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Tetris® Effect: Connected cover art

Tetris® Effect: Connected

Monstars Inc. · Enhance · 2021-08-17

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CasualIndie

Franchise: Tetris · Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Side view, Virtual Reality

Releases: Nov 10, 2020 (Xbox Series X|S), Oct 08, 2021 (Nintendo Switch), Aug 18, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 14, 2020 (Oculus Quest), Feb 22, 2023 (PlayStation VR2), Aug 18, 2021 (PlayStation 4)

Tetris® Effect: Connected adds an all-new robust multiplayer expansion to the huge variety of addictive and innovative single-player modes that Tetris Effect is known for, with all-new co-op and competitive online and local multiplayer modes!

Tetris® Effect: Connected is a Casual and Indie game released in 2021, priced at $39.99, with an estimated 500,000 to 1,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (94% of 9012 reviews).— census verdict as of 2026-09-20

83
playing now
94%
positive of 9.0k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
10,787
twitch viewers (latest)
10787.0
viewers/channel (concentration)
89/100
critic score (10 outlets, IGDB)
90/100
IGDB user rating (80 ratings)
4.54★
PlayStation Store rating (8,285 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$39.99
steam price (US)

83 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Tetris Effect is a block-dropping arcade-styled puzzle video game developed by Japanese studios Monstars and Resonair and published by Enhance Games. The game was released worldwide exclusively for the PlayStation 4 on November 9, 2018, and features support for the PlayStation VR. A Microsoft Windows version, with support for Oculus Rift and HTC Vive, was released exclusively on the Epic Games Store on July 23, 2019. A version for the Meta Quest standalone VR headset was released on May 14, 2020.

Trailer

Tetris® Effect: Connected trailer thumbnail

Tetris Effect: Connected - Official Trailer | PS4

≈358,921 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 83 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 569 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~71/week).
  • · Review velocity down 6% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 2% of 29,056 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 180k–406k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 9,012 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$19.99-50%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $15.99 at Microsoft Store (2023-05-02)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $39.99 · on sale 18 of 40 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.4k1.4k20212026Week of 2021-08-01: 1,356 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 326 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 134 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 794 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 244 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 156 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 152 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 202 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 142 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 188 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 139 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 146 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 145 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 145 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 169 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 134 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 166 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 9 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

182792026-09-15 12:00 — 104 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 127 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 135 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 145 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 170 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 136 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 79 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 114 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 153 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 94 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 104 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 121 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 90 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 141 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 150 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 96 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 113 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 124 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 114 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 133 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 182 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 107 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 83 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
75094Aug 2021Aug 2026Aug 2021 — avg 750 · peak 1,253Oct 2021 — avg 133 · peak 272Dec 2021 — avg 150 · peak 355Feb 2022 — avg 142 · peak 255Apr 2022 — avg 98 · peak 253Jun 2022 — avg 102 · peak 258Aug 2022 — avg 102 · peak 173Oct 2022 — avg 156 · peak 450Dec 2022 — avg 166 · peak 275Feb 2023 — avg 127 · peak 239Apr 2023 — avg 180 · peak 426Jun 2023 — avg 144 · peak 304Aug 2023 — avg 131 · peak 282Oct 2023 — avg 106 · peak 223Dec 2023 — avg 177 · peak 320Feb 2024 — avg 154 · peak 349Apr 2024 — avg 116 · peak 196Jun 2024 — avg 142 · peak 257Aug 2024 — avg 123 · peak 230Oct 2024 — avg 106 · peak 208Dec 2024 — avg 150 · peak 254Feb 2025 — avg 140 · peak 299Apr 2025 — avg 109 · peak 185Jun 2025 — avg 143 · peak 368Aug 2025 — avg 115 · peak 223Oct 2025 — avg 102 · peak 191Dec 2025 — avg 124 · peak 232Feb 2026 — avg 129 · peak 236Apr 2026 — avg 94 · peak 170Jun 2026 — avg 100 · peak 176Aug 2026 — avg 109 · peak 185
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$39.99$15.992020-09-252026-10-082020-09-25 — best price $39.992021-09-01 — best price $39.992021-11-01 — best price $39.992022-01-07 — best price $26.782022-02-11 — best price $25.992022-05-10 — best price $39.992022-07-18 — best price $25.992022-10-11 — best price $19.992022-11-29 — best price $39.992023-03-16 — best price $19.992023-05-09 — best price $39.992023-07-31 — best price $19.992023-12-01 — best price $39.992024-02-11 — best price $19.992024-03-21 — best price $39.992024-06-03 — best price $23.992024-06-18 — best price $39.992024-07-18 — best price $19.992024-08-02 — best price $39.992024-10-24 — best price $19.992024-11-21 — best price $19.992024-12-19 — best price $19.992025-02-17 — best price $39.992025-03-26 — best price $19.992025-05-15 — best price $19.992025-06-16 — best price $39.992025-07-22 — best price $19.992025-08-14 — best price $19.992025-10-06 — best price $39.992025-11-20 — best price $19.992025-12-17 — best price $19.992026-02-05 — best price $19.992026-03-26 — best price $39.992026-05-28 — best price $39.992026-08-03 — best price $19.992026-09-03 — best price $39.992026-10-08 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

157832026-05-30 — 100 pageviews2026-06-03 — 97 pageviews2026-06-07 — 125 pageviews2026-06-11 — 105 pageviews2026-06-15 — 157 pageviews2026-06-19 — 96 pageviews2026-06-23 — 100 pageviews2026-06-27 — 123 pageviews2026-07-01 — 93 pageviews2026-07-05 — 90 pageviews2026-07-09 — 105 pageviews2026-07-13 — 132 pageviews2026-07-17 — 110 pageviews2026-07-21 — 103 pageviews2026-07-25 — 109 pageviews2026-07-29 — 118 pageviews2026-08-02 — 112 pageviews2026-08-06 — 110 pageviews2026-08-10 — 111 pageviews2026-08-14 — 105 pageviews2026-08-18 — 88 pageviews2026-08-22 — 117 pageviews2026-08-26 — 117 pageviews2026-08-30 — 140 pageviews2026-09-03 — 110 pageviews2026-09-07 — 142 pageviews2026-09-11 — 97 pageviews2026-09-15 — 107 pageviews2026-09-19 — 113 pageviews2026-09-23 — 134 pageviews2026-09-27 — 129 pageviews2026-10-01 — 106 pageviews2026-10-05 — 110 pageviews2026-10-09 — 129 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

43
achievements tracked
84%
earned "Get In Line"
9.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPShared/Split Screen PvPCo-opOnline Co-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenCross-Platform Multiplayer2 DLC

9 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Thai

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2021-08-18, latest 2021-09-27 (Steam store data)

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

IndieMusicArcadeCasualPuzzleTutorialAtmosphericCompetitiveLocal Co-OpMultiplayer

Census log

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

Recent updates

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