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A Good Snowman Is Hard To Build cover art

A Good Snowman Is Hard To Build

Alan Hazelden · Draknek & Friends · 2015-02-25

SteamEpic Games Store

Indie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Dec 05, 2015 (iOS), Feb 25, 2015 (Linux), Feb 25, 2015 (Mac), Sep 02, 2021 (Nintendo Switch), Feb 25, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Dec 09, 2015 (Android)

An adorable puzzle game about being a monster and making snowmen.

1
playing now
96%
positive of 1.2k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
77/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (21 ratings)
2h
to beat · rushed 2h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$14.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 07:00 UTC (census sample)

A Good Snowman Is Hard to Build is a 2015 puzzle video game developed by Alan Hazelden and Benjamin Davis and published by Draknek. The game was released in 2015 for Linux, OS X, Windows, Android, and iOS.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 55 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~7/week).
  • · Review velocity up 17% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 23% of 18,168 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 30k–71k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,189 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.49 at Humble Store (2020-01-09) · bundled 6×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 20 of 37 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
303020172026Week of 2017-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

402026-08-11 20:00 — 4 players2026-08-12 12:00 — 1 players2026-08-13 04:00 — 4 players2026-08-13 19:00 — 2 players2026-08-14 11:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 03:00 — 3 players2026-08-15 19:00 — 3 players2026-08-16 11:00 — 3 players2026-08-17 03:00 — 1 players2026-08-17 19:00 — 1 players2026-08-18 10:00 — 2 players2026-08-19 02:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 18:00 — 1 players2026-08-20 10:00 — 2 players2026-08-21 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 09:00 — 1 players2026-08-23 01:00 — 1 players2026-08-23 17:00 — 3 players2026-08-24 08:00 — 2 players2026-08-25 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 15:00 — 2 players2026-08-30 07:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$1.492015-02-252026-08-132015-02-25 — best price $9.592015-07-03 — best price $8.992015-12-10 — best price $9.992016-07-04 — best price $4.992016-12-22 — best price $2.492017-07-05 — best price $9.992018-01-04 — best price $9.992018-07-05 — best price $9.992019-05-23 — best price $9.992019-10-21 — best price $6.992020-01-23 — best price $9.992020-08-27 — best price $3.992021-02-01 — best price $9.992021-05-27 — best price $2.992021-10-13 — best price $9.992021-12-22 — best price $2.992022-03-07 — best price $9.992022-07-14 — best price $3.992022-11-04 — best price $9.992023-02-07 — best price $9.992023-04-24 — best price $2.492023-06-29 — best price $4.492023-10-03 — best price $3.742023-12-21 — best price $3.742024-03-21 — best price $14.992024-06-06 — best price $14.992024-09-02 — best price $14.992024-12-12 — best price $4.492025-03-13 — best price $4.492025-06-27 — best price $4.492025-10-23 — best price $4.492026-01-23 — best price $14.992026-04-02 — best price $4.492026-07-20 — best price $4.492026-08-13 — best price $4.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1502026-05-27 — 2 pageviews2026-05-30 — 6 pageviews2026-06-02 — 10 pageviews2026-06-05 — 1 pageviews2026-06-08 — 6 pageviews2026-06-11 — 4 pageviews2026-06-14 — 15 pageviews2026-06-17 — 3 pageviews2026-06-20 — 6 pageviews2026-06-23 — 5 pageviews2026-06-26 — 3 pageviews2026-06-29 — 6 pageviews2026-07-02 — 6 pageviews2026-07-05 — 2 pageviews2026-07-08 — 6 pageviews2026-07-11 — 11 pageviews2026-07-14 — 6 pageviews2026-07-17 — 4 pageviews2026-07-20 — 3 pageviews2026-07-23 — 5 pageviews2026-07-26 — 3 pageviews2026-07-29 — 6 pageviews2026-08-01 — 8 pageviews2026-08-04 — 5 pageviews2026-08-07 — 4 pageviews2026-08-10 — 10 pageviews2026-08-13 — 1 pageviews2026-08-16 — 6 pageviews2026-08-19 — 6 pageviews2026-08-22 — 4 pageviews2026-08-24 — 4 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

5
achievements tracked
35.3%
earned "A few good snowmen"
21.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportCamera ComfortCustom Volume ControlsKeyboard Only OptionPlayable without Timed InputSave AnytimeSteam CloudRemote Play Together

11 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Portugal, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,99440%5

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

CuteCasualPuzzleSokobanSurrealAbstractCartoonyRelaxingStrategyDifficult

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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