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Grindstone

Capybara Games · 2022-06-20

SteamPlayStation StoreEpic Games StoreMicrosoft Store

CasualIndieStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: May 20, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 16, 2019 (iOS), Dec 15, 2020 (Nintendo Switch), May 03, 2023 (Xbox Series X|S), May 03, 2023 (PlayStation 4), May 03, 2023 (PlayStation 5)

Grindstone is a puzzle game where epic adventures are just your 9-to-5. It’s your job to mine grindstones from the Creeps that lurk on the mountain in over 600 levels of intricate puzzles and hazards, all in the hopes of saving up enough grindstones to take your family on a much needed vacation.

93%
positive of 344 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
90/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
95/100
IGDB user rating (15 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)
Grindstone is a 2019 puzzle video game developed and published by Capybara Games. The game revolves around the player completing levels by clearing enemies using attacks. It was originally released for macOS, iOS, and tvOS through Apple Arcade on September 19, 2019. Its Windows release was exclusive to the Epic Games Store, until 20 of June 2022 when the game was released on Steam.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 17 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 61% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 32% of 11,599 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 6.9k–15k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 344 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.99 at Steam (2025-06-26) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 9 of 19 observed days · $17.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
343420222026Week of 2022-06-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$19.99$2.992021-05-202026-09-062021-05-20 — best price $14.992021-08-05 — best price $19.992021-10-18 — best price $14.992021-11-30 — best price $19.992021-12-16 — best price $14.992022-03-15 — best price $19.992022-05-19 — best price $14.992022-06-27 — best price $19.992022-07-14 — best price $11.992022-09-06 — best price $19.992022-11-22 — best price $9.992022-12-23 — best price $8.992023-02-16 — best price $19.992023-04-24 — best price $8.992023-06-15 — best price $19.992023-10-24 — best price $9.992023-11-28 — best price $19.992024-01-04 — best price $19.992024-03-21 — best price $19.992024-08-20 — best price $7.992024-12-04 — best price $19.992025-03-13 — best price $3.992025-07-10 — best price $19.992025-11-24 — best price $4.992026-01-05 — best price $19.992026-02-20 — best price $3.992026-03-26 — best price $19.992026-05-11 — best price $6.992026-07-09 — best price $19.992026-09-06 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2772026-06-08 — 13 pageviews2026-06-11 — 11 pageviews2026-06-14 — 24 pageviews2026-06-17 — 11 pageviews2026-06-20 — 9 pageviews2026-06-23 — 9 pageviews2026-06-26 — 10 pageviews2026-06-29 — 11 pageviews2026-07-02 — 8 pageviews2026-07-05 — 9 pageviews2026-07-08 — 15 pageviews2026-07-11 — 9 pageviews2026-07-14 — 10 pageviews2026-07-17 — 9 pageviews2026-07-20 — 18 pageviews2026-07-23 — 8 pageviews2026-07-26 — 12 pageviews2026-07-29 — 10 pageviews2026-08-01 — 12 pageviews2026-08-04 — 21 pageviews2026-08-07 — 10 pageviews2026-08-10 — 16 pageviews2026-08-13 — 10 pageviews2026-08-16 — 14 pageviews2026-08-19 — 10 pageviews2026-08-22 — 16 pageviews2026-08-25 — 9 pageviews2026-08-28 — 11 pageviews2026-08-31 — 14 pageviews2026-09-03 — 10 pageviews2026-09-05 — 19 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

49
achievements tracked
96.4%
earned "Quinceañera Time"
21%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportColor AlternativesCustom Volume ControlsMouse Only OptionPlayable without Timed InputTouch Only OptionSteam CloudStats2 DLC

14 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Dutch, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,1076%49
PS5 (PlayStation)37123%49
Xbox Series (Xbox)3337%49
Switch (Nintendo)1050%0
PS4 (PlayStation)3537%49
PS4 (PlayStation)3333%49

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

Player tags

2DDarkArcadeCasualPuzzleCartoonClickerCookingCartoonyColorful

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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