Game2016

Tangled Up!

ActionAdventureCasualIndie

Developer 2Pi Interactivee Pvt. Ltd.

“Tangled Up” is the story of two electric charges "Positive Charge" & "Negative Charge" who are paired by an electric string. One day the string that bonds them together gets tangled up! and they’re unable to unite! From the Steam store page

22 reactions from 2 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky) · newest Sep 22, 2026 · last updated Oct 8, 2026 · How this works

Audience score

47
Mixed

9 positive · 10 negative
95% range 27–68%

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Steam reviews9100
Bluesky *012

* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).

Steam's own rating
Mixed
10 of 21 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)

What players are saying

50% recommend · 10 yes, 10 no

Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 20 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Mixed (42 of 62 positive).

Players are divided on Tangled Up!, with some praising its creative puzzle mechanics and cute art style. [1][2][3] Others criticize it as a mobile port with poor PC support and a hint system that undermines the challenge. [4][5][6] Several reviewers find the game repetitive or lacking depth, especially in later levels. [7][8][9]

Liked
  • Creative positive-negative charge puzzle mechanic [1][10][11]
  • Cute and colorful art style [2][3][12]
  • Good soundtrack and atmosphere [2][3]
Disliked
  • No widescreen support or graphics options [4][6]
  • Hint system shows exact solution, ruining puzzles [13][14][5]
  • Later levels rely on timing, not logic [7]
  • Feels like a mobile port with long load times [4][6]
Representative posts
  • [1]Steam user Steam user …9492Steam review · Aug 2, 2017 · Recommended

    Tangled Up! is a decent and pretty hard puzzle game. You need to reunite a positive and a negative electric charge by hitting batteries on the sides of the map. As they are different, they react differently for batteries. Progressing on maps it will be just even more complicated, you need avoid monsters, pipelines will speed up your travel or slow down and on last 10 levels you even need to turn off shields. Sounds …

  • [3]Steam user Steam user …6642Steam review · Sep 4, 2016 · Recommended

    Tangled Up! has child friendly art which makes the game look very adorable and fun. Your moves have to be well planned and calculated as both opposite charges have to overlap at the same spot, at the same time. The game also allows for customization dress up of the characters which requires higher levels to be unlocked to be applied. The tutorial is very straightforward with instructions and tooltips. BGM gives the …

  • [2]Steam user Steam user …7415Steam review · Apr 30, 2017 · Recommended

    Tangled Up is a game that I recommend because: - it has an acceptable price - it is a good indie & casual - it has strategy - it has a great soundtrack - it is colorful - it is atmospheric - it is funny - the graphics are good - it has an interesting concept - it has trading cards Enjoy!

  • [7]Steam user Steam user …9975Steam review · Mar 26, 2017 · Not recommended

    I liked the first 3/4 but in the last 1/4, it isn't a puzzle game anymore. Even if you know how to complete the level, it's hard to do it because of the timing needed.

  • [4]Steam user Steam user …4015Steam review · Aug 9, 2020 · Not recommended

    This is a mobile ported 2D pathing/routing puzzle game where you must shift 2 characters ok a grid using a variety of push-pull buttons positioned around the grid. You must get both characters to the middle at the same step to pass the level. There's no widescreen support despite this being released on Steam in 2016, which is unacceptable. Fixed resolution as well, and no graphics customisation at all makes this …

Summarised from 22 of the 23 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 14, 2026. How summaries are made

RottenBot@rottenbot · automated account

The crowd is split on Tangled Up!: 10 recommend it, 10 don't. Which camp are you in?

Reactions

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  • Steam user Steam user …9492Steam reviews · Aug 2, 2017 · 2 h played

    Tangled Up! is a decent and pretty hard puzzle game. You need to reunite a positive and a negative electric charge by hitting batteries on the sides of the map. As they are different, they react differently for batteries. Progressing on maps it will be just even more complicated, you need avoid monsters, pipelines will speed up your travel or slow down and on last 10 levels you even need to turn off shields. Sounds hard? It is! Learning curve is available, it will gets harder and harder and…

    positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →
  • Steam user Steam user …7415Steam reviews · Apr 30, 2017 · 2 h played

    Tangled Up is a game that I recommend because: - it has an acceptable price - it is a good indie & casual - it has strategy - it has a great soundtrack - it is colorful - it is atmospheric - it is funny - the graphics are good - it has an interesting concept - it has trading cards Enjoy!

    positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →
  • Steam user Steam user …9975Steam reviews · Mar 26, 2017 · 5 h played

    I liked the first 3/4 but in the last 1/4, it isn't a puzzle game anymore. Even if you know how to complete the level, it's hard to do it because of the timing needed.

    negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →
  • jay @kuppermann.xyzBluesky · May 6, 2025

    top 15! for #1C000LEST, with a brief ode to rhythm games 15. Bob Dylan - Tangled Up In Blue (Produced by David Zimmerman. Columbia Records, 1975) www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SnA...

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  • Steam user Steam user …6642Steam reviews · Sep 4, 2016 · 3 h played

    Tangled Up! has child friendly art which makes the game look very adorable and fun. Your moves have to be well planned and calculated as both opposite charges have to overlap at the same spot, at the same time. The game also allows for customization dress up of the characters which requires higher levels to be unlocked to be applied. The tutorial is very straightforward with instructions and tooltips. BGM gives the player a curious feel and is apt. 7/10

    positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →
  • Steam user Steam user …3840Steam reviews · Sep 3, 2016 · 2 h played

    A well made fun puzzle game. Graphics are done in a cute style with pleasing on the eye colours. It has a "wheel of fortune" that can be used to get more hints to help you through the more difficult sections. It starts you off gently with a few tutorial games and then opens up to the full game. The game mechanics are quite original using "Positive Charge" & "Negative Charge" to propel your batteries in various directions while being tied to a tangled string.

    positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →
  • Steam user Steam user …9567Steam reviews · Dec 29, 2016 · 1 h played

    Average puzzle game. You spin a wheel and get bonuses/tips for puzzles, ruins the puzzle factor of the game. Reminded me of candy crush that when you get stuck you're going to have to wait for wheel spins. Spinning the wheel takes way to long as well. There are better puzzle games out there.

    negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →
  • Steam user Steam user …2091Steam reviews · Sep 3, 2016 · 3 h played

    Tangled Up! is a really well presented game with some great puzzles. Great gameplay, loved it!

    positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →
  • Steam user Steam user …1725Steam reviews · Sep 3, 2016 · 3 h played

    It's a very creative puzzle game. The positive-negative way of doing things, I really loved it. One of the nicest indie puzzle games i've played ever.

    positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →
  • Lord Killer Bee @lordkillerbee.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 7, 2025

    Continuing revisiting old art concepts I did thru mock game covers. This one's for a Dragon Ball fanfic "Tangled Up in Blue". The 2nd one is a variant cover that u'd sometimes see. Zazzo and Kusa (in the variant) are owned by @sonchan.bsky.social #DragonBall #TruMar #BraTen

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  • Steam user Steam user …0657Steam reviews · Mar 15, 2019 · 5 h played

    Kind of 'meh' game. Good concept, but feels like it's missing the passion of the game-dev. So, in essence it could be made much better. Got it from a bundle so it's okay for me, although I definitely wouldn't recommend it for full price.

    negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →
  • Jene O'Ween @luckymud.myatproto.socialBluesky · Jul 31, 2026

    I wholeheartedly agree. I love listening to other people. Sing his songs, but his voice is a barrier for me, and I still resent having to sing like shit to gold star Tangled Up in Blue for the Rock Band 2 video game.

    negative · AI labelView post →
  • Steam user Steam user …1798Steam reviews · Dec 16, 2025 · 14 h played

    Tangled Up! is a thoughtfully designed indie puzzle game developed and published by 2Pi Interactivee Pvt. Ltd. that centers its entire experience on a single, distinctive idea: manipulating opposing electrical charges to untangle a chaotic mess of connections and bring two characters back together. Rather than leaning on speed or reflex-driven gameplay, the title focuses on logic, spatial awareness, and an understanding of cause-and-effect, making it a game that rewards patience and deliberate…

    positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →
  • Steam user Steam user …5728Steam reviews · Jun 24, 2025 · 5 h played

    Tangled Up! is just okay. It's not horrible, but it's not good either. Pick it up on sale. MEH

    positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →
  • Steam user Steam user …2587Steam reviews · Sep 22, 2026 · 6 h played

    https://youtu.be/GW6Bdmmo700 Starting with a fair setup for a puzzle formula but without a steady growth of mechanics it wears out quickly.

    negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →
  • Steam user Steam user …2364Steam reviews · Feb 28, 2026 · 7 h played

    It's not "bad" bad, especially for low price, but it feels like it was ported from mobile, and it definitely didn't age well. No 16:9 resolution support, weird "hint/spin" mechanics which doesn't make sense. Level loading times/animations are way longer than what they should be, and since you don't have "undo" in-game, you need to re-load the level to hard restart.

    negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →
  • Steam user Steam user …4421Steam reviews · Jan 8, 2022 · 1 h played

    The core type-of-puzzle concept is a nice one. The art and animation is cute and fun. And... it works? But it doesn't have that satisfying "click" of "oh, *that's* how..." - at least not in the first 16 levels, which is all I did. Take this with a grain of salt, because I've been learning over the last year or two that I'm actually less of a fan of pure puzzle-games than I thought - I like there to be some element of narrative or world exploration. Still, I found some of the design decisions…

    negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →
  • Steam user Steam user …0524Steam reviews · Nov 5, 2021

    its sort of mindless and repetitive plus, it somehow depressed and bored me skip

    negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →
  • Steam user Steam user …4015Steam reviews · Aug 9, 2020 · 3 h played

    This is a mobile ported 2D pathing/routing puzzle game where you must shift 2 characters ok a grid using a variety of push-pull buttons positioned around the grid. You must get both characters to the middle at the same step to pass the level. There's no widescreen support despite this being released on Steam in 2016, which is unacceptable. Fixed resolution as well, and no graphics customisation at all makes this fall far beneath minimum standard for PC. The developer has the audacity to…

    negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →
  • Steam user Steam user …5234Steam reviews · Jul 25, 2020 · 2 h played

    It's a cute game that's relatively easy to 100% because of the 'hint' feature which shows you how to solve the entire level. However, this is broken on level 42, so unless you can solve 42 by yourself, you'll never finish the game. After looking up how to solve the level because I couldn't do it myself, I discovered that back in 2017 it was broken, and the developer thanked them for bringing it to attention and said they would fix it; 3 years later it's still bugged.

    negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →
  • Steam user Steam user …1969Steam reviews · Mar 28, 2018 · 1 h played

    I paid money for this. I'm still trying to work out why.

    negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →
  • Steam user Steam user …0659Steam reviews · Jun 23, 2017

    Very nice game, Liked it..

    positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →

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