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Stacking cover art

Stacking

Double Fine Productions · 2012-03-06

SteamGOGXboxMicrosoft Store

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Mar 07, 2013 (Mac), Feb 09, 2011 (Xbox 360), Feb 09, 2011 (PlayStation 3), Mar 06, 2012 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Mar 07, 2013 (Linux)

Embark on an adventure to rescue Charlie’s family from the nefarious industrialist known only as the 'Baron.'

3
playing now
89%
positive of 1.8k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
84/100
critic score (6 outlets, IGDB)
66/100
IGDB user rating (50 ratings)
5.8h
to beat · rushed 4h · completionist 8h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)

3 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 UTC (census sample)

Stacking is an adventure puzzle video game developed by Double Fine Productions and published by THQ in February 2011 for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 video game consoles. A Windows version was released in March 2012, and OS X and Linux versions were released in May 2013. Like Double Fine's previous Costume Quest, it is a smaller title created during the development period of Brütal Legend.

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 23% of 11,404 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 74k–148k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,845 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$2.49-75%
GOG$9.99
lowest across shops (ITAD)$9.99
Microsoft Store$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.99 at Humble Store (2015-06-30) · bundled 8×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 65 of 107 observed days · $9.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

602026-08-06 23:00 — 4 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-07 15:00 — 4 players2026-08-07 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-08 07:00 — 3 players2026-08-08 15:00 — 1 players2026-08-08 23:00 — 3 players2026-08-09 07:00 — 3 players2026-08-09 15:00 — 2 players2026-08-09 23:00 — 3 players2026-08-10 07:00 — 2 players2026-08-10 15:00 — 6 players2026-08-10 23:00 — 4 players2026-08-11 07:00 — 2 players2026-08-11 15:00 — 3 players2026-08-12 23:00 — 5 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 3 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 1 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 3 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 2 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 1 players2026-08-23 12:00 — 1 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 6 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 3 players2026-08-27 12:00 — 2 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 2 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 3 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$0.992015-01-012026-08-302015-01-01 — best price $3.392015-06-09 — best price $1.492015-08-13 — best price $4.992015-12-24 — best price $0.992016-04-01 — best price $2.492016-08-05 — best price $2.742016-12-26 — best price $2.502017-05-25 — best price $9.992017-09-05 — best price $9.992017-12-25 — best price $2.502018-05-18 — best price $3.742018-09-13 — best price $7.792019-01-04 — best price $9.992019-04-22 — best price $7.632019-08-12 — best price $7.592019-12-03 — best price $9.992020-02-10 — best price $9.812020-06-04 — best price $5.002020-11-25 — best price $4.992021-04-16 — best price $4.812021-08-22 — best price $4.072022-01-07 — best price $9.992022-05-06 — best price $4.992022-09-06 — best price $9.992022-12-22 — best price $2.992023-04-05 — best price $4.992023-07-21 — best price $4.492023-12-04 — best price $8.092024-03-26 — best price $3.832024-07-11 — best price $9.992024-12-06 — best price $8.392025-03-18 — best price $9.992025-07-12 — best price $9.992025-11-05 — best price $9.992026-02-23 — best price $6.292026-06-19 — best price $5.002026-08-30 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

264202026-05-29 — 37 pageviews2026-06-01 — 27 pageviews2026-06-04 — 28 pageviews2026-06-07 — 32 pageviews2026-06-10 — 26 pageviews2026-06-13 — 34 pageviews2026-06-16 — 264 pageviews2026-06-19 — 35 pageviews2026-06-22 — 44 pageviews2026-06-25 — 32 pageviews2026-06-28 — 35 pageviews2026-07-01 — 37 pageviews2026-07-04 — 40 pageviews2026-07-07 — 152 pageviews2026-07-10 — 56 pageviews2026-07-13 — 33 pageviews2026-07-16 — 39 pageviews2026-07-19 — 40 pageviews2026-07-22 — 38 pageviews2026-07-25 — 24 pageviews2026-07-28 — 51 pageviews2026-07-31 — 30 pageviews2026-08-03 — 27 pageviews2026-08-06 — 35 pageviews2026-08-09 — 22 pageviews2026-08-12 — 30 pageviews2026-08-15 — 42 pageviews2026-08-18 — 31 pageviews2026-08-21 — 75 pageviews2026-08-24 — 54 pageviews2026-08-26 — 42 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

21
achievements tracked
54.7%
earned "Strike Breaker"
11%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing

4 supported languages: English, German, French, Italian

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS3 (PlayStation)15,94719%21
Steam (Steam)10,76221%21
Xbox 360 (Xbox)8,90727%21

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

Player tags

CuteFunnyIndieShortCasualComedyPuzzleAdventureBeautifulSteampunk

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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