Metascore
53

Mixed or average reviews - based on 15 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 15
  2. Negative: 6 out of 15
  1. Apr 24, 2015
    77
    It is a small game, but it is so beautifully crazy that you find yourself goating more often than you want to admit.
  2. May 14, 2015
    75
    A big, dumb, gloriously fun joke, and one that's worth checking out when you're just in the mood to see stuff get blown up by one insane goat.
  3. May 21, 2015
    74
    Goat Simulator is a great time for the first few hours when you're seeing everything for the first time, but once you've seen everything, there's no reason to keep playing.
  4. Apr 21, 2015
    70
    One of the weirdest and deranged games seen on Xbox to date; it manages to deliver lots of surprises to the ones willing to explore its crazy, glitchy world.
  5. Apr 21, 2015
    70
    Goat Simulator is the definition of dumb fun. It serves no purpose other than to entertain. I have derived far too many hours of enjoyment out of a game with little purpose. It is another sign that gaming has changed, and we are able to enjoy disasterpieces like this one.
  6. Apr 18, 2015
    65
    A gloriously unhinged and unashamedly stupid game, Goat Simulator is still one of the most enjoyable things I've played in some time. It's a horribly glitchy mess, but it's also somewhat majestic in its commitment to providing surreal lunacy that will have you in fits of laughter.
  7. X-ONE Magazine UK
    May 26, 2015
    60
    It's a joke that remains consistently funny, while still surprising in places. [Issue#124, p.84]
  8. May 7, 2015
    55
    It's still quite difficult to tell somebody to buy Goat Simulator. The game is funny but completely glitched. The atmosphere is nutty, but the soundtrack is atrocious. It's merely interesting but easy to play. Well, Goat Simulator is an oddity.
  9. Apr 23, 2015
    50
    Goat Simulator is an undoubtedly funny game with a very unusual concept. Unfortunately, the joke wears very thin very fast and the gamer is left with a broken game with no real goal.
  10. Apr 29, 2015
    40
    You'll love it or you'll hate it, but it won't go unnoticed. Full of bugs and completely unpolished, this is the same kind of crazy game that PC gamers enjoyed a few month ago.
  11. Apr 17, 2015
    40
    Ultimately, Goat Simulator is a hilarious mess that is worth experiencing for a few hours, just one you probably shouldn't buy.
  12. Apr 23, 2015
    35
    Aside from some cheap laughs and managing to somehow become an internet cultural phenomenon, this goat game offers up little in terms of any substance. Instead you get a glitch, buggy shallow experience you will ditch in a matter of days.
  13. May 27, 2015
    30
    I appreciate the developers' commitment to a gag, and as a piece of conceptual comedy Goat Simulator has few competitors in the world of video games. Still, when there's not a huge difference between playing the game and watching compilation clips of it online, potential buyers must ask themselves whether it's really worth ten dollars for the opportunity to feel buyer's remorse soon after.
  14. 30
    If you want to waste your money on a broken game that barely inspired a smile from us, buy Goat Simulator. Presumably, if Coffee Stain Studios tried making Hilarity Simulator it'd be set in a morgue.
  15. May 15, 2015
    25
    This feels like a waste of time, let alone money.
User Score
6.2

Mixed or average reviews- based on 90 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 35 out of 90
  2. Negative: 22 out of 90
  1. May 22, 2015
    4
    Here is this game in a nutshell:
    1. Pay money for game.
    2. Fool around with game for a bit. 3. Realize that there is a VERY finite number
    Here is this game in a nutshell:
    1. Pay money for game.
    2. Fool around with game for a bit.
    3. Realize that there is a VERY finite number of things you can do.
    4. Realize that there is a VERY small environment in which to do those things.
    5. Decide to do a few crazy things in order to get the achievements (because there is nothing better to do with the "game"
    6. Become board with those crazy things.
    7. Quit game and actually decide to uninstall it from your hard drive.
    8. Kick yourself in the ASS for having spent your hard earned money on such a steaming pile of turd.
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  2. May 19, 2015
    5
    FUN!!!!!!... for about 5 minutes. Those are the words I would use if I were reviewing this game in 5 words or less. When you first turn theFUN!!!!!!... for about 5 minutes. Those are the words I would use if I were reviewing this game in 5 words or less. When you first turn the game on you're greeted by essentially what the game is. Fun and cheesy music on repeat. You can then turn the game off because you have experienced it.

    (ALSO, FLAPPY GOAT IS THE DEATH OF ME!!!!!!)
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  3. Apr 29, 2015
    8
    It's a Tony Hawk game with goats!

    Hmm... How to rate this game? It's 10 bucks and I can say I got every penny worth out of it. In an xbox
    It's a Tony Hawk game with goats!

    Hmm... How to rate this game? It's 10 bucks and I can say I got every penny worth out of it. In an xbox one game library which is severely lacking, this is lots of fun. It's just refreshing to play something for the sheer joy of destruction, mayhem, and exploration.

    It has local 4 player which I have done and was ridiculously laugh out loud craziness! (I don't know about online)

    It has lots of easter eggs which keeps you playing.

    If you are looking for a break and want something mindless yet oh so satisfying it is well worth the price of admission. Kinda makes me want to invade GTA as a goat...
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