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Placement cover art

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.

Placement is a Casual and Indie game released in 2017, free-to-play, with an estimated 20,000 .. 50,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (86% of 80 reviews).

0
playing now
86%
positive of 80 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
Free
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 08:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 12 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 20% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 36% of 29,079 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

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

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
6620172026Week of 2017-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 08:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
10Sep 2017Nov 2020Sep 2017 — avg 0 · peak 4Oct 2017 — avg 0 · peak 2Nov 2017 — avg 0 · peak 2Dec 2017 — avg 0 · peak 2Jan 2018 — avg 0 · peak 2Feb 2018 — avg 0 · peak 2Mar 2018 — avg 0 · peak 2Apr 2018 — avg 0 · peak 1May 2018 — avg 0 · peak 2Jun 2018 — avg 0 · peak 3Jul 2018 — avg 0 · peak 1Sep 2018 — avg 0 · peak 1Oct 2018 — avg 0 · peak 1Nov 2018 — avg 0 · peak 1Dec 2018 — avg 0 · peak 1Jan 2019 — avg 0 · peak 2Mar 2019 — avg 0 · peak 1Apr 2019 — avg 0 · peak 1May 2019 — avg 0 · peak 1Jun 2019 — avg 0 · peak 1Jul 2019 — avg 0 · peak 1Aug 2019 — avg 0 · peak 1Dec 2019 — avg 0 · peak 1Jan 2020 — avg 0 · peak 2Oct 2020 — avg 0 · peak 2Nov 2020 — avg 1 · peak 3

No change (0) in avg players vs prior month — Nov 2020

Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

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).

Completion

12
achievements tracked
86.3%
earned "Pawn"
29.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

ChessIndieCasualPuzzle

Census log

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

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