Tumblestone

Tumblestone

Skip · Action · 2016

Steam Deck Verified

The verdict

SKIP IT.

It scores 48, under the fair line, at $24.99.

Length
25.1h
Value
$1.00/hr
Reviews
77% positive
Reviews or length hold it below the tiers even at a deep discount.
Watch this gameOne alert when it is worth buying.
Length
25.1h
main story (HowLongToBeat)
Completionist
46.9h
100% (HowLongToBeat)
$/hr
$1.00
price ÷ main-story length
Price
$24.99
as of Oct 1
Reviews
77%
1,976 reviews, as of Sep 26
Metacritic
91
critic score
Players
150K
owners, SteamSpy estimate
Released
2016

Minimum on the Steam store: 1 GB of memory, No dedicated graphics card required, 1 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.

Tumblestone is the first original action-puzzle game of the past fifteen years -- completely reinventing the genre into a deep and cerebral puzzle solving experience that you won't forget.
Description from the Steam store page.

What drives the score

How to read this

Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work

Raising the score
Value$1.00/hr
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set
Engagement8% finish
How far players actually get (achievements), a top-end bonus
Holding it back
Reviews77% positive
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones
For context
Length25 hours
How much game you get. Hours feed the value per dollar
Reach150K+ owners
How many own it, by SteamSpy's estimate (an old snapshot). Context here: this game's score does not use it
MonetizationNot known
No monetization record for this game, so nothing is assumed either way
Refunds0 of 87 reviews
Steam-purchase reviews sampled whose writer refunded the game. Nothing is docked
AI contentNone disclosed
From the developer's own Steam disclosure. No disclosure is not proof of none, so it does not move the score

The value story

December 2021 is where it bottomed out, at $2.49. Its cuts run 81 percent off as a rule. There have been 96 in the 10 years tracked, about 5 weeks apart.

Value puts it in the top 16 percent of the games it competes with. It is pricier than 96 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 71 percent. Among the games that feel like it, The Bridge ($9.99, scores 66) beats it on value, while it beats Tooth and Tail ($19.99, scores 45).

The press liked it more than its buyers did, 91 against 77 percent.

Steam's global achievement data puts about 8 percent of players at this game's ending achievement. On a 25.1-hour game, the hours short of it still count in its price per hour.

Valve rates it Steam Deck Verified, so it runs on the handheld without fiddling.

The drop-off

10% start to 8% finish
050100rarestfirst achievement

Steam counts fewer than one in ten of its players at the ending achievement. On a 25.1-hour game, that's a lot you pay for and may never use. Steam global achievements

Players

2 players online when we last checked, on Sep 26, 12:50 UTC.

Player counts from the Steam Web API.

What players say

If a human were ever to ever actually go super sayan in our real world, it would be during a match of tumblestone with their close friends- exerting every atom of their being for the simple prize of bragging rights. I owned this on xbox previously where me and my friends logged many hours there. We all had no qualms buying the game again (when it was on sale, of course) after becoming PC eletists. In fact, for one...
SteakKnifeRecommendedafter 4.6hMar 2026Read on Steam

Steam reviews, mixed to match its Steam ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.

Cite this score

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Tumblestone scores 48/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/269710/tumblestone
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Reviews 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 Sep 26, price as of Oct 1.

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Critics vs players-14
Critics
91
Players
77
Critic darling, cooler with players. Read recent reviews before buying.
Metacritic critics · 1,976 Steam player reviews

Tags

Steam user tags as SteamSpy recorded them

Details

DeveloperTy Taylor
PublisherThe Quantum Astrophysicists Guild
GenreAction
Released2016
Achievements28