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Pile Up!

Remoob · Catoptric Games · 2025-07-23

Steam

CasualIndieStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jun 02, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

"Pile Up!" is a strategic building game which you need to build houses, fulfill your people’s requests and manage your risky buildings in different ways on a small land. But don’t let your guard down in this chill environment, we only get you relaxed so you destroy everything you did.

Pile Up! is a 2025 Casual, Indie, and Strategy game priced at $4.99, with an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 owners and Mostly Positive (76% of 1077 reviews).

42
playing now
76%
positive of 1.1k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$4.99
steam price (US)

42 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 05:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Cooling
  • · 42 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 69 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~9/week).
  • · Review velocity down 70% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (208 reviews).
  • · Top 20% of 9,562 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 22k–48k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,077 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $4.99 at Steam (2025-07-23) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 7 of 13 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
17217220232026Week of 2023-06-01: 172 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

5482026-08-11 17:00 — 42 players2026-08-12 09:00 — 21 players2026-08-13 01:00 — 26 players2026-08-13 16:00 — 20 players2026-08-14 08:00 — 27 players2026-08-15 00:00 — 25 players2026-08-15 16:00 — 39 players2026-08-16 08:00 — 27 players2026-08-17 00:00 — 23 players2026-08-17 16:00 — 32 players2026-08-18 07:00 — 13 players2026-08-18 23:00 — 25 players2026-08-19 15:00 — 29 players2026-08-20 07:00 — 13 players2026-08-20 22:00 — 17 players2026-08-21 14:00 — 36 players2026-08-22 06:00 — 21 players2026-08-22 22:00 — 15 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 14 players2026-08-24 05:00 — 8 players2026-08-24 21:00 — 15 players2026-08-25 13:00 — 22 players2026-08-26 05:00 — 40 players2026-08-26 22:00 — 54 players2026-08-27 13:00 — 35 players2026-08-28 05:00 — 24 players2026-08-28 21:00 — 52 players2026-08-29 13:00 — 46 players2026-08-30 05:00 — 42 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$4.992023-06-022026-08-052023-06-02 — best price $7.992023-07-10 — best price $6.992023-08-17 — best price $6.992023-11-09 — best price $6.992023-11-21 — best price $6.992023-12-16 — best price $6.992024-03-14 — best price $6.992024-04-04 — best price $6.992024-05-30 — best price $6.992024-06-27 — best price $5.992024-11-06 — best price $5.992024-11-27 — best price $5.992024-12-19 — best price $5.492025-03-13 — best price $5.492025-03-24 — best price $5.492025-05-29 — best price $5.492025-06-27 — best price $5.492025-07-23 — best price $4.992025-09-22 — best price $5.992025-11-17 — best price $5.992025-12-18 — best price $5.992026-03-12 — best price $4.992026-04-25 — best price $4.992026-06-25 — best price $4.992026-08-05 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

35
achievements tracked
76.8%
earned "Stone Over a Mile"
2.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsColor AlternativesCustom Volume ControlsAdjustable DifficultyMouse Only OptionPlayable without Timed InputStereo SoundFamily Sharing

12 supported languages: English, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Turkish, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian, Traditional Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,3810%35
Switch (Nintendo)30%0
Switch (Nintendo)20%0

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

Player tags

CuteIndieCasualSandboxBuildingColorfulRelaxingStylizedIsometricMinimalist

Census log

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

Recent updates

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