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Blocks That Matter

Swing Swing Submarine · 2011-08-19

SteamGOG

AdventureCasualIndieStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Sep 02, 2011 (Linux), Aug 19, 2011 (Mac), May 12, 2011 (Xbox 360), Aug 19, 2011 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

When indie game developers Alexey and Markus are in trouble, their only hope comes from their creation.

Blocks That Matter is a $4.99 Adventure, Casual, Indie, Strategy game released in 2011, with an estimated 100,000 .. 200,000 owners and a Mostly Positive (78% of 785 reviews) sentiment.

0
playing now
78%
positive of 786 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
69/100
IGDB user rating (14 ratings)
19h
to beat · completionist 25h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$4.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 07:00 UTC (census sample)

Blocks That Matter is a 2D puzzle-platform game developed by French independent studio Swing Swing Submarine. It was released on August 19, 2011 for Windows, Mac, Linux and Xbox 360. The game was inspired by one of the developer's earlier works, Tuper Tario Tros.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 7 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 12% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 15% of 29,019 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 31k–63k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 786 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$1.99-60%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2013-03-21) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 35 of 74 observed days · $1.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
6620142026Week of 2014-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2014-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2014-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2015-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2015-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2015-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2015-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2015-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2016-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 01:00 — 1 players2026-09-18 08:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 16:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 20:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 11:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 17:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-15 07:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
470Jul 2012Mar 2024Jul 2012 — avg 22 · peak 81Oct 2012 — avg 22 · peak 192Jan 2013 — avg 8 · peak 26Apr 2013 — avg 5 · peak 17Jul 2013 — avg 47 · peak 178Oct 2013 — avg 8 · peak 29Jan 2014 — avg 6 · peak 25Apr 2014 — avg 3 · peak 10Jul 2014 — avg 7 · peak 19Oct 2014 — avg 5 · peak 14Jan 2015 — avg 5 · peak 15Apr 2015 — avg 4 · peak 9Jul 2015 — avg 3 · peak 11Oct 2015 — avg 2 · peak 9Jan 2016 — avg 4 · peak 11Apr 2016 — avg 2 · peak 8Jul 2016 — avg 2 · peak 9Oct 2016 — avg 1 · peak 7Jan 2017 — avg 1 · peak 7Apr 2017 — avg 1 · peak 6Jul 2017 — avg 1 · peak 7Oct 2017 — avg 1 · peak 6Jan 2018 — avg 1 · peak 6Apr 2018 — avg 1 · peak 5Jul 2018 — avg 1 · peak 6Oct 2018 — avg 0 · peak 4Jan 2019 — avg 1 · peak 5Apr 2019 — avg 1 · peak 4Jul 2019 — avg 0 · peak 6Oct 2019 — avg 0 · peak 3Feb 2020 — avg 1 · peak 3May 2020 — avg 1 · peak 4Aug 2020 — avg 1 · peak 4Dec 2020 — avg 1 · peak 4Apr 2021 — avg 1 · peak 16Jan 2022 — avg 1 · peak 3Mar 2024 — avg 1 · peak 13

No change (0) in avg players vs prior month — Mar 2024

Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$4.99$0.992015-01-012026-10-152015-01-01 — best price $2.492015-06-15 — best price $1.292015-08-30 — best price $0.992015-12-08 — best price $4.992016-04-28 — best price $1.992016-10-04 — best price $1.242017-01-26 — best price $4.992017-07-10 — best price $4.992017-12-12 — best price $0.992018-06-22 — best price $1.492018-12-21 — best price $1.692019-07-08 — best price $2.492021-02-22 — best price $4.992021-07-19 — best price $4.992021-12-01 — best price $4.992022-02-14 — best price $2.492022-06-28 — best price $4.992022-11-29 — best price $4.992023-02-13 — best price $2.492023-07-17 — best price $2.492023-12-06 — best price $4.992024-02-06 — best price $4.992024-05-30 — best price $4.992024-08-07 — best price $4.992024-10-21 — best price $4.992024-11-26 — best price $1.992025-03-11 — best price $1.992025-06-18 — best price $1.992025-10-07 — best price $1.992025-12-11 — best price $1.992026-03-03 — best price $1.992026-06-04 — best price $4.992026-09-01 — best price $4.992026-09-09 — best price $4.992026-09-17 — best price $4.992026-09-25 — best price $1.992026-10-03 — best price $1.992026-10-11 — best price $1.992026-10-15 — best price $1.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

902026-05-31 — 7 pageviews2026-06-04 — 6 pageviews2026-06-08 — 1 pageviews2026-06-12 — 0 pageviews2026-06-16 — 9 pageviews2026-06-20 — 4 pageviews2026-06-24 — 2 pageviews2026-06-28 — 0 pageviews2026-07-02 — 5 pageviews2026-07-06 — 1 pageviews2026-07-10 — 0 pageviews2026-07-14 — 0 pageviews2026-07-18 — 2 pageviews2026-07-22 — 3 pageviews2026-07-26 — 4 pageviews2026-07-30 — 6 pageviews2026-08-03 — 2 pageviews2026-08-07 — 3 pageviews2026-08-11 — 3 pageviews2026-08-15 — 3 pageviews2026-08-19 — 2 pageviews2026-08-23 — 1 pageviews2026-08-27 — 3 pageviews2026-08-31 — 3 pageviews2026-09-04 — 4 pageviews2026-09-08 — 5 pageviews2026-09-12 — 5 pageviews2026-09-16 — 2 pageviews2026-09-20 — 4 pageviews2026-09-24 — 6 pageviews2026-09-28 — 4 pageviews2026-10-02 — 3 pageviews2026-10-06 — 6 pageviews2026-10-09 — 3 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

32
achievements tracked
76.4%
earned "Someone did it wrong"
5.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopSteam CloudIncludes level editorFamily Sharing

2 supported languages: English, French

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)14,7443%32

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

Player tags

2DCuteFunnyIndieLogicCasualPuzzleRobotsColorfulAdventure

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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