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Another Brick in The Mall

The Quadsphere · 2020-04-30

Steam

IndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Nov 03, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Design, build and manage a giant shopping center. Open shops, supermarkets, restaurants, movie theaters, bowling alleys and more. Hire and manage the best staff for the job and milk your customers for all they're worth!

Another Brick in The Mall is a $16.99 Indie, Simulation, Strategy game released in 2020, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (83% of 2454 reviews).

11
playing now
83%
positive of 2.5k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
63/100
IGDB user rating (13 ratings)
2
Nexus mods (62 downloads)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$16.99
steam price (US)

11 players in-game as of 2026-10-17 04:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 11 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 68 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~9/week).
  • · Review velocity down 42% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 6% of 52,272 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 49k–110k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,454 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $4.24 at Steam (2025-09-12)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $16.99 · on sale 5 of 10 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
929220182026Week of 2018-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2642026-09-17 14:00 — 11 players2026-09-18 21:00 — 17 players2026-09-20 05:00 — 11 players2026-09-21 13:00 — 17 players2026-09-22 20:00 — 17 players2026-09-24 04:00 — 4 players2026-09-25 11:00 — 14 players2026-09-26 19:00 — 26 players2026-09-28 02:00 — 10 players2026-09-29 10:00 — 6 players2026-09-30 17:00 — 19 players2026-10-02 01:00 — 5 players2026-10-03 08:00 — 15 players2026-10-04 16:00 — 22 players2026-10-06 00:00 — 13 players2026-10-07 07:00 — 7 players2026-10-08 15:00 — 8 players2026-10-09 22:00 — 10 players2026-10-11 06:00 — 9 players2026-10-12 14:00 — 8 players2026-10-13 21:00 — 16 players2026-10-15 05:00 — 11 players2026-10-16 12:00 — 11 players2026-10-17 04:00 — 11 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1180Oct 2016Aug 2026Oct 2016 — avg 0 · peak 2Feb 2017 — avg 56 · peak 239Jun 2017 — avg 77 · peak 242Oct 2017 — avg 37 · peak 96Feb 2018 — avg 47 · peak 138Jun 2018 — avg 55 · peak 151Oct 2018 — avg 37 · peak 77Feb 2019 — avg 49 · peak 141Jun 2019 — avg 62 · peak 215Oct 2019 — avg 36 · peak 89Feb 2020 — avg 32 · peak 79Jun 2020 — avg 40 · peak 107Oct 2020 — avg 32 · peak 75Feb 2021 — avg 34 · peak 96Jun 2021 — avg 26 · peak 76Oct 2021 — avg 29 · peak 93Feb 2022 — avg 21 · peak 48Jun 2022 — avg 23 · peak 57Oct 2022 — avg 17 · peak 41Feb 2023 — avg 18 · peak 41Jun 2023 — avg 18 · peak 49Oct 2023 — avg 19 · peak 56Feb 2024 — avg 17 · peak 39Jun 2024 — avg 16 · peak 42Oct 2024 — avg 15 · peak 42Feb 2025 — avg 14 · peak 38Jun 2025 — avg 12 · peak 32Oct 2025 — avg 34 · peak 93Feb 2026 — avg 19 · peak 43Jun 2026 — avg 15 · peak 49Aug 2026 — avg 16 · peak 48
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$16.99$4.242016-11-032026-07-092016-11-03 — best price $11.692017-01-01 — best price $12.992017-06-22 — best price $9.742017-11-22 — best price $9.092018-02-15 — best price $8.702018-09-03 — best price $8.442018-11-21 — best price $7.142019-02-04 — best price $7.792019-06-26 — best price $7.792019-09-14 — best price $16.992019-11-21 — best price $11.892020-01-02 — best price $16.992020-05-07 — best price $11.892020-09-10 — best price $10.192020-11-03 — best price $9.342020-12-22 — best price $8.492021-02-11 — best price $8.492021-04-30 — best price $8.492021-08-20 — best price $8.492021-10-28 — best price $6.792021-12-01 — best price $16.992022-01-27 — best price $6.792022-06-23 — best price $6.792022-11-22 — best price $6.792023-03-16 — best price $8.492023-06-22 — best price $6.792023-11-21 — best price $5.942023-12-25 — best price $16.992024-03-14 — best price $5.602024-10-24 — best price $8.492024-12-02 — best price $16.992025-03-13 — best price $8.492025-06-26 — best price $6.792025-09-22 — best price $16.992026-01-05 — best price $16.992026-03-26 — best price $16.992026-07-09 — best price $16.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

53
achievements tracked
65.9%
earned "Thank you, come again!"
7.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

13 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Turkish, Polish, Simplified Chinese, Portuguese - Brazil, Italian…

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2020-08-04 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,4432%53

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

2DIndieEconomySandboxBuildingStrategyTop-DownCapitalismManagementSimulation

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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