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Manifold Garden cover art

Manifold Garden

William Chyr Studio · 2020-10-20

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AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Oct 18, 2019 (Xbox One), May 20, 2021 (PlayStation 5), Aug 18, 2020 (Xbox Series X|S), Aug 18, 2020 (Nintendo Switch), Aug 18, 2020 (PlayStation 4), Oct 18, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Rediscover gravity and explore an Escher-esque world of impossible architecture. Witness infinity in first-person and master its rules to solve physics-defying puzzles. Cultivate a garden to open new paths forward, where an eternal expanse awaits.

Manifold Garden is a 2020 Adventure, Indie game priced at $19.99, with an owner estimate of 200,000 .. 500,000 and a review sentiment of Overwhelmingly Positive (95% of 8545 reviews).

10
playing now
95%
positive of 8.6k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
86/100
critic score (6 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (43 ratings)
4.69★
PlayStation Store rating (660 ratings)
6h
to beat · rushed 4h · completionist 9h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

10 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 04:00 UTC (census sample)

Manifold Garden is a puzzle video game developed by American artist William Chyr. It was released on Windows, macOS, and iOS on October 18, 2019. The player must navigate an abstract series of structures that appear to repeat into infinity, while solving a progression of puzzles. Ports for PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch and Xbox One were released on August 18, 2020. An upgraded version of the game was released for Xbox Series X and Series S as a launch title on November 10, 2020, and an upgraded PlayStation 5 version released on May 20, 2021.

Trailer

Manifold Garden trailer thumbnail

Manifold Garden - Launch Trailer | PS4

≈418,266 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 10 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 618 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~77/week).
  • · Review velocity down 4% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 4% of 28,914 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 171k–386k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 8,568 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$4.99-75%
Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.99 at Steam (2024-12-19) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 19 of 33 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
47047020202026Week of 2020-10-01: 470 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 381 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 216 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 225 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 195 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 264 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 133 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 153 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 7 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3132026-09-15 13:00 — 20 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 7 players2026-09-18 05:00 — 19 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 25 players2026-09-20 20:00 — 31 players2026-09-22 04:00 — 14 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 18 players2026-09-24 19:00 — 11 players2026-09-26 02:00 — 8 players2026-09-27 10:00 — 17 players2026-09-28 17:00 — 9 players2026-09-30 01:00 — 12 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 8 players2026-10-02 16:00 — 21 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 17 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 16 players2026-10-06 15:00 — 17 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 19 players2026-10-09 06:00 — 18 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 18 players2026-10-11 21:00 — 10 players2026-10-13 05:00 — 15 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 10 players2026-10-15 04:00 — 10 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1290Aug 2016Aug 2026Aug 2016 — avg 0 · peak 0Oct 2020 — avg 129 · peak 324Dec 2020 — avg 34 · peak 107Feb 2021 — avg 34 · peak 106Apr 2021 — avg 18 · peak 49Jun 2021 — avg 12 · peak 47Aug 2021 — avg 15 · peak 42Oct 2021 — avg 13 · peak 50Dec 2021 — avg 18 · peak 58Feb 2022 — avg 16 · peak 42Apr 2022 — avg 17 · peak 54Jun 2022 — avg 12 · peak 35Aug 2022 — avg 18 · peak 218Oct 2022 — avg 24 · peak 78Dec 2022 — avg 20 · peak 52Feb 2023 — avg 14 · peak 47Apr 2023 — avg 17 · peak 93Jun 2023 — avg 13 · peak 35Aug 2023 — avg 10 · peak 27Oct 2023 — avg 24 · peak 158Dec 2023 — avg 21 · peak 47Feb 2024 — avg 22 · peak 57Apr 2024 — avg 14 · peak 31Jun 2024 — avg 14 · peak 41Aug 2024 — avg 14 · peak 47Oct 2024 — avg 17 · peak 44Dec 2024 — avg 25 · peak 64Feb 2025 — avg 21 · peak 55Apr 2025 — avg 18 · peak 49Jun 2025 — avg 19 · peak 64Aug 2025 — avg 13 · peak 30Oct 2025 — avg 14 · peak 32Dec 2025 — avg 18 · peak 40Feb 2026 — avg 13 · peak 33Apr 2026 — avg 14 · peak 40Jun 2026 — avg 21 · peak 52Aug 2026 — avg 15 · peak 32
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$4.992019-10-172026-10-112019-10-17 — best price $19.992020-02-27 — best price $19.992020-10-20 — best price $15.992020-12-14 — best price $14.992021-01-31 — best price $19.992021-03-25 — best price $13.992021-07-26 — best price $13.992021-09-25 — best price $11.992021-11-24 — best price $11.992021-12-16 — best price $10.992022-02-03 — best price $19.992022-04-04 — best price $10.992022-06-17 — best price $19.992022-10-18 — best price $9.992022-12-08 — best price $9.992023-01-05 — best price $19.992023-02-20 — best price $9.992023-04-06 — best price $9.992023-06-05 — best price $9.992023-07-17 — best price $9.992023-11-02 — best price $19.992023-12-22 — best price $7.992024-03-04 — best price $19.992024-06-27 — best price $6.992024-09-02 — best price $19.992024-11-27 — best price $6.992025-01-13 — best price $19.992025-04-21 — best price $4.992025-07-10 — best price $19.992025-09-29 — best price $4.992026-01-05 — best price $19.992026-03-19 — best price $4.992026-05-15 — best price $19.992026-08-30 — best price $19.992026-09-09 — best price $4.992026-09-20 — best price $19.992026-10-11 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

86212026-06-01 — 27 pageviews2026-06-05 — 29 pageviews2026-06-09 — 32 pageviews2026-06-13 — 35 pageviews2026-06-17 — 24 pageviews2026-06-21 — 32 pageviews2026-06-25 — 24 pageviews2026-06-29 — 40 pageviews2026-07-03 — 27 pageviews2026-07-07 — 38 pageviews2026-07-11 — 22 pageviews2026-07-15 — 21 pageviews2026-07-19 — 27 pageviews2026-07-23 — 27 pageviews2026-07-27 — 35 pageviews2026-07-31 — 21 pageviews2026-08-04 — 26 pageviews2026-08-08 — 53 pageviews2026-08-12 — 29 pageviews2026-08-16 — 55 pageviews2026-08-20 — 43 pageviews2026-08-24 — 24 pageviews2026-08-28 — 28 pageviews2026-09-01 — 30 pageviews2026-09-05 — 39 pageviews2026-09-09 — 48 pageviews2026-09-13 — 35 pageviews2026-09-17 — 68 pageviews2026-09-21 — 46 pageviews2026-09-25 — 32 pageviews2026-09-29 — 38 pageviews2026-10-03 — 32 pageviews2026-10-07 — 34 pageviews2026-10-10 — 35 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

25
achievements tracked
88%
earned "Trust Fall"
40.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing1 DLC

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

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2020-10-20 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)7,01210%25
PS5 (PlayStation)91133%25
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)49012%24
PS4 (PlayStation)33033%25
PS4 (PlayStation)32233%25
PS4 (PlayStation)6549%25
Switch (Nintendo)310%0
PS4 (PlayStation)978%25
Switch (Nintendo)40%0
Switch (Nintendo)0—0

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

IndiePuzzleSurrealAbstractRelaxingDifficultNonlinearMinimalistAtmosphericExploration

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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