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Stacking cover art

Stacking

Double Fine Productions · 2012-03-06

SteamGOGXboxMicrosoft StoreGame Pass

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

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.'

Stacking is an Adventure and Indie game released in 2012, priced at $9.99, with an estimated 200,000 to 500,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (89% of 1850 reviews).

1
playing now
89%
positive of 1.9k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
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)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 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

Quietly active
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 28 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4/week).
  • · Review velocity up 8% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 10% of 28,748 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 74k–148k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,850 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$1.99-80%
Steam$1.99-80%
GOG$1.99-80%
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 78 of 138 observed days · $1.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
111120172026Week of 2017-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

302026-09-14 22:00 — 2 players2026-09-16 07:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 14:00 — 2 players2026-09-18 22:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 13:00 — 1 players2026-09-22 20:00 — 2 players2026-09-24 04:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 19:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 17:00 — 3 players2026-10-06 00:00 — 2 players2026-10-07 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 15:00 — 1 players2026-10-09 23:00 — 3 players2026-10-11 06:00 — 2 players2026-10-12 14:00 — 1 players2026-10-13 21:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
961Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 96 · peak 273Dec 2012 — avg 15 · peak 50May 2013 — avg 68 · peak 287Oct 2013 — avg 13 · peak 32Mar 2014 — avg 20 · peak 52Aug 2014 — avg 18 · peak 42Jan 2015 — avg 17 · peak 49Jun 2015 — avg 16 · peak 41Nov 2015 — avg 10 · peak 42Apr 2016 — avg 7 · peak 19Sep 2016 — avg 7 · peak 17Feb 2017 — avg 10 · peak 39Jul 2017 — avg 7 · peak 26Dec 2017 — avg 6 · peak 19May 2018 — avg 4 · peak 14Oct 2018 — avg 2 · peak 11Mar 2019 — avg 2 · peak 8Aug 2019 — avg 2 · peak 8Jan 2020 — avg 3 · peak 10Jun 2020 — avg 2 · peak 9Nov 2020 — avg 2 · peak 9Apr 2021 — avg 3 · peak 10Sep 2021 — avg 2 · peak 9Feb 2022 — avg 3 · peak 9Jul 2022 — avg 2 · peak 9Jan 2023 — avg 2 · peak 8Jun 2023 — avg 3 · peak 8Nov 2023 — avg 2 · peak 8Apr 2024 — avg 2 · peak 6Sep 2024 — avg 3 · peak 9Jun 2025 — avg 3 · peak 12Jan 2026 — avg 3 · peak 8Jun 2026 — avg 2 · peak 7Aug 2026 — avg 3 · peak 8
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$14.99$0.992015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — 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 $5.002026-08-31 — best price $9.992026-09-30 — best price $9.992026-10-14 — best price $1.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

264202026-05-29 — 37 pageviews2026-06-02 — 32 pageviews2026-06-06 — 25 pageviews2026-06-10 — 26 pageviews2026-06-14 — 30 pageviews2026-06-18 — 67 pageviews2026-06-22 — 44 pageviews2026-06-26 — 43 pageviews2026-06-30 — 48 pageviews2026-07-04 — 40 pageviews2026-07-08 — 69 pageviews2026-07-12 — 38 pageviews2026-07-16 — 39 pageviews2026-07-20 — 43 pageviews2026-07-24 — 38 pageviews2026-07-28 — 51 pageviews2026-08-01 — 31 pageviews2026-08-05 — 29 pageviews2026-08-09 — 22 pageviews2026-08-13 — 32 pageviews2026-08-17 — 33 pageviews2026-08-21 — 75 pageviews2026-08-25 — 40 pageviews2026-08-29 — 35 pageviews2026-09-02 — 76 pageviews2026-09-06 — 57 pageviews2026-09-10 — 48 pageviews2026-09-14 — 41 pageviews2026-09-18 — 28 pageviews2026-09-22 — 42 pageviews2026-09-26 — 34 pageviews2026-09-30 — 55 pageviews2026-10-04 — 28 pageviews2026-10-08 — 34 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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