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Patchwork cover art

Patchwork

DIGIDICED · Twin Sails Interactive · 2016-12-06

Steam

CasualIndieStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Releases: Dec 06, 2016 (Mac), Feb 24, 2016 (Android), Feb 24, 2016 (iOS), Dec 06, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Dec 06, 2016 (Linux)

In the long-awaited digital adaptation of Uwe Rosenberg's Patchwork, players patch their way to victory using fabric pieces of assorted sizes, colors, and buttons.

Patchwork is a Casual, Indie and Strategy game released in 2016, priced at $6.99, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (75% of 284 reviews).

0
playing now
75%
positive of 284 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$6.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 07:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 10 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 9% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 18% of 29,044 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 7.1k–17k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 284 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.39 at Humble Store (2021-08-06) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $6.99 · on sale 14 of 29 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
6620162026Week of 2016-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

602026-09-15 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 16:00 — 3 players2026-09-17 23:00 — 2 players2026-09-19 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 14:00 — 6 players2026-09-21 22:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 05:00 — 4 players2026-09-24 13:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 20:00 — 1 players2026-09-27 04:00 — 4 players2026-09-28 12:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 19:00 — 2 players2026-10-01 03:00 — 5 players2026-10-02 10:00 — 3 players2026-10-03 18:00 — 1 players2026-10-05 02:00 — 2 players2026-10-06 09:00 — 2 players2026-10-07 17:00 — 4 players2026-10-09 00:00 — 4 players2026-10-10 08:00 — 2 players2026-10-11 15:00 — 3 players2026-10-12 23:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 07:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
521Dec 2016Aug 2026Dec 2016 — avg 2 · peak 9Mar 2017 — avg 1 · peak 6Jun 2017 — avg 2 · peak 6Sep 2017 — avg 1 · peak 8Dec 2017 — avg 2 · peak 8Mar 2018 — avg 2 · peak 6Jun 2018 — avg 3 · peak 10Sep 2018 — avg 2 · peak 8Dec 2018 — avg 2 · peak 8Mar 2019 — avg 1 · peak 7Jun 2019 — avg 2 · peak 6Sep 2019 — avg 1 · peak 5Dec 2019 — avg 3 · peak 12Mar 2020 — avg 3 · peak 12Jun 2020 — avg 28 · peak 65Sep 2020 — avg 13 · peak 32Dec 2020 — avg 10 · peak 26Mar 2021 — avg 9 · peak 24Jun 2021 — avg 7 · peak 19Sep 2021 — avg 7 · peak 19Dec 2021 — avg 7 · peak 20Mar 2022 — avg 7 · peak 20Jun 2022 — avg 7 · peak 16Sep 2022 — avg 6 · peak 14Dec 2022 — avg 6 · peak 14Mar 2023 — avg 4 · peak 13Jun 2023 — avg 4 · peak 11Sep 2023 — avg 4 · peak 14Dec 2023 — avg 5 · peak 15Mar 2024 — avg 4 · peak 11Jun 2024 — avg 3 · peak 9Sep 2024 — avg 3 · peak 11Dec 2024 — avg 4 · peak 11Mar 2025 — avg 3 · peak 10Jun 2025 — avg 4 · peak 10Sep 2025 — avg 3 · peak 8Dec 2025 — avg 3 · peak 8Mar 2026 — avg 3 · peak 9Aug 2026 — avg 3 · peak 8
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$6.99$1.392016-12-062026-08-132016-12-06 — best price $3.492017-11-01 — best price $4.992018-01-19 — best price $3.492018-04-02 — best price $4.992018-09-10 — best price $6.992019-01-07 — best price $6.992019-11-26 — best price $1.952020-01-27 — best price $6.992020-09-17 — best price $1.742020-12-15 — best price $6.992021-06-24 — best price $2.792021-10-11 — best price $6.992022-01-10 — best price $2.792022-03-07 — best price $6.992022-10-20 — best price $1.742023-01-05 — best price $6.992023-05-05 — best price $1.742023-08-25 — best price $6.992023-11-28 — best price $6.992024-02-12 — best price $1.392024-05-21 — best price $6.992024-08-15 — best price $1.392024-11-21 — best price $1.392024-12-19 — best price $1.392025-03-24 — best price $6.992025-07-16 — best price $1.392025-08-29 — best price $1.392025-09-29 — best price $1.392025-11-06 — best price $6.992025-12-18 — best price $1.392026-02-19 — best price $6.992026-05-07 — best price $1.462026-06-25 — best price $1.462026-08-01 — best price $6.992026-08-13 — best price $1.46
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

10
achievements tracked
18.6%
earned "Noob"
3.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPShared/Split Screen PvPCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudSteam Turn Notifications

8 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Russian

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2590%10

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

Player tags

IndieCasualStrategyTabletopBoard Game

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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