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Pipe Mania cover art

Pipe Mania

Razorworks · Strategy First · 2020-08-11

SteamEpic Games Store

Strategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer · Perspectives: First person

Releases: 2008 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), 2008 (PlayStation 2), 2008 (PlayStation Portable), Sep 30, 2008 (Nintendo DS)

Pipe Mania is a fast-paced puzzle game in which players lay down a set of pipes on a tiled grid in order to keep the Flooze - a constant flowing substance that speeds up with progression - moving through the pipes as long as possible without overflowing

Pipe Mania is a Strategy game released in 2020, priced at $3.99, with an estimated owner base of 20,000 .. 50,000 and a Positive sentiment (90% of 20 reviews).

0
playing now
90%
positive of 20 reviews
Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
71/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
48/100
IGDB user rating (2 ratings)
$3.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 10:00 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 14% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 78% of 14,082 Strategy games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-02

All-time low: $0.37 at GamersGate (2022-12-05)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 22 of 25 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
2220202026Week of 2020-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$31.66$0.372015-01-012026-08-212015-01-01 — best price $9.992016-06-24 — best price $26.742017-01-05 — best price $3.002017-12-01 — best price $5.992018-03-05 — best price $5.992018-08-23 — best price $2.002019-04-11 — best price $2.002019-10-10 — best price $1.502020-03-16 — best price $1.502020-07-06 — best price $1.502020-08-31 — best price $9.992020-10-19 — best price $4.992020-12-04 — best price $4.992021-02-15 — best price $4.992021-05-20 — best price $0.752021-10-11 — best price $0.742021-12-01 — best price $4.492022-01-07 — best price $0.692022-02-09 — best price $3.662022-02-28 — best price $0.742022-05-23 — best price $4.992022-07-05 — best price $3.662022-09-01 — best price $4.492022-11-14 — best price $4.992023-02-09 — best price $4.992023-05-01 — best price $1.122023-08-07 — best price $0.742023-11-27 — best price $3.992024-02-12 — best price $4.992024-05-09 — best price $0.602024-07-18 — best price $0.492024-10-07 — best price $0.602024-12-30 — best price $0.602025-04-14 — best price $3.992025-08-16 — best price $4.492025-10-16 — best price $3.992026-02-09 — best price $0.802026-04-25 — best price $4.492026-08-21 — best price $3.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

Player tags

2DLogicRetroArcadeCasualPuzzleRemakeClickerStrategyOld School

Census log

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

Players also track

SNIKS

Similarity via IGDB.