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PHAT STACKS

ColloseusX · Phat Phrog Studios · 2016-11-29

Steam

ActionCasualIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Nov 29, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Phat Stacks is puzzle platformer, physics based addictive arcade game that is all about collecting crystals by building platforms and controlling an alien lifeform across these platforms

PHAT STACKS is a 2016 Action, Casual and Indie game priced at $1.99, with an estimated 200,000 to 500,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (49% of 227 reviews).

0
playing now
49%
positive of 227 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$1.99
steam price (US)

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

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 8 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 28% of 27,808 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 5.7k–14k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 227 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.37 at Steam (2022-11-14) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $1.99 · on sale 7 of 15 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
5520162026Week of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-15 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 06:00 — 2 players2026-09-19 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 16:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 14:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$1.99$0.372016-11-302026-07-292016-11-30 — best price $1.792017-11-01 — best price $1.992018-02-15 — best price $1.392018-07-05 — best price $1.992018-11-21 — best price $0.992019-02-12 — best price $1.992019-10-14 — best price $0.492020-01-02 — best price $1.992020-05-11 — best price $0.492020-08-24 — best price $1.992020-11-25 — best price $0.492021-01-05 — best price $1.992021-04-05 — best price $0.492021-07-08 — best price $1.992021-10-28 — best price $0.492021-12-13 — best price $1.992022-02-07 — best price $0.492022-05-16 — best price $1.992022-08-01 — best price $0.592022-10-17 — best price $1.992022-12-22 — best price $0.372023-03-23 — best price $1.992023-07-14 — best price $0.372023-11-21 — best price $1.992024-01-05 — best price $0.552024-03-21 — best price $1.992024-06-27 — best price $0.552024-09-02 — best price $1.992025-03-17 — best price $0.552025-07-10 — best price $1.992026-02-01 — best price $0.552026-05-01 — best price $1.992026-07-15 — best price $0.992026-07-29 — best price $1.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
3.5%
earned "Hello There!"
2.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing5 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Post-launch support: 5 DLC released, first 2020-06-25, latest 2020-06-26 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,19734%107

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

Player tags

IndieActionCasualPuzzle

Census log

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

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