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Goat Simulator+

By Marc Saltzman, Common Sense Media Reviewer

age 10+

Fun, silly sandbox simulation stands out on Apple Arcade.

Game Apple Arcade 2022
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What’s It About?

GOAT SIMULATOR+ is a silly game that challenges you to assume the role of a goat, wreak havoc, and accept various challenges across multiple locations. Playable through the Apple Arcade subscription service ($4.99/month) on iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, and Mac, you control the goat from a third-person perspective, moving it around the environment, head butting people and objects, and using your long tongue to grab items. Players will unlock new areas and skins (changes in appearance), and are also rewarded for finding trophies and earning Achievements (such as Lick a Hanging Glider or pounce on a mattress at least 50 times in 30 seconds). The three main levels -- Goatville, Goat City Bay, and Buck to School -- each offer several physics-based quests for you to accomplish. But as a sandbox game, you can also explore to see what else is doable, and complete the tasks in any order you like.

Is It Any Good?

Our review:
Parents say Not yet rated
Kids say (4 ):

This simulation as fun as it is ridiculous, and the concept of how silly it is is constantly reinforced from the start of the game. (Even in Goat Simulator +'s description, you're encouraged to spend your money elsewhere, maybe to buy a real goat with some friends. Players are even told how many bugs were left in this game.) Parents may like that it's less graphic than the original 2014 version on computers, and is closer to its mobile successor for iOS and Android. And as an Apple Arcade title, there are no in-app purchases or ads to sit through. So this is the version to get for your family, but be sure to pack a game controller to make it easier to play than the finicky touchscreen controls for iPhone and iPad. Along with its over-the-top premise and multiple challenges, Goat Simulator+ excels in the feeling of freedom -- the developers really nail the "sandbox" vibe -- plus it's a blast to unlock additional "goats" like a giraffe (called a "Tall Goat"), an Ostrich ("Feather Goat"), a Great Whale ("Giant Goat"), Spider-man-themed goat, and so many others.

You may even laugh out loud at the ridiculousness of it all, such as head butting a car and having it explode, sending your limp body down the road several feet. Or jumping off a mountain and landing on a water tower, before kicking people around trying to enjoy a picnic. To keep things fresh, the different worlds each have their own theme and missions. Aside from some finicky touchscreen controls and no multiplayer, which would have been a blast, you won't find much to complain about with Goat Simulator+. For those looking for something different and funny, this download is a no-brainer as an Apple Arcade subscriber (even if you've played other console, computer and mobile versions in the past). The game won't go down in history as the GOAT (greatest of all time), but no doubt you'll have a fun and memorable time with it.

Talk to Your Kids About ...

  • Families can talk about violence in video games. Is the impact of the violence in Goat Simulator+ affected by the fact that it's unrealistic because a goat commits aggressive acts during play? Would it be more realistic if you weren't playing a goat but were playing something or someone else? Is it smart for the developers to tone down the violence and language seen in the original Windows PC version, so that more tweens and teens can play this Apple Arcade version?

  • Do you feel like the madness that's caused in the game is funnier because you're an animal? Does it feel like you've got more of a reason to cause mayhem because people don't expect animals to do this kind of destruction?

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