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World of Contraptions cover art

World of Contraptions

JCP Games Studio · 2022-03-24

SteamEpic Games Store

IndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jul 16, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

World of Contraptions is a physics-based building game in which you build the most varied contraptions to solve the most diverse types of puzzles. Win dozens of levels with different types of obstacles. Design the best contraption for each challenge using a giant collection of blocks.

86%
positive of 96 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 9 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (32 reviews).
  • · Top 64% of 18,216 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.9k–4.3k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 96 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.99 at Steam (2025-06-26)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 21 of 44 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
313120202026Week of 2020-07-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$9.99$1.992020-07-162026-07-302020-07-16 — best price $7.192021-01-05 — best price $7.992021-12-01 — best price $7.992022-02-25 — best price $9.992022-07-30 — best price $9.992022-09-17 — best price $9.992022-12-02 — best price $9.992023-02-16 — best price $5.992023-03-23 — best price $9.992023-04-17 — best price $4.992023-05-23 — best price $9.992023-08-14 — best price $3.992023-10-07 — best price $9.992024-01-04 — best price $9.992024-02-26 — best price $2.992024-04-18 — best price $9.992024-06-27 — best price $2.992024-09-02 — best price $2.992024-10-21 — best price $9.992024-12-18 — best price $2.502025-01-28 — best price $2.502025-03-05 — best price $9.992025-04-09 — best price $9.992025-05-26 — best price $9.992025-07-16 — best price $9.992025-09-03 — best price $2.472025-10-29 — best price $9.992026-01-05 — best price $9.992026-02-23 — best price $9.992026-05-13 — best price $1.992026-07-20 — best price $6.992026-07-30 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopCamera ComfortCustom Volume ControlsPlayable without Timed InputStereo SoundSteam CloudSteam Leaderboards

2 supported languages: English, Portuguese - Brazil

Player tags

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Census log

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

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