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Best Plumber

Hograung Studio · 2019-10-17

Steam

CasualIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: Oct 17, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Help the young plumber hold the water in the right direction as fast as you can.

Best Plumber is a 2019 Casual, Indie, and Simulation game priced at $1.49, estimated to have 20,000 .. 50,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (70% of 169 reviews).

2
playing now
70%
positive of 169 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$1.49
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 23:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 15 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 67% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 24% of 29,255 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 4.2k–10k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 169 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$1.49-95%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.39 at Steam (2023-02-24) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 13 of 22 observed days · $1.10 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
141420192026Week of 2019-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-15 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 19:00 — 1 players2026-10-05 03:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 10:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 18:00 — 1 players2026-10-09 01:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 09:00 — 2 players2026-10-11 16:00 — 1 players2026-10-13 00:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 07:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 23:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$29.99$0.392019-10-172026-10-122019-10-17 — best price $0.592019-12-09 — best price $0.592020-01-23 — best price $0.492020-04-25 — best price $0.492020-07-10 — best price $0.492020-10-29 — best price $0.492020-12-22 — best price $0.492021-02-11 — best price $0.492021-04-26 — best price $0.492021-07-26 — best price $0.492021-10-28 — best price $0.592021-12-06 — best price $0.492022-01-27 — best price $0.492022-03-28 — best price $0.492022-07-07 — best price $10.992022-09-07 — best price $10.992022-11-29 — best price $10.992023-01-05 — best price $10.992023-02-24 — best price $0.392023-04-09 — best price $0.392023-06-30 — best price $0.392023-09-18 — best price $0.992023-11-28 — best price $0.992024-01-04 — best price $0.992024-02-20 — best price $29.992024-06-27 — best price $1.492024-09-06 — best price $1.992024-11-22 — best price $1.492025-01-18 — best price $29.992025-06-11 — best price $29.992025-07-25 — best price $29.992025-10-20 — best price $29.992026-01-19 — best price $29.992026-03-26 — best price $29.992026-05-24 — best price $29.992026-07-24 — best price $29.992026-10-11 — best price $1.492026-10-12 — best price $1.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

6
achievements tracked
4.9%
earned "beginning"
1.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing

40 supported languages: English, Russian, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Bulgarian, Portuguese - Brazil, Hungarian, Vietnamese, Greek…

Player tags

2DIndieLogicRetroShortCasualPuzzleClickerTop-DownAddictive

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.