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Tricky Towers
Developer WeirdBeard
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… From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
207 reactions from 4 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Lemmy, Mastodon) · newest Nov 3, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
85
LovedLoved
143 positive · 26 negative
95% range 78–89%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 143 | 26 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 8 | 0 | 22 |
| Lemmy * | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Mastodon * | 0 | 0 | 3 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Very Positive
3,379 of 3,808 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
84% recommend · 146 yes, 27 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 173 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Very Positive (14,902 of 16,525 positive).
Players love the physics-based Tetris twist and find it fun with friends. [1][2][3] Some reviewers note bugs, RNG issues, and a small online player base. [4][5][6] A few players express intense frustration or anger with the game. [7][8][9]
Liked
Representative posts
- [5]
Incredibly fun party game and it hurts not to recommend it, but it's full of bugs and not so full of players as a result of that. Although it's fun to play, it's hard to find other players online. When you find them, the games often present us with game crashing bugs. Sometimes, you get stuck on a glitched lobby, other times you get stuck on a black screen, other times you even get stuck after a round. All of these …
- [1]
Play this game with friends who also love playing tetris! Tetris is a game that relies on physics, right? We already know that in tetris gravity is a tyraniccal Queen... But what about playing it on nature instead of in a big blank box? Feel the effect of the wind, leaves and even snow in you most beloved bricks. You"ll have tree game modalities: who builds the taller (and sufficient stable) tower of blocks first? …
- [10]
Love it! Very fun, lighthearted and silly, one of my most favorite puzzle games Online is kind of dead now so don't expect random matchmaking to find people quick (there are still some playing though, just may take some time to find players), but it's still super fun to play with friends and solo in challenges
- [2]
Tricky Towers is a really fun local multiplayer Tetris game with a physics twist. Highly recommended for families.
- [7]
Worst game to ever exist PERIOD, nothing on the steam store is worse than this game. When you get fueled with animalistic rage after your tower falls like 9/11, there's nothing more exasperating than this feeling.(This game genuinely makes me so angry....AND if you don't have a 5090 your pc blows up in real life dealing aoe damage, so now your actual tower has been turned into an IED explosive sending shrapnel into …
Summarised from 34 of the 215 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 9, 2026. How summaries are made
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Tricky Towers sits at 85% positive across 169 opinionated reactions from 4 sources. Fresh or rotten — where do you land?
Critics, per Wikipedia
Tricky Towers received "generally favorable" reviews for PC and Nintendo Switch, according to review aggregator Metacritic, while the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One versions received "mixed or average" reviews. PS Nation thought the game was fun but not easy. Nintendo Life gave the Switch version 8 stars out of 10, writing, "Although the single player offerings are a bit on the slim side, we enjoyed our time with Tricky Towers and would highly recommend it for anybody looking for a good couch multiplayer or puzzle game."
From the “Reception” section of Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Critic context only — not part of the audience score.
Reactions
60 of 207 · most liked firstRecommend a game for me to play with my partner. My partner and I occasionally play games together, but they pretty much only play word puzzle games on their own. I'm not very good at word games though, and they don't have very good spatial skills, so we frequently find ourselves mismatched. We have a switch and a single decent gaming pc, and a pretty old laptop. The biggest hit for us has been *Baba is You* because it is slow paced, and combines words and logic and spatial reasoning. Our…
neutral · AI labelView post →Give em physics too, turn every game into Tricky Towers, I’m begging you, it’d be so funny
neutral · AI labelView post →This week, we’re playing a favorite take on physics Tetris, Tricky Towers. Choosing to take a more Jenga approach over faithfully trying to replicate Tetris, we take a tour through all the game modes in this bracket. It’s gonna be a blasty blast. Come play with us challonge.com/PWTricky5th
neutral · AI labelView post →Only true #gamers allowed on this couch 😎 I think we're playing Tricky Towers or Gang Beasts lol. Long flight home back to Auckland next week, if you've got game/movie recs come at me plz! 📸 Michael Howell
neutral · AI labelView post →Incredibly fun party game and it hurts not to recommend it, but it's full of bugs and not so full of players as a result of that. Although it's fun to play, it's hard to find other players online. When you find them, the games often present us with game crashing bugs. Sometimes, you get stuck on a glitched lobby, other times you get stuck on a black screen, other times you even get stuck after a round. All of these times I need to force shut down the game. Also, I have encountered a bug where…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →**Speedrunners** It's on sale for $3 right now. Awesome 4 player competitive racing game without split screen so everyone gets maximized view. Way different than Mario Kart so it won't be a repetitive experience for them. This is the Steam-based couch coop that's lasted longest in my friends group. **Tricky Towers** Tetris game, but the catch is you build upwards to a finish line and physics play a role, so the tower can lean and collapse. **TowerFall Ascension** Competitive platformer…
neutral · AI labelView post →I always search steam sales for local multiplayer games. I have not tested all of these yet, so I'm going to categorize them here. **Games I already played with someone (e.g. "tested")** - Boomerang Fu - Brawlhalla - Castle Crashers - Gang Beasts - Guacamelee - Super Turbo Championship Edition - Helldivers - Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime - Regular Human Basketball - Just Shapes and Beats - Lethal League Blaze - MageQuit - Magicka / Magicka 2 - Make Way - Overcooked - Road Redemption -…
neutral · AI labelView post →This game is so ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ good i love ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ stacking blocks and making big towers its so fun i love tricky towers im drooling and foaming out the mouth playing this game
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Here's a one-shot tour of families playing together at ComicCon. Can you spot: ✅Astro Bot ✅Castle Crashers ✅Cricket Through the Ages ✅Gran Turismo ✅Heave Ho ✅Inbento ✅Lil' Gator Game ✅Lonely Mountain Downhill ✅Serpent and the Seed ✅Split Fiction ✅Towerfall ✅Tricky Towers ✅X4: Foundations
neutral · AI labelView post →It's a game called Tricky Towers.
neutral · AI labelView post →Here we go!! We've got my second major collab featuring @knightlyvirtues.bsky.social on Thursday with Tricky Towers! I am very bad at this game, but super excited :3c Beebo also should be back! Thanks to @systemerrin.bsky.social for the Skitty art ;w;
neutral · AI labelView post →Play this game with friends who also love playing tetris! Tetris is a game that relies on physics, right? We already know that in tetris gravity is a tyraniccal Queen... But what about playing it on nature instead of in a big blank box? Feel the effect of the wind, leaves and even snow in you most beloved bricks. You"ll have tree game modalities: who builds the taller (and sufficient stable) tower of blocks first? Who keeps fitting in the strangest blocks in the world without dropping any for…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Love it! Very fun, lighthearted and silly, one of my most favorite puzzle games Online is kind of dead now so don't expect random matchmaking to find people quick (there are still some playing though, just may take some time to find players), but it's still super fun to play with friends and solo in challenges
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A pretty reliable game if you just want to have a bit of fun with some friends. It's simple and and easy to understand, while also being something that takes time to master. Definitely a game I can see others having fun with.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Tricky Towers is a really fun local multiplayer Tetris game with a physics twist. Highly recommended for families.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is absolutely amazing except for one big problem in survival. It has way too much RNG to be consistently playable, and the snowman attack is just so unfun because it just involves no skill and its super buggy. I really wish the game developers removed the snowmen as you just get punished for no reason and there is barely any counter play.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great game to play with friends, it will never grow old.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It sucks that the developer gave up on the game since it's still a really fun time with a stranger that you will find at 2:56PM on a random cup match. Nonetheless, terrific game.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Peak local multiplayer gameplay. Great times 🔥 I'm not sure why I can review this game as I don't own it on Steam but 🔥
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →its great because you dont have to be good at tetris to beat your friends who are good at tetris
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →my life was better without this game in it. aside from the rng-fest achievements, nothing really bad to dislike. Those minions just rage-baited and got the better of me. I'm a better person irl I swear!
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A strange, fun puzzle game that uses Tetris pieces and physics. Puzzles are good in singleplayer, but multiplayer is where it's at.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Unplayable on linux (Fedora 43 KDE, all drivers installed). Game always opens on the leftmost screen (even if it's not the main one). Game doesn't recognize my pads both directly and via steam input (8bitdo ultimate C2 and Pro2). It wants me to use keyboard. It's the only title I have such issues with.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →this game makes me want to rip my own nuts off and commit the worst crimes known to man garbage dump trash garbage
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you love Tetris you'll probably enjoy playing this, the twist of having physics mixed with Tetris blocks is a creative idea that was well established here, and with 3 game modes and not too short not too long 50 levels to beat it is pretty fun. And if you have friends you'll enjoy a lot playing against each other
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game can be fun at times, but the physics system is deeply flawed. The so‑called "logic" often makes no sense, and the physics feel more like a joke than a feature. There’s been no modernization or meaningful updates, and online play suffers from lag and random disconnects. If your controller dies and you reconnect, tough luck—you’re forced to leave and rejoin, which is incredibly frustrating. On top of that, the limited variety drags the experience down. With only three main game modes…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Both a good online versus game and fun living room party game! It's easy enough to grasp that my "the only game I play is scrabble" mom could grasp it (and beat me!) in one evening.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →all those years playing tetris led me to this moment
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I love these two games so much. Tricky Towers is super fun as a casually competitive game and INSIDE is just a banger in terms of atmosphere.
positive · AI labelView post →Really fun Couch game with friends
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Why is the current Honkai: Star Rail event a direct clone of Tricky Towers?! 😆 I suck at that game but spent loads of time playing it with my youngest sibling when they were small.
neutral · AI labelView post →Yes, quite a nice game if I do may say so. Good to put on when you don't want to have to think so much and listen to something in the background giving your hands something to do.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Worst game to ever exist PERIOD, nothing on the steam store is worse than this game. When you get fueled with animalistic rage after your tower falls like 9/11, there's nothing more exasperating than this feeling.(This game genuinely makes me so angry....AND if you don't have a 5090 your pc blows up in real life dealing aoe damage, so now your actual tower has been turned into an IED explosive sending shrapnel into you, ending just like how your tricky towers tower decides to end itself…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Cool twist on the tetris formula, too bad there aren't many people online playing it.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is a good game but it pisses me the ♥♥♥♥ off and the little laughs of those little ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ drive my anger further into wanting to strangle my friends.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I love beating my friends and watching them cry with anger :3
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's basically towers that are.... tricky :>>
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is my favorite game! Or it would be, if my friend hadn't made me hate it!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →27. Couch co-op Indie Games In the previous post I shouted out a few cooking based multiplayer games, but in general I love a good party game. So here's my chance to shout out a few other titles I frequent; Moving Out, Out of Space, Tools up, Tricky Towers, Golf with your Friends, and many more.
neutral · AI labelView post →If your not ready to get sticky, dont play Tricky. (too intense)
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's a nice game to play online and offline with bunch of friends. Doesn't need a really long time to complete each game which is good for limited time. We used to play this at work during lunch hour to ease up. This is also kids friendly, my niece and nephew like it so much.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →tetris with physics. its pretty fun and i like playing it so im sure you would enjoy it too! and if you dont well then maybe youre just not silly and whimsical
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I have gotten way more time out of this game than I thought I would. The few hours of Steam time is only a part of the time spent on Playstation & at friends houses.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I CAN VOUCH TRICKY TOWERS IS A BRILLIANT MULTIPLAYER GAME ITS SO BS BUT SO GOOD
positive · AI labelView post →If you use different colored blocks and don't use the same well and don't refer to them by their letter names, they can't do anything about it. For instance, the game Tricky Towers can exist just fine, but the closer you get the more they will fight you.
neutral · AI labelView post →3/20 The challenge is to choose 20 games that greatly influenced you. One game per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, no particular order. #GameChallenge #Games #TrickyTowers
neutral · AI labelView post →wait this is not usual block game, the heck is this Streaming Tricky Towers 08/01 @ 7:00 PM EDT / 4:00 PM PDT on Twitch with @surgestrikes.bsky.social, @beeblesnout.bsky.social, and @sasshleee.bsky.social! #goobeestreaming #PNGTuber #VTuber #VTuberUprising
neutral · AI labelView post →If you haven’t tried it, try Tricky Towers. Cheap indie game that is Tetris with physics and game modes. Pretty great.
positive · AI labelView post →Played with friends, and had a blast. Played on my own, and felt hopelessly inept. This might be a skill issue.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Thank you to @WeirdBeardGames for this copy of Tricky Towers for the Nintendo Switch! Go show them some love by checking out the game on your favorite platform! #LunarlightVault
neutral · AI labelView post →Can be very addictive. Best enjoyed from time to time.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A wonderful game to play with your friends. Also before that I would recommend to play the story so you don't make stupid mistakes but these type of mistakes creates the most fan 7/10
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Refunded within 2 hours, I can't play with my short keyboard, why put a game on steam where you can't change hotkeys for a hotkey exclusive gameplay. I'd have better luck re-installing ARC Raiders, and winning against AI robots then getting good keybinds for a steam game.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Today's Deals on Steam The Legend of Heroes: Trails beyond the Horizon is $44.99 buff.ly/OYp255x INSIDE is $2.49 buff.ly/AcW2C6G LEGO Party! is $27.99 buff.ly/1t5qJtO Tricky Towers is $4.49 buff.ly/GCTXnwM A Difficult Game About Climbing is $4.99 buff.ly/LTKD24q
neutral · AI labelView post →Nice, easy, fun
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game does everything right. Tetris will always be a classic, but you're getting so much more here. The different game modes all add interesting twists, and skill is rewarded but doesn't make games feel deterministic (sometimes the better Tetris player loses their tower anyway!) Lots of fun and no major complaints.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Also one of the new Star Rail 4.4 events is shockingly similar to the game Tricky Towers, which I last played eight years ago apparently. As a result I had a really great time with the event, because Tricky Towers is great too. If you like Tetris, you should play Tricky Towers
positive · AI labelView post →This game is a pretty fun and simple, the artstyle and music are nice and the gameplay of tetris but with gravity and physics is an interesting idea. While it does work well as a party game to play with friends my biggest complaint would be the rng element of some of the trials and achievements. It takes an absurd amount of retrying the same level over and over again just so the stars align so you can get a win and having to spend hours on a single stage because the entire challenge is based…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Good memories from ps4
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →★★★★★ Tricky Towers is a brilliant physics-based party game that transforms the classic block-stacking formula into a chaotic battle of skill, balance, and strategy. Instead of clearing lines, your goal is to build the tallest and most stable tower while using magical spells to help yourself or sabotage your opponents. The simple mechanics make it easy for anyone to play, but the unpredictable physics and competitive gameplay create hilarious and intense matches. Whether you're racing to the…
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