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Tumblestone cover art

Tumblestone

Ty Taylor · The Quantum Astrophysicists Guild · 2016-07-12

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreAmazonMicrosoft Store

ActionCasualIndieStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Jul 12, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jul 12, 2016 (Mac), Jul 12, 2016 (Linux), Jul 14, 2016 (Wii U), Jul 16, 2016 (Xbox One), Oct 05, 2017 (Nintendo Switch)

Tumblestone is the first original action-puzzle game of the past fifteen years -- completely reinventing the genre into a deep and cerebral puzzle solving experience that you won't forget.

Tumblestone is a 2016 Action, Casual, Indie and Strategy title priced at $6.24, with an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 owners and Mostly Positive reviews (77% of 1,980 reviews).— census verdict as of 2026-10-05

3
playing now
77%
positive of 2.0k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
85/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
50/100
IGDB user rating (4 ratings)
4.31★
PlayStation Store rating (95 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$6.24
steam price (US)

3 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 15:00 UTC (census sample)

Tumblestone is a 2016 match-3 game developed by The Quantum Astrophysicists Guild and published by Nighthawk Interactive. The game was digitally released on the Nintendo eShop and launched for PC, Mac, and Linux on July 12, 2016. It was published on the Xbox One on July 16, and released for retail on Wii U and PlayStation 4 on August 30, 2016.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 3 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 11 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 1000% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 11% of 27,666 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 50k–119k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,980 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$6.24-75%
GOG$7.49-70%
GOG$7.49-70%
Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.24 at Humble Store (2026-05-07) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 96 of 123 observed days · $6.25 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
6620172026Week of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

502026-09-15 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 08:00 — 2 players2026-09-17 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 07:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 14:00 — 1 players2026-09-22 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 05:00 — 3 players2026-09-25 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 20:00 — 2 players2026-09-28 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 19:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 02:00 — 2 players2026-10-03 10:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 02:00 — 5 players2026-10-07 09:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 17:00 — 4 players2026-10-10 00:00 — 4 players2026-10-11 08:00 — 2 players2026-10-12 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 23:00 — 3 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 3 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
8810Apr 2014Aug 2026Apr 2014 — avg 0 · peak 1Aug 2014 — avg 1 · peak 4Dec 2014 — avg 0 · peak 4Apr 2015 — avg 0 · peak 3Aug 2015 — avg 0 · peak 5Dec 2015 — avg 1 · peak 5Apr 2016 — avg 1 · peak 9Aug 2016 — avg 4 · peak 10Dec 2016 — avg 7 · peak 45Apr 2017 — avg 51 · peak 238Aug 2017 — avg 30 · peak 400Dec 2017 — avg 23 · peak 534Apr 2018 — avg 135 · peak 3,041Aug 2018 — avg 197 · peak 3,099Dec 2018 — avg 17 · peak 126Apr 2019 — avg 227 · peak 4,132Aug 2019 — avg 266 · peak 12,368Dec 2019 — avg 159 · peak 2,127Apr 2020 — avg 86 · peak 493Aug 2020 — avg 115 · peak 3,539Dec 2020 — avg 53 · peak 320Apr 2021 — avg 86 · peak 4,451Aug 2021 — avg 5 · peak 13Dec 2021 — avg 4 · peak 15Apr 2022 — avg 4 · peak 10Aug 2022 — avg 3 · peak 8Dec 2022 — avg 3 · peak 19Apr 2023 — avg 4 · peak 24Aug 2023 — avg 2 · peak 10Dec 2023 — avg 2 · peak 8Apr 2024 — avg 7 · peak 207Sep 2024 — avg 2 · peak 5Mar 2025 — avg 2 · peak 18Sep 2025 — avg 3 · peak 9Feb 2026 — avg 6 · peak 40Jun 2026 — avg 2 · peak 21Aug 2026 — avg 2 · peak 23
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$24.99$1.292016-07-122026-10-142016-07-12 — best price $8.992016-11-10 — best price $19.742017-02-13 — best price $24.992017-08-21 — best price $24.992017-11-29 — best price $24.992018-04-02 — best price $5.992018-08-06 — best price $24.992019-01-10 — best price $4.742019-06-26 — best price $4.492019-11-01 — best price $24.992020-03-24 — best price $22.492020-09-28 — best price $3.742021-02-11 — best price $3.742021-08-20 — best price $3.742022-01-14 — best price $3.742022-05-07 — best price $24.992022-11-04 — best price $2.492023-03-16 — best price $2.492023-07-13 — best price $24.992023-10-16 — best price $2.992023-12-18 — best price $24.992024-04-01 — best price $24.992024-08-08 — best price $2.992024-12-19 — best price $2.992025-03-20 — best price $24.992025-05-26 — best price $4.992025-07-31 — best price $7.492025-10-08 — best price $24.992025-12-03 — best price $24.992026-02-04 — best price $6.242026-03-26 — best price $24.992026-05-13 — best price $7.492026-08-06 — best price $2.492026-08-22 — best price $2.492026-09-03 — best price $2.492026-09-15 — best price $7.492026-09-27 — best price $7.492026-10-09 — best price $7.492026-10-14 — best price $7.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1002026-05-29 — 10 pageviews2026-06-02 — 4 pageviews2026-06-07 — 2 pageviews2026-06-11 — 7 pageviews2026-06-15 — 5 pageviews2026-06-19 — 3 pageviews2026-06-23 — 1 pageviews2026-06-27 — 8 pageviews2026-07-01 — 3 pageviews2026-07-05 — 4 pageviews2026-07-09 — 4 pageviews2026-07-13 — 5 pageviews2026-07-17 — 6 pageviews2026-07-21 — 7 pageviews2026-07-25 — 6 pageviews2026-07-29 — 7 pageviews2026-08-02 — 4 pageviews2026-08-06 — 2 pageviews2026-08-10 — 10 pageviews2026-08-14 — 5 pageviews2026-08-18 — 4 pageviews2026-08-22 — 7 pageviews2026-08-26 — 8 pageviews2026-08-30 — 8 pageviews2026-09-03 — 1 pageviews2026-09-07 — 2 pageviews2026-09-11 — 4 pageviews2026-09-15 — 2 pageviews2026-09-19 — 0 pageviews2026-09-23 — 3 pageviews2026-09-27 — 9 pageviews2026-10-01 — 3 pageviews2026-10-05 — 2 pageviews2026-10-07 — 2 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

28
achievements tracked
10.4%
earned "Crossing the Rubicon"
8.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPShared/Split Screen PvPShared/Split ScreenCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading Cards

22 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Hungarian, Japanese, Korean…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox One (Xbox)7,4900%28
Steam (Steam)2,40613%28
PS4, PS3, PS Vita (PlayStation)39522%29
Switch (Nintendo)460%0
Switch (Nintendo)10%0

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

Player tags

2DCo-opIndieActionArcadeCasualPuzzleMatch 3StrategyCompetitive

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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