Years later, rhythm game Geometry Dash smashes its player peak

If you’ve never played Geometry Dash, you may find you’re missing out on one of the most engaging games in the rhythm genre. Now, after several years, not only has a new version been released, but it’s caused the concurrent player count to spike to an all-time high.

According to recent data from SteamDB, Geometry Dash reached a peak of 88,346 on December 20. If you look at the graph, you can see how it shot up in the space of a couple of hours, with the previous count showing just under 13,000 players.

Progress on update 2.2 has been a long time coming. In fact, the last update from developer RobTop Games was in October, which said that the proposed November release would “not be doable.” Now that it’s finally out, we can see just how much people have been waiting for it.

Bouncy bouncy

For those who haven’t experienced it, Geometry Dash has you moving through levels of varying difficulties, playing as a simple shape or other object. Jumping over obstacles to get to the end, the game’s genius comes from the fact that the level moves along in time to the music.

This necessitates well-timed presses in order to hop over spikes and gaps or wind your way through tight corridors. While I don’t want to draw too big a comparison, if you liked the nature of Flappy Bird, this could be right up your alley.

At the time of writing, more than 59,000 people are playing, which kind of shows that the wait can sometimes be worth it in the end.