The Complete History of Geometry Dash: Ranking Every Update

Geometry Dash has had a lot of updates, but which ones were really the best at the time, and which ones still hold up today?
Well, in this video, I will go through EVERY UPDATE IN GEOMETRY DASH HISTORY (major and minor) and review and rate them.
The Complete History of Geometry Dash: Ranking Every Update
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[VIDEO CHAPTERS]
00:00 - Intro
00:51 - Update 1.0
01:49 - Update 1.1
02:24 - Update 1.11
02:48 - Update 1.2
03:25 - Update 1.3
04:00 - Update 1.4
04:37 - Update 1.41
05:13 - Update 1.5
05:51 - Update 1.51
06:20 - Update 1.6
07:32 - Update 1.61
07:56 - Update 1.7
08:43 - Update 1.71
08:59 - Update 1.8
09:46 - Update 1.81
10:04 - Update 1.9
11:46 - Intermission (1.9 Minor Updates)
12:31 - Update 2.0
13:55 - Update 2.01
14:21 - Update 2.1
15:41 - Update 2.11
16:37 - Update 2.2
18:36 - Outro
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[MUSIC IN ORDER]
Mega Man 7 OST - Stage Select
Mega Man 9 OST - Galaxy Man Stage (Arranged)
Mega Man 7 OST - Junk Man Stage
Mega Man 3 OST - Snake Man Stage (MM7 Remix)
Mega Man 7 OST - Slash Man Stage
Mega Man 5 OST - Dark Man Stage (MM7 Remix)
Mega Man 9 OST - Tornado Man Stage (MM7 Remix)
Mega Man 11 OST - Block Man Stage
Mega Man 5 OST - Wave Man Stage (MM7 Remix)
idk who wrote this song - Arabic Nokia Ringtone
Karl Casey - Miami Sky
Mega Man Soccer OST - Wily Field
Mega Man 8 OST - Tengu Man Stage (Saturn)
Mega Man 8 OST - Grenade Man Stage (Arranged)
Mega Man 7 OST - Wily Stage 4
Mega Man 11 OST - Stage Select
Hinkik - Time Leaper
Undertale OST - sans.
Ring Fit Adventure OST - Fit Boss Battle
Mega Man: The Wily Wars OST - Wily Tower 1
Mega Man 8 OST - Stage Select
Mega Man 2 OST - Wily Stage 1 (Arranged)
Mega Man & Bass OST - Cold Man Stage
Intro Song: Night of Nights (if I use my intro)
Outro Song: Hinkik - Outbreaker

[@XeshTM]

1.0 Wait Time: 4.5 billion years lol Thank you for 200 likes guys! I edited my comment and now I don't have heart XD

[@yes-mishi]

True

[@detchicco]

True

[@TheRealNightMode]

Well you’re not wrong but also not right

[@ideac.]

You are literally right

[@Unity_Dizz]

Ohh I get it😂

[@profanedgod]

15:00 transition from fingerdash to other level was PERFECT

[@eligaming26.]

It’s just a fade in-out transition tho

[@profanedgod]

@@eligaming26. it still was

[@mayankgoswami1450]

@@profanedgod yea it is perfect

[@eyeofcthulhu526]

other level 💀

[@rocbot9479]

@@profanedgod no…

[@Fy3sr]

11:38 I can't wait for the steel pulley mechanism mode, It's going to be so fun to play I think

[@CyberCat3O]

I laughed so hard at this

[@spacebar_key4207]

honestly this sounds cool as a custom gamemode for a level like say you had 2 cubes one on each side of the rope, the rope would be controlled by 2 player to make it go up and down, and you had to coordinate your cubes to avoid obstacles trying to hit the cubes, and if one of the cubes is hit you of course die shit now i need to make this in the editor

[@olek0]

@@spacebar_key4207 thats actually a good idea for a gamemode, though i have no idea on how to make it control with only 1 button. maybe each click it alternates between directions

[@KennyandP]

@@agentcurlz dual ball but it’s not dual but it works like dual ball

[@KennyandP]

@@agentcurlz just imagine it in dual 💀

[@gefecedordj5838]

Tbh. 2 player mode is actually super useful just not in normal levels. It is good because you can create things like Geometry Dash in Gd or Mastergame.

[@JoeyCakes2008]

My rankings for 2.2: (Based on 1.9) Wait time: -7 Features: 34 Enhancement: 13 Overall: 13.33

[@joebeerlobe]

pretty accurate, though wait time isnt low enough

[@JoeyCakes2008]

@@joebeerlobe well I based the wait time on 1.9 since it was removed 1 point (I think) for wait time. And 1.9 took around 6 months, and 2.2 has took 6 years and counting, I removed 12

[@LeonDeon8Official7631]

My Rankings for 2.2: (Based on him) Wait Time: 2.8e+20 years Freatures: 2.2e+22 Enhanement: 1000 Overall: 2.11e+211

[@aurexify]

Wait time: 0 Features: 6 Enhancement: 6 4/5 overall

[@sdslayer100]

this man LOVES 2.2

[@NumberVectors]

I think 2.2 is very overwhelming for everyone, even if creators will get to do a lot more, there is so much given to us that it'll take a long to to adjust and plus, rating standards will skyrocket and unnoticed creators (like myself) will stay in the shadows of the ones on the leaderboard. Same for the players, there is too much to get used to, so much new gameplay stuff to get used to. Even if 2.2 has so much content, I think Rob made a mistake with the size of this update, but nonetheless I can't help being excited for it but I'm not excited for the problems it'll cause :/

[@hen618]

bro faxxxxxx thanks for saying that thats exactly what i think

[@MrShangoYT]

I really don’t want 2.2 to come out. I mean I love geometry dash how it is right now, and I hope that I stays that way.

[@JordanHarpBrainGuy]

​@@MrShangoYT I only want it because Rob said that it would fix the playtest feature.

[@Milenakos]

self proclaimed "unnoticed creators" when they find out mod level request streams exist:

[@3k0o_x]

I'm sorry but wrong opinion

[@SindriArnarSvavarssonIsPogMan]

You forgot to mention pink orbs and pads in theory of everything (1.5) which i think are definitely a pretty good enhancement and im 90% sure they came in 1.5

[@Roxlecmc]

they were

[@ItsCakes7]

*Laughs in Cant let go pink pad coin route*

[@pastelZeit]

this was a fun and nostalgic watch through! its really nice to look back at the old updates we have gone through, plus all the megaman music is 5/5 also at 9:45 the intro to 1.81 is GODLY

[@Siwdvi]

All hail the chocolate dipped burger

[@M1lk009]

Its a hotdog going in ketchup

[@ToshiyukiTokuda925]

15:52 Made me laugh so hard "Free ###"

[@DAG8GAD]

Me after going in that cube portal: "Where is it?"

[@ToshiyukiTokuda925]

@@DAG8GAD Hahaha I doubt "Free ###"

[@PedroGeometryDash]

technically, update 1.0 took 14billion years until release

[@iqbalhussain1868]

😊

[@Sg_tips.tricks]

I would honestly rank 2.2's enhancements also a 6/5 because seeing the gdps having so many new features being played around with, I can make an assumption that it would have a very high enhancement, like I can't think of a feature that would nor be used or overused

[@thisguyes]

I agree why didn’t he do that?

[@thisguyes]

In that case it would be rated 4.333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333 (You get the point it goes on forever with those 3’s)

[@thisguyes]

Tying in second place

[@davinchristino]

That's the gdps though, they have much different players than the base game.

[@channlonofficial]

Nah I think it will be 4.5 out of 5.

[@Markblyy]

13:58 The transition to a number all the way to a broken window is insane! It made me laugh like a rocket taking up to outer space

[@mulone-the-cool-guy]

14:30 "Balls", truly excellent.

[@muffernut]

Gasta gang

[@TUAAG]

1.9: No One Can Beat Me. I AM THE BEST UPDATE. 2.2: you sure about that? 11:08

[@Deegonbeefon]

Wait time

[@splashmanej3]

if you showed someone from 2013 what geometry dash would be right now they would fucking implode

[@TUAAG]

@@splashmanej3 the maths more like the facts

[@columbiancoke]

All updates were excellent. I started playing Geometry Dash in one of the 1.9 updates.

[@ReverseFadeGD-wm8pe]

Wow, it's amazing how GD and it's community has become happy 9 yrs!

[@connorshaffer6085]

Until robtop roast the whole community

[@hokhinlo9693]

*10* you mean?

[@aethergaming7934]

Wow, I didn’t expect literally every update! Insane!

[@Bliger29]

Im so exited for the steel pulley mechanism gamemode!

[@vrx4t]

2.2: wait time: 1 features: 6 enhancement: 5.5 total score: 4.17

[@user-si3hg5ir6w]

100% the level on #4 at 7:03

[@SteinPeer]

Nice video man. Editing skills 💯

[@SteinPeer]

The OG likes 😮

[@Greeny109]

It's very interesting to see older versions of GD to see how much the game has evolved. (Also this mega man music in the background makes me want to play mega man)

[@eggnumber2109]

Greeny109

[@sdslayer100]

mega man music my beloved

[@ballcrusher2]

​@@sdslayer100 I don't mean to be that guy but first like

[@gmelhortablet]

​@@ballcrusher2 first like after 2 weeks? damn

[@StallionGD]

9:31 I think you didn’t take into account all of the minigame levels in GD that require 2-player mode to function Cool history video tho, I like this

[@sdslayer100]

ah true I didn't think about that Probably would've made a small difference but wouldn't have changed a ton since mini game levels are pretty rare by nature of being pretty hard to make lol

[@dark____]

i dont think you were able to make minigames in 1.8

[@sdslayer100]

@@dark____ yeah but the enhancement metric is based on usefulness at the time and today, so it would still affect it a little bit probably

[@StallionGD]

@@dark____ yeah but that doesn’t matter, he was also mentioning the future implications

[@Ranyyz]

@@StallionGD tgdstallionm

[@kosmabartosik]

Wait time for 1.0 was approximately 4.5 billion years lol

[@WhitePythor]

Imo this should've been based on the respective time of each update in terms of how revolutionary they were, not how essential the features are seen based from the current point of time. Also some thoughts of mine: 1.3 was also the first update to add more decorations which nowadays is taken for granted but I think was revolutionary at the time (I didn't play back then yet tho) Also from 1.1 to 1.8 every update also added new songs to be used and their respective popularity should have been taken into account as well 1.7 introduced colorable blocks which made the levels seem a lot less gray and much more vibrant and.. dynamic? 8)) Ah I remember how much I yearned for having slopes in the game back in 1.6-1.7 and then the hype was real when I saw sneak peek images of 1.8 and it had them 1.9.3 fixed the exploit where you could empty levels from objects, beat them and gain stars by pressing exit and play simultaneously. Top 100 was flooded with exploiters when the bug was discovered 15:02 "All the new level art and decorations are pretty much a must-in levels for them to get rated" *proceeds to showcase a level that doesn't use any 2.1 deco* Imo 2.2 will be similar to 2.0, people won't know how to properly use the features and gameplay will be unbearable for probably months. Decorating standards will also take some time so I suspect the early levels be pretty inconsistent in quality. And finally, 2.3 will be an enhancing update of 2.2 similarly how 2.1 enhanced 2.0 I hope that after 2.2, new update comes once a year or so. It takes so long to create good levels nowadays so I don't want to go through an entire update without releasing anything

[@sdslayer100]

Fair points but I just wanna say I did not care to search enough for a level that explicitly used 2.1 stuff, so I just went with a random featured level and hoped for the best I don't make levels so I don't even know what deco was added in 2.1 vs 2.0

[@thenewboeguy_official]

Ngl I think the block design thing might not be used as much as I thought, as it’s simply not fit for levels similar to ultra violence.

[@WhitePythor]

@@thenewboeguy_official But Ultra Violence still has its own block design, consisting of smaller blocks and details which would be impossible to implement if only default blocks and 1.0 deco existed

[@thenewboeguy_official]

@@OlinWang36subssofar bcuz it’s cool

[@dyocloudyorayanka2]

12:04 9/11💀💀

[@ej_makesvideos]

I was gonna comment that💀💀

[@roezakias-the-animator]

16:37 why does this music sound so 80s

[@user-om2my8jg1j]

2.2: Wait time :1 Features : 45 Enhancment :41 Total: 29 / 5

[@Richy000]

Ur a Legend for using mega man Music in the background

[@dacgamer5741]

11:37 Idea if this gamemode was real: Your cube is hanging from a pulley on the ceiling, you tap to go to the height you want to go to, its ease in-out movement type, going at a top speed of 2.5 blocks a second vertically.

[@bird_obsession]

This would work on mobile, but would be nearly impossible to play on PC. Additionally, the entire charm of GD is that it uses only one input. Tap anywhere on the screen to make your icon move. Sure, this isn't the case in 2-player and the upcoming platformer mode, but for standard gameplay, this concept would likely ruin it for many players.

[@krazykaid]

Maybe you can hold to go up, release to stop. Then you hold again and it goes down. Then vice versa

[@collinsfamily6232]

the unmarked enhancement for 2.2 i think would probably be a 4.5-5 because of how much is being added so i think that would bring 2.2 to a score of 3.9 i don't know just a guess

[@A-Drain8850]

I played geometry dash since 1.9, When 2.1 came out, I WAS 7, now I'm 13

[@jamol2tyjr413]

Did you forget 1.3 added a bunch of new decorations... It deserves a 3 on features

[@antrix2107]

New block set, new wavy objects, and new pulses object which probably still being used today

[@TheBigSmqch]

I bet 2.3 will come out by the time KZbin dies

[@sonicwaveinfinitymiddwelle8555]

1:39 you should have checked time between the hardest game and gd release

[@davinchristino]

No should have checked the time between initial official reveal and 1.0 release

[@sonicwaveinfinitymiddwelle8555]

@@davinchristino the update was 90% done as he needed only to polish the release

[@davinchristino]

@@sonicwaveinfinitymiddwelle8555 Yeah but the community only starts to know about the game at that time, and started waiting from there And if I had to make an impossible game inspired game now, that doesn't mean it has a 14 year wait time

[@sonicwaveinfinitymiddwelle8555]

@@davinchristino it does based on this thread's logic

[@quackerman234]

@@sonicwaveinfinitymiddwelle8555your logic you mean

[@jmtrias2425]

13:30 2.2: Let me just steal this idea. 2.0: You can’t because you taking over 5 years to relea- 2.2: Ok That’s cool I stole your idea. 2.0:NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.

[@PancakeCamilo]

amazing video, you earned my sub

[@AnyoneButDarkness]

Oh man you won't believe how much of an enhancement 2.2 actually is...

[@randomgamingin144p]

2.2 hurts my eyes even more than the previous levels also the lobotomy meme wont stop

[@Ultimate747CAT]

2.2 is out

[@Bob22111]

This vid was made 8 months ago 💀

[@Cyberfn-om4mq]

Cant wait for the “steel pully mechanism” gamemode!!!!

[@Jolene007]

Started playing during 1.5 and it’s honestly really cool to look back and see how the game evolved

[@nomis876]

Can’t wait for the 10 2.2 bug fix updates!🎉🎉🎉

[@kashgames502]

10 times infinity you mean right 😂🎉

[@SoujiOkitaTwo]

0:10 omg he is so cute

[@alexotete47lol]

Now that 2.2 came out, in my opinion, even if we had to wait 6 years and 11 months, i think is the best update ever (2nd place being 1.9 because of the custom songs). Idk, i love it, i love the Swing, the camera movements, the pixel blocks, the new level Dash, the triggers, Platformer Mode, the new 700 icons. Everything Also, the editor is SOOOOO much better now to use, at least for me, now when i see GD videos made in 2.11 i realize that the editor was worse than i remember it because i got used to the new features instantly.

[@FILIPISCOOL]

POV 2030 people OH MAN GD 2.3 CAME OUT! 2023 people after gd 2.2 released OH MAN TIME TO WAIT ANOTHER 7 YEARS!

[@romanmcgolrick117]

7:56 why do I always hear megalovania

[@ThemeCountry]

18:24 sneak peak?

[@UltraPoyoColt]

Great video, and RIP every play… I used to watch videos on that feature a ton when I was younger.

[@brooksclan2432]

If Robtop would have just split most of the 2.2 features into multiple updates then we would have gotten 2.2 a lot sooner. Thankfully it’s out now

[@jenriesgamingworld8041]

10:43 on god pls not him

[@Nobel-1384]

*Vsause*

[@jenriesgamingworld8041]

🤨

[@huyendothu6248]

7:01 lobotomy

[@GeoBlitzy]

Wait time being one of the criteria is such a geometry dash thing to have

[@sdslayer100]

LOLL

[@N4melessWanderer]

we did it, we survived... We're on the final stretch now, 23 (max) days.

[@xaviers2ndaccount354]

7:21 "destructible blocks are never seen" *Noclip levels have left the chat*

[@NoobyBoi69420]

hes not talking about the average bloodbath copy

[@Nobel-1384]

Lol

[@Someoneidk7808]

I agree with everything else except the fact that you ranked on wait time - 1.9 was THE PERFECT UPDATE and (although it was still the highest on the list) it isnt counted as 5/5 because (judging of of modern wait times (cough 2.2 cough) it had the shortest wait time in 8.5 years. Also you said yourself it's sad to put 2.2 so far down because of the long wait time.

[@sdslayer100]

Well yeah it's sad to put 2.2 so far down because of wait time, but necessary to illustrate what I mean There should be a good balance between wait time and features and 2.2 does not have that 1.9 was pretty short in the grand scheme of things but it was still 10x higher than the first six or seven updates

[@davinchristino]

Time standards have really changed since then

[@Someoneidk7808]

@@davinchristino fair I guess, but if waiting for a long time makes memes as good as the ones around 2.2, it doesn't matter to me, as long as it releases eventually.

[@TectonicV]

i did indeed enjoy thx for a great vid

[@WirEdMaN13555]

wait time: 0.5 features: 6 enhancement: FIRE IN THE HOLE

[@chrism869]

It's crazy that there were 11 updates since then

[@FishEEcake1564]

1.5 introduced pink orbs and pads

[@Kyle_156]

My favorite part 3:08 Thank you sdslayer

[@Flubon11]

Something you missed for 1.8, 2P mode is used for a lot of mini game levels, like mastergame or platformer mode recreations

[@KanSanyara]

dude I forgot so much about 1.5 that I thought the ufo came out in 1.6

[@isaacbirkmier6980]

I though that 1.6 was toe XD

[@KanSanyara]

@@isaacbirkmier6980 which is when ufo was introduced

[@EsteriMC]

Very cool it updated in christmas

[@thisguyes]

2.2 popped up then ads were like, “hello there, I am two unskipable 15 second ads”

[@MathIsBestest]

No clue why I loved the html/xml styled intermission so much XD

[@user-ku8kr7gf7s]

for those who are sad beacuse 2.2. got a low score:remember that the enhancement score is not final

[@creepingcreeper7719]

i think he underestimates 1.3 features, literally it brought tons of new decorations to the table when there where hardly any

[@Sprigatitto740]

It also added stars and demons

[@pixalated45]

I love the video and just keepcgoing

[@RAYDENBRYCETCO]

7:15 It’s gets used a lot on GD World like lETS Go (one of the top levels in gd world)

[@RealDyZzy_]

I enjoyed the video so much but i think you shoud rank the wait time by the features like 2.2 have so many features and it will be imposible do in 1 year

[@kendidiskgaming2765]

Thank you for these information now I know 2.2 will release in mid 2023❤

[@Datsyoashley]

You forgot the most important feature in 1.6: clubstep monsters

[@theoddfellow8106]

Geometry dash 2.2 came out before yandere simulator came out of its alpha stage

[@niceicegd]

In 2.2 I'm not interested in platformer, I almost downright HATE the swingcopter, I wish versus had the other player on the screen, I hate the idea of jumping on walls and having orbs and stuff switch you backwards, up, down and such, its just so weird. A lot of the things introduced are just shinier versions of things people can already make and I wish RobTop would just go ahead and make the GUIs better. 2.2 will change Geometry Dash until it is almost unrecognizable from what it once was. I do think 2.2 is a net positive mostly for the fact we'll start to get faster and hopefully more inspiring updates.

[@nolinnellz3499]

God I remember watching the random showcase of the level “vertigo” by Floyd on everyplay, I miss everyplay 😢😢

[@vazquez_jordan]

Little did old sdslayer know, roptop would announce 2.2 releasing on October, then delaying it to November. Still hasn't come out and the days of November are ending.

[@milimatter]

rob is running out of game mode ideas we have two that jump (cube and robot) we have 3 that switch gravity (swingcopter spider and ball) then we have 4 flying gamemodes (swingcopter wave ufo and ship)

[@TheCrazyChickenProductions]

I think we should remove wait time and focus more on the features and the community. Wait time would usually score a 5 on every update. P.S. Because you loved the 1.7 update doesn’t mean that you can give it a high score.

[@prolygamesstudios3443]

yeah, but a 5 on every update would make for a boring video for most people, and he would get less views

[@cornelavramescu]

The music of background of 1.51 Is fantastic

[@EpikDaBoii]

7:03 FIRE IN THE HOLE

[@imdaboaguy]

Did y’all know that the blue jump pad was added in 1.0. It’s in back on track

[@babygurl32710]

No it wasn't coins werent added until 1.6

[@NoobyBoi69420]

Blue pads were added when xstep came out, the blue pad in back on track was because all the levels got coin updates at 1.6 and robtop didnt have another idea for the first b.o.t coin

[@TheBanana212_]

2.2 might be the 10th anniversary update for Gd!

[@sanstheghost]

The first update wait time should be a one since we had to wait for an entire 2013 years

[@Bio_2288]

14 billion*

[@maxxgd7639]

7:24 breakable blocks are actually used in noclip levels

[@connordoestuf]

Thanks for replying to my comment on ur last vid

[@rocbot9479]

1.11 added comments, not 1.1 I think. I’m probably wrong lol. Great video!

[@josesilva-vp9ey]

8:56 Shes in love with the concept

[@billbobs678]

As if we're all just how she imagines

[@TheBanana212_]

9:38 imagine robtop in 2.2 adding a two player level

[@noobyes190]

Well, even now, when 2.2 is released (THIS IS A MOMENT OF HISTORY!), it's too early to predict enhancement on the community

[@MonkeManVr_YT]

16:46 is when i really disagreed with the timing on the update. It wil porbably be 2030 when it releases it feels like

[@nicolegleason5727]

I would count the wait time In The first one as a 5 because it was 0 minutes after release

[@la76fram]

it’s gonna come out in December

[@crinsomboi5525]

you could have used the gdps private server as a refrence for enhancment also FINALLY CONFIRMED RELEAsE DAY YAY

[@officialAmpersand]

1.0 wait time could’ve been graded on the time it took from the Ultimate Destruction trailer to the full release

[@alvarholma]

I was 6 years old when GD released. From 2.11 to 2.2 was 7 years 😂

[@braylenhammond12]

From 2024: 2.2 was released on 20th December 2023

[@KyloBarley]

19th*

[@VasilyGarcia]

@@KyloBarleytime zones exist bro

[@KyloBarley]

@@VasilyGarcia time zones exist bro

[@prolygamesstudios3443]

in most time zones, it was released on 19th December. Check RobTop's 2.2 release video.

[@s-dew]

I think that its good that robtop isnt rushing himself to ensure that he delivers a quality product. So many games suffered the fate of being rushed only to come out half assed.😊

[@EverythingGame12]

THANK YOU

[@gavinnazarian8381]

2.2 is going to be out on 4/1/24, there are going to be so many release videos

[@richi3035]

Technically 1.0 had the most wait time because we've been waiting for it since the big bang.

[@Skimple]

if any wants to make a wait time exist for 1.0, as you could just use the boomlings release date and use the GD release date (aka, the update 1.0), but it would be a 5 probably.