente difíceis com obstáculos traiçoeiros em cada canto. Você passará a maior parte do tempo morrendo repetidamente — mas, por mais frustrante que isso seja, a sensação de superação após completar uma fase difícil é uma das melhores recompensas do jogo.

A cada falha, o jogo mantém um sistema de respawn rápido, permitindo que o jogador tente novamente imediatamente. Esse design ágil e direto impede que a frustração se torne insuportável e incentiva os jogadores a aprender com seus erros.

🔹 Fases e Ambientação
O jogo é dividido em mundos e níveis progressivamente mais difíceis. Cada mundo tem um tema único e apresenta novos obstáculos e mecânicas que forçam o jogador a adaptar-se constantemente. As fases podem durar apenas alguns segundos, mas elas testam o domínio de cada aspecto do controle do personagem, e o progresso é muito valorizado devido à complexidade crescente.

Cada mundo tem um visual e estilo único, com design de níveis criativos e obstáculos que fazem o jogador pensar rápido e se concentrar ao máximo.

🏝 Gráficos e Estilo Visual
O estilo visual de Super Meat Boy é simples, mas extremamente eficaz. Com gráficos em pixel art retrô, o jogo opta por um visual minimalista, mas charmoso, que não só remete aos jogos clássicos de plataforma, mas também dá um toque moderno ao gênero.

As animações dos personagens são fluidas, e as cenas de morte, embora dolorosas para o jogador, são apresentadas de forma exagerada e até cômica, com Meat Boy sendo destruído de formas absurdas e hilárias a cada falha. Essa abordagem leve e irreverente ajuda a suavizar um pouco a dureza do jogo, tornando-o mais suportável.

Além disso, os cenários e obstáculos são vibrantes e visualmente distintos, cada mundo com seu próprio tema e atmosfera — desde o visual sujo e industrial do primeiro mundo até os mapas futuristas e de laboratório do mundo final.

🎶 Trilha Sonora e Áudio
A trilha sonora de Super Meat Boy é fantástica e se destaca por sua energia frenética e estilo único. Composta por Danny Baranowsky, a música do jogo é cheia de guitarras e batidas rápidas, combinando perfeitamente com a ação acelerada e os desafios intensos. As músicas são cativantes, com temas para cada mundo que ajudam a imergir ainda mais o jogador no universo do jogo.

Os efeitos sonoros também são eficazes, com sons de pulo, colisão e morte que são satisfatórios e ajudam a reforçar a sensação de impacto de cada ação. Mesmo após várias falhas, os sons nunca se tornam irritantes, o que é um grande mérito do design de áudio do jogo.

⚖ Pontos Positivos:
Desafio gratificante: A dificuldade intensa do jogo é um dos maiores atrativos. Cada fase é projetada para testar os limites da paciência e habilidades do jogador, e a sensação de superação é única.
Controles precisos e satisfatórios: O controle de Meat Boy é responsivo e oferece uma experiência de plataforma desafiadora, mas justa, onde o jogador tem total controle sobre o personagem.
Gráficos e design retrô encantador: A estética em pixel art é simples, mas bem feita, e os cenários de cada mundo são criativos e bem trabalhados.
Trilha sonora energizante: A música complementa perfeitamente a ação intensa e acelerada do jogo, mantendo o jogador motivado.
Sistema de respawn rápido: A possibilidade de recomeçar imediatamente após a morte impede que a frustração tome conta, promovendo uma experiência de tentativas e erros eficaz.
⚖ Pontos Negativos:
Extrema dificuldade pode afastar alguns jogadores: O jogo é notoriamente difícil, e isso pode ser um ponto negativo para quem não gosta de desafios tão punitivos. A curva de aprendizado pode ser íngreme para novatos.
Repetição: Embora cada nível seja único, a natureza de tentativa e erro e o fato de morrer repetidamente podem tornar o jogo cansativo para quem busca uma experiência mais relaxante ou casual.
Falta de diversidade no conteúdo: Alguns jogadores podem achar que o jogo tem uma falta de variedade em suas mecânicas e modos, focando apenas na plataforma pura.
💬 Conclusão
Super Meat Boy é um jogo desafiador, mas incrivelmente satisfatório. Sua mecânica de controle precisa, a dificuldade alta e a trilha sonora cativante fazem dele um dos melhores exemplos de jogos de plataforma desafiadora dos últimos tempos. Embora não seja para todos devido à sua dificuldade, ele é uma obra-prima para os fãs de jogos que gostam de ser desafiados e recompensados pela perseverança.

A simples estética em pixel art e os efeitos de morte hilários ajudam a suavizar a intensidade da jogabilidade, mas a experiência permanece implacável e exigente. Se você está pronto para o desafio e gosta de um jogo que testa suas habilidades ao máximo, Super Meat Boy é uma escolha obrigatória.

Nota Final: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (5/5)
Um dos melhores jogos de plataforma de todos os tempos, Super Meat Boy oferece um desafio imersivo e gratificante para os jogadores que buscam testar suas habilidades de forma divertida e extremamente recompensadora.

This game made me hate meat so much, I became a vegan.
10/10 would break the keyboard again.

Very challenging game with a lot of collectibles and funny characters.

Play on select ogversion in its beta participation settings i it has all the original audio other than that great indie classic

As someone who has put 31 hours into the game and 100% the first 3 worlds I feel the need to say that this game is AWESOME.

This is the perfect hard game in my opinion. Also your completion of this game is hereby void, unless you have acquired the "golden god" achievement. <3

I like how respawn is quick and levels are challenging but short. Good 2D platformer.

its very fun and challenging like cuphead

Finally completed.... Chapters 4 and 5 are mostly absolute trash, sadly. I expected the end to be incredible frustrating but its levels turned out to be among the best! Well worth the fight.

Also, skyscraper...

i love this game first when i learn how to play it when i started to enjoy and the rst is history

Amazing 2d platformer. Timeless masterpiece :)

The thing i like about super meat boy is that all the levels are simple but hard and it only takes 2 minutes to learn the controls and i just zone out and become brain dead while dying over and over again on a level, also i finished the game quickly because i have played trough the game twice on PS4 already but if its your first time playing it will take a while to finish or %100 the game

love how this game makes you have godly precision after you beat the level, and you get to cackle and snicker at your old tries, in the replay

you die. ALOT. but still a 10/10

Ah, yes.

The Binding of Isaac team.

I know most people started not liking SMB due to Forever, but the first game is genuinely fantastic! It's not as easy and it doesn't baby you, it also gives you a false sense of security multiple times which is really funny to watch happen live or something like that. Now, I've gotta go drink bleach cuz' of The Guy.

I liked this game very hard but one of the best plat formers i have ever played. I highly recommend

Finished the game but it has weird delay when jumping which makes the game annoying sometimes ,I think the movement could be better WAY much better

Bro when I was young, I remembered Dr Fetus and Meat Boy a lot for no reason. For Dr. Fetus, I just remember he just flipped meat boy a lot which was funny to me even as I am writing this review. For Meat Boy, I remembered that Meat Boy was in Geometry Dash and I also loved his smile for the cover of the game idk why. But yeah, 100% play this game because they have hard levels and this game is just like N+ but even harder


Thank you Team Meat.

If you like any of Edmund's other works. You kinda have to try out Meat Boy

*insert 2010 indie platformer here* *yawn*

If you're into precision platformers then you'll get a lot out of it, although you've probably already played this if that's you. To me, even after only 45 minutes and beating 2.5 "worlds", I feel like I've seen everything the game has to offer - all it's going to do is make the jumping puzzles harder and harder until it ends. Meat Boy has "heart and soul" I suppose, and the soundtrack isn't bad, but that's about where it stops for me. There are no enemies outside of "bosses" (the bosses are effectively just time requirements for level completion because they chase you while you jump over stuff), no navigation puzzles, just jumping over/around sharp things as fast as possible until the game ends. High difficulty has its place but there comes a point where it just feels like padding to make what is actually a pretty simplistic game feel bigger than it is. I'd be interested to know how long Super Meat Boy took to make... I'm guessing 2-3 months at maximum assuming one person. (Edit: I found out it's made by the same person who made Binding Of Isaac. That explains it. S/he seems to have a habit of releasing concepts instead of real finished games.)

Newgrounds is the publisher, or was (I assume the contract expired). That should tell you a lot if you're of a certain age. It's *very* late 00s in its attempts at humour and is clearly programmed in Flash. It's basically just I Wanna Be The Guy except it costs $15 (wtf) and doesn't run in a browser. I think I got it in a Humble Bundle 10-15 years ago so it probably goes on sale for next to nothing. As for my continued quest for a modern 2D platformer among a sea of metroidvanias and "precision platformers" that is better than and builds upon Jazz Jackrabbit 2 from 1998, my princess is in another castle.