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Gravitas

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98%Game Brain Score
Most mentioned positive aspects:humor, gameplay
Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
98% User Score Based on 3,875 reviews

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About Gravitas

Gravitas is a single player platformer game with comedy and science fiction themes. It was developed by Galaxy Shark Studios and was released on August 23, 2019. It received overwhelmingly positive reviews from players.

Gravitas is a short first-person puzzle platforming game that transports you to the Gallery of Refined Gravity. Manipulate gravity and the gallery itself to prove yourself a pupil worthy of the Curator’s masterwork.

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98%Audience ScoreBased on 3,875 reviews
humor684 positive mentions
stability11 negative mentions
  • Highly polished and fun Portal-inspired puzzle game with unique gravity manipulation mechanics.
  • Excellent voice acting and witty, humorous dialogue that reacts to player actions.
  • Free to play with well-designed puzzles that are accessible and engaging, making it a great short experience.
  • The game is quite short, typically completed in under an hour, leaving players wanting more content.
  • Sometimes the physics can be inconsistent, causing minor frustration with cube handling.
  • Some visual effects like motion blur and lens flare can be distracting and it may cause motion sickness for some players.

  • humor

    690 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    99% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 1% negative mentions

    The humor in this game is widely praised for its witty, charming, and consistently funny writing, often drawing favorable comparisons to the Portal series' style. Players appreciate the entertaining and clever dialogue delivered by humorous characters, especially the robot curator, which adds personality and engagement throughout. While some note the humor can be on-the-nose or derivative at times, overall it is a key highlight that enhances the game's enjoyable, lighthearted experience despite its short length.

    • “Every single line from the curator has wit and humor; the levels are good, the graphics are cool, going for all the achievements and replaying it is fun.”
    • “The writing is witty and funny; the way the characters interact is hilarious and the puzzle design feels like a true loving homage to Portal.”
    • “With some funny dialog, this is a great short game; it’s around 11:48 pm and I'm just trying to stay awake so a fun short game like this is the perfect thing to keep myself occupied; its unique curator has the funniest dialogue in any game I've ever seen; wonderful game, funny game, and just a great game in general.”
    • “Annoyingly unfunny, to such a degree that I could tolerate just 20 minutes.”
    • “An unfunny wanna-be Portal with obnoxious lens flares, stock music, and a motion head bob that's tough to look at.”
    • “Games like this often force the player to listen to the monologues of 'quirky' AI or scientist characters trying to set the scene but result in you standing in front of a locked door waiting to play the game while they wrap up an unfunny joke that's gone on far, far too long.”

  • gameplay

    436 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    52% positive mentions, 47% neutral mentions, 1% negative mentions

    Gravitas offers a smooth and intuitive puzzle gameplay centered around a unique gravity manipulation mechanic reminiscent of the excursion funnels from Portal 2. Its well-designed levels provide a fun and accessible challenge with engaging puzzles, complemented by clever humor and strong voice acting. Although the game is relatively short and could benefit from deeper mechanics or extended content, it delivers a polished and enjoyable experience, especially considering it’s free.

    • “Gravitas, developed and published by Galaxy Shark Studios, is a compact first-person puzzle game that builds its entire experience around a single, elegant mechanic: the manipulation of gravity.”
    • “The gameplay revolves around the use of a gravity-manipulating device that allows players to create fields which pull objects—and the player themselves—toward a chosen point. This mechanic becomes the foundation for navigating a series of test chambers, each designed to explore a slightly different application of the system.”
    • “The game effectively introduces new mechanics and obstacles, preventing the puzzles from feeling repetitive and encouraging players to continually adapt their strategies.”
    • “However, this same brevity also limits the game’s depth, as the core mechanic is not explored to its fullest potential.”
    • “The mechanics are extremely one-note - you place a 'tractor beam' of gravity on a platform that allows it, and any objects not held down (which are universally some type of cube) are drawn towards it.”
    • “My only issue is how little gameplay there is.”

  • story

    250 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    53% positive mentions, 46% neutral mentions, 1% negative mentions

    The game's story is short, light-hearted, and humor-infused, drawing clear inspiration from the Portal series with quirky characters and witty dialogue. While not deeply complex or expansive, it effectively complements the gameplay and voice acting, creating an engaging and enjoyable experience. Players frequently express a desire for a longer, more developed story or a sequel to expand on the charming foundation provided.

    • “Great gameplay, great story, great voice acting, great humor, 9/10 hope there is DLC or a sequel.”
    • “The storytelling feels very natural and charming, and the puzzles are smart.”
    • “I massively recommend it to portal/turing test/qube/talos principle fans, this game came seriously close to the excellence that was 'Portal Stories Mel', with fun and challenging puzzles and a good story.”
    • “The storyline, if you can even call it that, is nothing but a pathetic attempt at comedy and is otherwise a waste of time.”
    • “Story is almost nonexistent.”
    • “The story, is... well... short as I said earlier and doesn't have enough lore.”

  • graphics

    185 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    59% positive mentions, 38% neutral mentions, 3% negative mentions

    The game's graphics are widely praised for their clean, colorful, and well-executed art style, delivering a pleasing, Portal-like aesthetic that runs smoothly even on lower-end PCs. While some users note occasional graphical glitches, excessive lens flare, or limited graphics settings, overall the visuals successfully complement the humor and puzzle gameplay, making for an engaging and enjoyable experience, especially given the game is free.

    • “The puzzles are incredible, the graphics are breathtaking, the story... I've run out of compliments to write.”
    • “The graphics are absolutely gorgeous and you don't need a supercomputer to run this game flawlessly.”
    • “Gravitas is one of those, and it's a fairly lengthy game considering its selling price of 'free.' The graphics are great, the plot is fun, and the puzzles can be legitimately challenging without feeling cheap or too vague to figure out.”
    • “Everything appears graphically much too smooth, shiny, poorly tuned.”
    • “Lots of weird graphic reflections that vary against the walls, too much unnecessary lens flare.”
    • “The graphics aren't good, the music wasn't good.”

  • music

    35 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    29% positive mentions, 60% neutral mentions, 11% negative mentions

    The music in the game is generally praised for being fitting, calming, and enhancing the puzzle-solving experience, with good sound design and voice acting complementing it. However, some users criticize the use of overused royalty-free and stock music, noting a lack of originality and occasional poor choices, which detract slightly from the overall atmosphere. Despite these issues, the soundtrack is considered a strong element that adds to the game's charm and humor.

    • “Absolutely amazing with more than decent sound effects, ambience, music and don't even get me started with the voice acting.”
    • “The puzzles were well made, the music sounded good and fit the game environment, and I had fun playing it.”
    • “Funny and great script/narrating, gameplay is solid and fluid, music was fantastic, and all the sound effects made sense.”
    • “Only con is the royalty free elevator music, mostly due to its overuse.”
    • “The graphics aren't good, and the music wasn't good.”
    • “Poor music choice at the start of the game.”

  • replayability

    26 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    27% positive mentions, 61% neutral mentions, 12% negative mentions

    Replayability for this game is generally limited due to its short, linear structure, but is enhanced by branching dialogue, humorous interactions, achievements, and hidden easter eggs that encourage multiple playthroughs. While the core gameplay and story may not justify frequent replays, players who enjoy exploring all content and variations find it rewarding. Some suggest that additional features like custom levels or time trials could further boost replay value.

    • “This is a pretty good puzzle game; short and sweet, picks your brain for a bit, and the achievements give it pretty good replay value.”
    • “From my perspective this game deserves to be one of the few games which can be completed in under an hour while remaining completely entertaining. It even manages to be replayable thanks to its branching dialogue, interesting characters, and replayable segments of puzzles with polished mechanics.”
    • “It's short but sweet, and replayable if you want to get all of the achievements or try new interactions with the curator, the eccentric hovering robot who narrates and guides you through his gallery of puzzles.”
    • “Replayability is minimal, as the linear structure and short runtime leave little reason to return once the game has been completed.”
    • “Once you start "thinking with portals," the gameplay is quite easy and the plot itself is too simple to justify its own replay value.”
    • “Because of that, it lacks a lot of the replay value that makes games such as these easy to return to.”

  • atmosphere

    18 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    50% positive mentions, 33% neutral mentions, 17% negative mentions

    The game's atmosphere is widely praised for its immersive, charming, and humorous tone, often compared to the Portal series with a similar blend of dry humor and sci-fi elements. The sterile, controlled design enhances the narrative, creating a distinctive and memorable environment that complements the puzzle-solving and story. Overall, it delivers a relaxed yet engaging ambiance that resonates well with fans of clever, atmospheric puzzle games.

    • “The simplicity of the design contributes to the overall atmosphere, giving the test chambers a sterile, controlled feel that aligns with the narrative framework.”
    • “This game is short but certainly sweet, the style reminds me of the Portal games, with its dry humor and clear directions while making you feel like you are somewhat in control. It is an atmospheric experience I can wholeheartedly recommend.”
    • “Very reminiscent of Portal 2, this game has a charming atmosphere of humor mixed with dark or intense themes, such as a self-destructing facility disregarded by a less-than-genius British AI.”
    • “A (very) short free puzzle game that lifts most of its atmosphere from Portal 2.”
    • “Not too much of a fan of the Portal-esque attitude and atmosphere, which feels contrived, but otherwise a good, short puzzle game.”
    • “The atmosphere of this game is similar to Portal or Q.U.B.E.”

  • optimization

    17 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    41% positive mentions, 41% neutral mentions, 18% negative mentions

    Optimization reviews are mixed, with some users experiencing performance issues and the need to lower graphics settings, while others report smooth gameplay even on mid-tier hardware. The game generally runs well on Windows but may require a powerful CPU and RAM, lacking Vulkan support. Overall, it is solidly optimized but not as refined as older puzzle games.

    • “Excellently executed, with quality at every level; gameplay mechanics, story and voice acting, optimization of graphics.”
    • “Amazing game, great and cheeky dialogue, well optimized, puzzles are easy but fun, the only downside is that it's very, very short.”
    • “The game runs fine (constant >60 fps) on maxed settings on my 1050 ti so performance probably isn't a problem.”
    • “Its okay, but has bad optimization, likely due to low budget.”
    • “The only downside is no Vulkan support and it being generally unoptimized.”
    • “Maybe you can have some performance problems; I had to set the graphic options to low and turn V-Sync on.”

  • stability

    13 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    15% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 85% negative mentions

    The game exhibits occasional minor glitches and some physics bugs, but these issues are generally not game-breaking and are mitigated by frequent quick save points. While stability is mostly solid, some users report occasional freezing and graphical glitches, especially during challenging moments or transitions. Overall, the game runs well even on older hardware, making it a stable experience with room for improvement.

    • “The graphics are beautiful, and the game runs great even on old hardware.”
    • “Almost no glitches.”
    • “3/5, not a bad game, quite fun actually, but it constantly freezes.”
    • “Too hard and it glitches way too much.”
    • “Also has some glitches which make the experience lack.”

  • emotional

    12 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The game evokes a range of emotions through its heartwarming, funny, and emotionally expressive characters, creating a wholesome and engaging experience. Some puzzles challenge players’ confidence, occasionally inducing feelings of doubt or guilt about their approach, while moments of unique humor and emotional depth, including a surprisingly moving ending, leave a lasting impact.

    • “The characters are emotional and funny.”
    • “The way they argue is heartwarmingly cute in my opinion and adds a bit of comedy to the puzzle aspect of the game.”
    • “But, it made me cry because it had a little bit of a dramatic end.”

  • grinding

    8 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 50% neutral mentions, 50% negative mentions

    Grinding in this game can be quite time-consuming and tedious, especially when aiming for 100% achievements, though some hidden achievements offer a fun and challenging experience without feeling like a grind. Overall, players find the process requires significant effort or multiple playthroughs.

    • “You'll need a second life for grinding.”
    • “100% achievements can be a little tedious to get though.”
    • “After finishing the game, I replayed it to earn all achievements, which aren't particularly hard, just tedious.”

  • character development

    4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    75% positive mentions, 25% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    Character development is highlighted by exceptional voice acting, unique and appealing character design, and a memorable personality, creating a strong connection with the player despite a limited cast. The character's presence, combined with engaging voice lines, significantly enhances the overall game experience.

    • “The curator is the best part, with spectacular voice acting, great character design, and a unique personality.”
    • “The music, mechanics, and especially the character design and voice lines really make me feel connected with a brand new game.”
    • “Pleasing art style and character design of which there is one character, but a really good one.”

  • monetization

    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    50% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 50% negative mentions

    The game offers a free experience without any microtransactions or ads, providing a charming and straightforward play without commercial distractions. Users appreciate its pure gameplay focus and lack of profit-driven elements.

    • “Charming, sweet and without any microtransactions or ulterior motives for profit, Gravitas is worth the time investment.”
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Play Times

2h Median play time
4h Average play time
1-7h Spent by most gamers
*Based on 10 analyzed playthroughs
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Gravitas is a platformer game with comedy and science fiction themes. Common tags for Gravitas include free to play, first-person, 3D, indie, dark humor and others.

Gravitas is available on PC and Windows.

On average players spend around 4 hours playing Gravitas.

Gravitas was released on August 23, 2019.

Gravitas was developed by Galaxy Shark Studios.

Gravitas has received overwhelmingly positive reviews from players. Most players liked Gravitas for its humor but disliked it for its stability.

Gravitas is a single player game.

Similar games include Suicide Guy VR, Portal, Now Testing: 407, Gravity Was A Mistake, Pocket Dictator and others.