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Tricky Towers cover art

Tricky Towers

WeirdBeard · 2016-08-02

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

CasualIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Split screen · Perspectives: Side view

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.

Tricky Towers is a 2016 Casual and Indie game priced at $14.99, with an estimated 1,000,000 to 2,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (90% of 16,493 reviews).

55
playing now
90%
positive of 16k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
68/100
critic score (7 outlets, IGDB)
75/100
IGDB user rating (79 ratings)
8
Nexus mods (2.5k downloads)
4.01★
PlayStation Store rating (22,092 ratings)
73/100
opencritic · fair · 37% recommend · from 30 critics
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

55 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 03:00 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.

Trailer

Tricky Towers trailer thumbnail

Tricky Towers | Launch Trailer | PS4

≈423,493 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 55 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 1% of 29,378 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 412k–990k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 16,493 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 17 of 38 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

145332026-09-15 12:00 — 57 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 118 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 47 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 68 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 112 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 58 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 60 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 121 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 96 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 55 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 102 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 80 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 57 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 109 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 145 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 47 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 87 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 100 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 48 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 88 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 123 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 64 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 35 players2026-10-15 03:00 — 55 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
4190Jul 2016Aug 2026Jul 2016 — avg 0 · peak 5Nov 2016 — avg 32 · peak 116Mar 2017 — avg 124 · peak 544Jul 2017 — avg 117 · peak 307Nov 2017 — avg 84 · peak 456Mar 2018 — avg 51 · peak 146Jul 2018 — avg 188 · peak 493Nov 2018 — avg 167 · peak 540Mar 2019 — avg 87 · peak 199Jul 2019 — avg 130 · peak 406Nov 2019 — avg 168 · peak 580Mar 2020 — avg 157 · peak 431Jul 2020 — avg 170 · peak 416Nov 2020 — avg 133 · peak 326Mar 2021 — avg 140 · peak 547Jul 2021 — avg 194 · peak 534Nov 2021 — avg 178 · peak 425Mar 2022 — avg 156 · peak 407Jul 2022 — avg 143 · peak 317Nov 2022 — avg 116 · peak 269Mar 2023 — avg 112 · peak 243Jul 2023 — avg 147 · peak 340Nov 2023 — avg 215 · peak 772Mar 2024 — avg 106 · peak 238Jul 2024 — avg 123 · peak 249Nov 2024 — avg 128 · peak 310Mar 2025 — avg 107 · peak 244Jul 2025 — avg 111 · peak 239Nov 2025 — avg 69 · peak 150Mar 2026 — avg 106 · peak 252Jul 2026 — avg 89 · peak 206Aug 2026 — avg 127 · peak 362
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$14.99$4.492016-08-022026-10-152016-08-02 — 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 $4.492026-09-24 — best price $14.992026-10-15 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2662026-05-29 — 12 pageviews2026-06-02 — 23 pageviews2026-06-06 — 13 pageviews2026-06-10 — 18 pageviews2026-06-14 — 12 pageviews2026-06-18 — 9 pageviews2026-06-22 — 12 pageviews2026-06-26 — 12 pageviews2026-06-30 — 15 pageviews2026-07-04 — 17 pageviews2026-07-08 — 11 pageviews2026-07-12 — 16 pageviews2026-07-16 — 18 pageviews2026-07-20 — 13 pageviews2026-07-24 — 24 pageviews2026-07-28 — 19 pageviews2026-08-01 — 23 pageviews2026-08-05 — 13 pageviews2026-08-09 — 14 pageviews2026-08-13 — 14 pageviews2026-08-17 — 13 pageviews2026-08-21 — 14 pageviews2026-08-25 — 19 pageviews2026-08-29 — 25 pageviews2026-09-02 — 17 pageviews2026-09-06 — 19 pageviews2026-09-10 — 6 pageviews2026-09-14 — 16 pageviews2026-09-18 — 10 pageviews2026-09-22 — 11 pageviews2026-09-26 — 23 pageviews2026-09-30 — 17 pageviews2026-10-04 — 16 pageviews2026-10-07 — 12 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…

Post-launch support: 7 DLC released, first 2016-08-02, latest 2017-07-18 (Steam store data)

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.

Where its players are

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

Player tags

FunnyArcadeCasualPuzzlePhysicsBuildingCartoonyParty GameLocal Co-OpMultiplayer

Census log

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

Recent updates

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