The Game Census
Block in the Lock cover art

Block in the Lock

Petorio · Peter Hofbauer · 2019-09-06

Steam

CasualIndieFree To Play

Modes: Single player

Releases: Sep 06, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 06, 2019 (Mac), Sep 06, 2019 (Linux)

A 2D Puzzle Game where you move different blocks simultaneously like a hive mind. Form blocks into shapes and match the lock patterns in over 200 crafty levels, in order to free the world from mysterious chains

95%
positive of 75 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Free
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 12 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 9% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 59% of 11,540 Casual games in the census by review count.

All-time low: $1.74 at Steam (2020-03-21)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
7720192026Week of 2019-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$6.99$0.002019-09-062021-01-102019-09-06 — best price $5.942019-09-13 — best price $6.992019-12-18 — best price $4.892020-01-01 — best price $6.992020-03-21 — best price $1.742020-03-30 — best price $6.992021-01-10 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam WorkshopPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudIncludes level editorFamily Sharing1 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

2DLogicRetroCasualPuzzleSokobanAbstractColorfulRelaxingMinimalist

Census log

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

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