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Puzzle Tactics

Robert Alvarez · 2017-12-01

Steam

IndieStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Dec 01, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Dec 01, 2017 (Mac)

Puzzle Tactics is a turn-based and grid-based tactics game played in various small levels. You play as the blue team with the goal of defeating the red team's units before losing your own. Later levels are more difficult and introduce more unit types in battle.

Puzzle Tactics is an Indie and Strategy game released in 2017, priced at $0.99, with a Mostly Positive review sentiment (79% of 33 reviews) and an owner estimate of 100,000 .. 200,000.

0
playing now
79%
positive of 33 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$0.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 16:00 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 down 20% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 61% of 49,583 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-02

All-time low: $0.49 at Steam (2018-02-05)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
3320172026Week of 2017-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

002026-09-15 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 16:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$0.99$0.492017-12-022025-10-132017-12-02 — best price $0.592018-02-19 — best price $0.992018-07-09 — best price $0.492018-11-01 — best price $0.992018-12-20 — best price $0.492019-04-22 — best price $0.992019-08-12 — best price $0.492019-11-01 — best price $0.992020-01-23 — best price $0.492020-06-22 — best price $0.992020-10-19 — best price $0.492020-12-01 — best price $0.992021-01-25 — best price $0.492021-04-12 — best price $0.992021-09-06 — best price $0.492021-11-19 — best price $0.992022-01-17 — best price $0.492022-04-18 — best price $0.992022-07-11 — best price $0.492022-09-26 — best price $0.992022-12-12 — best price $0.492023-01-30 — best price $0.992023-04-03 — best price $0.492023-07-24 — best price $0.992023-11-21 — best price $0.492024-01-04 — best price $0.992024-03-14 — best price $0.492024-06-10 — best price $0.992024-09-02 — best price $0.492024-12-04 — best price $0.992025-01-20 — best price $0.492025-03-31 — best price $0.992025-07-14 — best price $0.492025-10-13 — best price $0.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

20
achievements tracked
83.7%
earned "Level 1"
35.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing

Player tags

2DPuzzleStrategyTacticalTop-DownDifficultMinimalistMouse onlyTurn-BasedClass-Based

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.