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Manifold Garden cover art

Manifold Garden

William Chyr Studio · 2020-10-20

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AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

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.

12
playing now
95%
positive of 8.5k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
86/100
critic score (6 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (43 ratings)
6h
to beat · rushed 4h · completionist 9h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

12 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 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.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 12 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 9% of 11,404 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 170k–383k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 8,514 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

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 11 of 23 observed days · $15.00 above the all-time low (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

2902026-08-06 23:00 — 10 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 18 players2026-08-07 15:00 — 16 players2026-08-07 23:00 — 14 players2026-08-08 07:00 — 15 players2026-08-08 15:00 — 16 players2026-08-08 23:00 — 9 players2026-08-09 07:00 — 10 players2026-08-09 15:00 — 17 players2026-08-09 23:00 — 13 players2026-08-10 07:00 — 12 players2026-08-10 12:00 — 14 players2026-08-10 20:00 — 26 players2026-08-11 04:00 — 13 players2026-08-11 12:00 — 14 players2026-08-12 08:00 — 11 players2026-08-13 15:00 — 15 players2026-08-14 23:00 — 12 players2026-08-16 07:00 — 8 players2026-08-17 14:00 — 13 players2026-08-18 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 05:00 — 9 players2026-08-21 13:00 — 10 players2026-08-22 20:00 — 18 players2026-08-24 04:00 — 7 players2026-08-25 12:00 — 11 players2026-08-26 20:00 — 6 players2026-08-28 04:00 — 11 players2026-08-29 12:00 — 18 players2026-08-30 04:00 — 12 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$4.992019-10-172026-08-302019-10-17 — 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 $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

86142026-06-01 — 27 pageviews2026-06-04 — 28 pageviews2026-06-07 — 30 pageviews2026-06-10 — 32 pageviews2026-06-13 — 35 pageviews2026-06-16 — 36 pageviews2026-06-19 — 38 pageviews2026-06-22 — 15 pageviews2026-06-25 — 24 pageviews2026-06-28 — 25 pageviews2026-07-01 — 36 pageviews2026-07-04 — 24 pageviews2026-07-07 — 38 pageviews2026-07-10 — 29 pageviews2026-07-13 — 36 pageviews2026-07-16 — 27 pageviews2026-07-19 — 27 pageviews2026-07-22 — 27 pageviews2026-07-25 — 21 pageviews2026-07-28 — 22 pageviews2026-07-31 — 21 pageviews2026-08-03 — 31 pageviews2026-08-06 — 39 pageviews2026-08-09 — 51 pageviews2026-08-12 — 29 pageviews2026-08-15 — 42 pageviews2026-08-18 — 34 pageviews2026-08-21 — 59 pageviews2026-08-24 — 24 pageviews2026-08-27 — 31 pageviews2026-08-29 — 27 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…

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.

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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