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Another Brick in The Mall cover art

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!

20
playing now
83%
positive of 2.4k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
63/100
IGDB user rating (13 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$16.99
steam price (US)

20 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 20 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 15% of 17,990 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 49k–110k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,449 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 8 of 15 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

3002026-08-06 23:00 — 9 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 6 players2026-08-07 15:00 — 14 players2026-08-07 23:00 — 15 players2026-08-08 07:00 — 12 players2026-08-08 15:00 — 19 players2026-08-08 23:00 — 15 players2026-08-09 07:00 — 9 players2026-08-09 15:00 — 17 players2026-08-09 23:00 — 10 players2026-08-10 07:00 — 7 players2026-08-10 12:00 — 8 players2026-08-10 20:00 — 13 players2026-08-11 04:00 — 6 players2026-08-11 12:00 — 7 players2026-08-12 08:00 — 10 players2026-08-13 15:00 — 13 players2026-08-14 23:00 — 8 players2026-08-16 07:00 — 17 players2026-08-17 14:00 — 14 players2026-08-18 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 05:00 — 5 players2026-08-21 13:00 — 8 players2026-08-22 20:00 — 21 players2026-08-24 04:00 — 8 players2026-08-25 12:00 — 3 players2026-08-26 20:00 — 11 players2026-08-28 03:00 — 10 players2026-08-29 11:00 — 26 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 20 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

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…

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.

Player tags

2DIndieEconomySandboxBuildingStrategyTop-DownCapitalismManagementSimulation

Census log

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

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