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Tricky Towers cover art

Tricky Towers

WeirdBeard · 2016-08-02

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

CasualIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Split screen

Releases: Aug 02, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 11, 2018 (Nintendo Switch), Aug 02, 2016 (Mac), Sep 15, 2017 (Xbox One), Aug 02, 2016 (Linux), Aug 02, 2016 (PlayStation 4)

With your brilliant robe and magic powers, it’s time to build some Tricky Towers! Stack your bricks in this land of fable, whose marvelous tower will be the most stable? Battle your friends and rise to fame, in this frantic physics game.

138
playing now
90%
positive of 16k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
68/100
critic score (7 outlets, IGDB)
75/100
IGDB user rating (79 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$14.99
steam price (US)

138 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 17:00 UTC (census sample)

Tricky Towers is a physics-based tower building game puzzle video game that uses a form of the block-stacking problem as the central game mechanic. It was released on digital distribution service Steam for Windows, OS X, and Linux, and for the PlayStation Plus service in August 2016, before being released on PlayStation 4 a month later. It was released on Xbox One on September 18, 2017, and on the Nintendo Switch on October 11, 2018.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 138 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 513 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~64/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 2% of 9,617 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 412k–989k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 16,486 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.49 at Steam (2022-12-22) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 19 of 36 observed days · $10.50 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
34434420182026Week of 2018-01-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 336 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 266 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 283 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 258 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 213 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 217 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 186 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 298 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 214 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 226 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 242 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 152 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 167 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 210 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 344 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 164 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 157 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 206 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 171 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 200 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 200 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 137 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 137 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 135 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 222 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 13 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

264482026-08-06 21:00 — 226 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 88 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 163 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 191 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 117 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 205 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 236 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 156 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 176 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 259 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 86 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 178 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 161 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 78 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 203 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 140 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 92 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 163 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 245 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 72 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 98 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 149 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 121 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 81 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 121 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 65 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 48 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 107 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 113 players2026-08-30 17:00 — 138 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$4.492016-08-022026-08-272016-08-02 — best price $12.742016-11-22 — best price $14.992017-01-16 — best price $7.492017-03-13 — best price $10.492017-07-05 — best price $7.492017-07-17 — best price $7.492017-11-01 — best price $14.992018-02-19 — best price $14.992018-06-22 — best price $7.492018-07-17 — best price $11.992018-11-15 — best price $7.492019-02-04 — best price $7.492019-07-10 — best price $14.992019-11-10 — best price $5.092019-12-07 — best price $14.992020-03-24 — best price $13.492020-07-31 — best price $5.992020-12-22 — best price $5.092021-07-30 — best price $5.092021-11-24 — best price $7.492022-02-03 — best price $14.992022-06-23 — best price $5.992022-10-25 — best price $5.992023-02-20 — best price $5.992023-05-05 — best price $5.992023-08-25 — best price $5.992023-12-04 — best price $5.992024-03-07 — best price $5.992024-05-22 — best price $5.992024-07-22 — best price $5.992024-10-17 — best price $14.992025-01-02 — best price $14.992025-03-26 — best price $5.992025-08-23 — best price $5.992025-11-13 — best price $14.992026-01-17 — best price $5.992026-04-16 — best price $14.992026-08-02 — best price $4.492026-08-27 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3352026-05-29 — 12 pageviews2026-06-01 — 18 pageviews2026-06-04 — 16 pageviews2026-06-07 — 20 pageviews2026-06-10 — 18 pageviews2026-06-13 — 20 pageviews2026-06-16 — 14 pageviews2026-06-19 — 14 pageviews2026-06-22 — 12 pageviews2026-06-25 — 17 pageviews2026-06-28 — 17 pageviews2026-07-01 — 19 pageviews2026-07-04 — 17 pageviews2026-07-07 — 13 pageviews2026-07-10 — 20 pageviews2026-07-13 — 9 pageviews2026-07-16 — 18 pageviews2026-07-19 — 23 pageviews2026-07-22 — 16 pageviews2026-07-25 — 23 pageviews2026-07-28 — 19 pageviews2026-07-31 — 15 pageviews2026-08-03 — 26 pageviews2026-08-06 — 13 pageviews2026-08-09 — 14 pageviews2026-08-12 — 30 pageviews2026-08-15 — 16 pageviews2026-08-18 — 12 pageviews2026-08-21 — 14 pageviews2026-08-24 — 27 pageviews2026-08-26 — 16 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

29
achievements tracked
59.5%
earned "Match winner"
4.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPShared/Split Screen PvPShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsCustom Volume Controls7 DLC

20 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Russian, Portuguese - Portugal, Dutch, Simplified Chinese, Arabic, Finnish…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4 (PlayStation)60,8712%30
Steam (Steam)22,3331%29
Xbox One (Xbox)1,9641%29
Switch (Nintendo)3090%0

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

Player tags

FunnyArcadeCasualPuzzlePhysicsBuildingCartoonyParty GameLocal Co-OpMultiplayer

Census log

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

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