The Game Census
YEAH! YOU WANT "THOSE GAMES," RIGHT? SO HERE YOU GO! NOW, LET'S SEE YOU CLEAR THEM! cover art

YEAH! YOU WANT "THOSE GAMES," RIGHT? SO HERE YOU GO! NOW, LET'S SEE YOU CLEAR THEM!

MONKEYCRAFT Co. Ltd. · D3PUBLISHER · 2023-07-19

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Casual

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jan 11, 2024 (PlayStation 5), Jul 20, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jul 20, 2023 (Nintendo Switch), Jan 11, 2024 (PlayStation 4)

Cute and comical stickman characters have arrived for you to enjoy "those games" you've seen and wanted to play before. Play a variety of minigames fully, thoroughly, and enjoyably to your heart's content!

3
playing now
72%
positive of 1.4k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)

3 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 05:00 UTC (census sample)

Those Games is a parody puzzle video game developed by Monkey Craft and published by D3 Publisher. It was released on July 19, 2023, for Microsoft Windows and the Nintendo Switch console, and later for PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 console on January 11, 2024. A sequel, Yeah! You Want "Those Games," Right? So Here You Go! Now, Let's See You Clear Them! 2 or Those Games 2, was released on July 17, 2024 for the same platforms. A compilation of the two games released on December 19, 2024, with a physical release in Japan. A third game titled Listen Up! We Tried to Make "Those Games" Even More Extreme! Some Things Have to Be Learned The Hard Way! or Those Games Extreme, was released for the same platforms on April 23, 2025.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 3 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 80 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~10/week).
  • · Review velocity down 11% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (294 reviews).
  • · Top 17% of 9,566 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 27k–61k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,356 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$6.94-31%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $5.05 at GameBillet (2025-10-09)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 58 of 87 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
25925920232026Week of 2023-07-01: 259 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1212026-08-11 19:00 — 8 players2026-08-12 11:00 — 3 players2026-08-13 03:00 — 8 players2026-08-13 19:00 — 7 players2026-08-14 10:00 — 3 players2026-08-15 02:00 — 9 players2026-08-15 18:00 — 11 players2026-08-16 10:00 — 12 players2026-08-17 02:00 — 4 players2026-08-17 18:00 — 7 players2026-08-18 10:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 01:00 — 6 players2026-08-19 17:00 — 4 players2026-08-20 09:00 — 4 players2026-08-21 01:00 — 7 players2026-08-21 16:00 — 5 players2026-08-22 08:00 — 1 players2026-08-23 00:00 — 3 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 7 players2026-08-24 05:00 — 3 players2026-08-24 21:00 — 7 players2026-08-25 13:00 — 3 players2026-08-26 05:00 — 3 players2026-08-26 22:00 — 3 players2026-08-27 13:00 — 1 players2026-08-28 05:00 — 6 players2026-08-28 21:00 — 6 players2026-08-29 13:00 — 4 players2026-08-30 05:00 — 3 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$5.052023-07-192026-08-212023-07-19 — best price $9.992024-02-19 — best price $7.992024-05-06 — best price $9.992024-06-27 — best price $7.992024-08-07 — best price $7.992024-09-26 — best price $5.842024-10-10 — best price $8.092024-12-19 — best price $6.992025-01-23 — best price $5.322025-02-04 — best price $6.992025-02-18 — best price $6.992025-04-01 — best price $9.992025-04-10 — best price $6.992025-05-01 — best price $6.992025-05-28 — best price $9.992025-06-30 — best price $6.942025-07-21 — best price $8.222025-08-02 — best price $8.222025-08-13 — best price $8.222025-08-31 — best price $7.712025-09-17 — best price $9.692025-10-05 — best price $5.622025-10-14 — best price $8.272025-11-02 — best price $9.132025-11-19 — best price $9.132025-11-24 — best price $5.662025-12-01 — best price $7.712025-12-09 — best price $8.822026-01-06 — best price $8.092026-02-11 — best price $9.992026-02-23 — best price $9.992026-03-26 — best price $9.992026-04-27 — best price $6.992026-05-07 — best price $6.992026-06-08 — best price $6.992026-07-10 — best price $8.272026-08-20 — best price $6.992026-08-21 — best price $6.94
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

109222026-06-01 — 29 pageviews2026-06-04 — 67 pageviews2026-06-07 — 42 pageviews2026-06-10 — 36 pageviews2026-06-13 — 38 pageviews2026-06-16 — 41 pageviews2026-06-19 — 33 pageviews2026-06-22 — 37 pageviews2026-06-25 — 36 pageviews2026-06-28 — 32 pageviews2026-07-01 — 60 pageviews2026-07-04 — 59 pageviews2026-07-07 — 33 pageviews2026-07-10 — 24 pageviews2026-07-13 — 56 pageviews2026-07-16 — 40 pageviews2026-07-19 — 41 pageviews2026-07-22 — 53 pageviews2026-07-25 — 34 pageviews2026-07-28 — 41 pageviews2026-07-31 — 44 pageviews2026-08-03 — 48 pageviews2026-08-06 — 59 pageviews2026-08-09 — 45 pageviews2026-08-12 — 37 pageviews2026-08-15 — 34 pageviews2026-08-18 — 42 pageviews2026-08-21 — 43 pageviews2026-08-24 — 34 pageviews2026-08-27 — 39 pageviews2026-08-29 — 26 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

11
achievements tracked
15.9%
earned "Color Lab Expert"
7.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing

9 supported languages: English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Latin America, Portuguese - Brazil

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,65715%11
Switch (Nintendo)1180%0
PS4 (PlayStation)9943%11

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

Player tags

2D3DCuteLootFunnyCasualComedyPuzzleRunnerParody

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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