Stacking
Fair · Narrative · 2012
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
WAIT.
Fair today. The Winter Sale opens Dec 17, and it was discounted in 7 of its last 8 seasonal sales; 85% in the Winter Sale 2025.
Today
$9.99Fair
Typical seasonal cut
$1.9980% offWorth it
- Cost per hour▼
- $2.50/hr
- ReviewsA
- 89% of 1,866
- Critics
- 80 players 9 higher
- Genre rank
- Top 11% Narrative
Holding it back: Cost per hour
Why
Watch this gameOne alert at $1.99 or less.
Time and effort
- Main story
- 4h
- To 100%
- 9.1h 2.3x the story
- Achievements
- 21
Price and sales
- Sales
- 69 on record
- Typical cut
- 75% off
- Steam low
- $0.99 November 2015
- Sale every
- 49d last October 2026
Players and genre
- Online
- 1 now
- Cheaper than
- 30% of its genre
- Better reviewed
- 89% of its genre
Price and player charts
The drop-off
55% start to 7% rarestThis site could not identify an ending achievement for this game, so there is no finish rate. Steam global achievements
The value story
The value story
Across all 69 discounts in the 14 years tracked, the median cut is 75 percent, about 7 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 4 weeks ago.
Its score sits in the top 11 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 70 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 89 percent. The games it most resembles do better on the same math. Costume Quest ($9.99, scores 82) and Haven Park ($8.99, scores 82) both outscore it.
More about Stacking
The press gave it 80; the people who bought it give it 89 percent. A 9-point gap in the buyer's favour.
This site sampled 241 of its Steam-purchase reviews; none were written by buyers who refunded it, sampled from reviews written March 2020 to October 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 69 percent of the 148 reviews written there were positive, against 89 percent overall, and those are 15 percent of everything written about it.
4 hours to finish it, 9 to exhaust it. The completionist tail is 2.3 times the campaign.
Buy now or wait
Buy now or wait
Last discount ended 31 days ago.
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
Grades: S best, D weakest
S is the best grade and D the weakest, judged as a buyer. ▲ raises the score, ▼ lowers it, ? is an input we do not have, • is a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
What players say
I played this game way back when it first came out, on Xbox 360. it is 2026 and I STILL love this game. It is just so quirky, simple yet complex, funny and just all around comical and crazy. there is nothing quite like it. (-:
2 more reviews
I loved this game. Very beautiful, very cute gimmick, really fun puzzles, super enjoyable to play. Stacking is a real hidden gem (less than 1000 reviews at the time of writing this). I honestly don't quite understand. It's visually super charming and has excellent gameplay. It's child friendly but not childish. The puzzles are fun... seriously people, at the time of writing this it's on sale for 1.63€ and it's...
Stacking is one of the most inventive and charming puzzle adventure games released during the rise of experimental indie titles, combining creative mechanics with a whimsical world unlike almost anything else in gaming. Developed by Double Fine Productions, the game transforms the simple idea of Russian nesting dolls into the foundation for an entire society, complete with its own politics, humor, and emotional...
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
About the game
Embark on an adventure to rescue Charlie’s family from the nefarious industrialist known only as the 'Baron.'
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 1 GB of memory, 256 MB GeForce 8800, Radeon 3850, or Intel HD 2000 Graphics, 1.5 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.
Cite this score
Stacking scores 62/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/115110/stackingReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Nov 1, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.