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Placement

Albin Bernhardsson · 2017-09-26

Steam

CasualIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Sep 26, 2017 (Mac), Sep 26, 2017 (Linux), Sep 26, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Placement is a minimalist logic puzzle game based on chess.

0
playing now
86%
positive of 80 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Free
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 14:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 61% of 9,688 Casual games in the census by review count.

All-time low: $0.49 at Steam (2018-06-22) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

Players online

002026-08-12 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 18:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 14:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$1.99$0.002017-09-272021-01-162017-09-27 — best price $1.692017-10-03 — best price $1.992017-11-22 — best price $1.492017-11-28 — best price $1.992017-12-21 — best price $1.492018-01-04 — best price $1.992018-02-15 — best price $0.992018-02-19 — best price $1.992018-06-22 — best price $0.492018-07-05 — best price $1.992018-10-30 — best price $0.992018-11-01 — best price $1.992018-11-21 — best price $0.992018-11-27 — best price $1.992018-12-20 — best price $0.492019-01-03 — best price $1.992019-12-19 — best price $0.492020-01-02 — best price $1.992020-01-23 — best price $0.992020-01-27 — best price $1.992021-01-16 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Census log

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

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