Approaching Blocks
Skip · Short indie · 2016
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 17, under the fair line, at $0.69.
- Length
- 2.6h 4.5h to 100%
- Value
- $0.27/hr
- Reviews
- 65% of 345 positive
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Buy now or wait
It is 65% off today.
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
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
About the game
Play and study foreign words! Try dodge from blocks. When you loss, showing words in a foreign language. To complete each level hold 100 seconds. First two levels are quite simple, but starting from the third, it will be hard.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, nVidia GeForce 8600/9600GT, ATI/AMD Radeon HD2600/3600, 297 MB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.
The value story
Across all 95 discounts in the 10 years tracked, the median cut is 75 percent, about 5 weeks apart. Today's $0.69 at 65 percent off still sits 41 percent above the floor, so a deeper cut exists in its history.
It is cheaper than 68 percent of its genre, and less well reviewed than 89 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Marble Mayhem: Fragile Ball ($1.99, scores 21) beats it on value, while it beats Isle of Jura ($0.79, scores 13).
More about Approaching Blocks
Inside the two-hour refund window, 63 percent of the 142 reviews written there were positive, against 65 percent overall, and those are 56 percent of everything written about it.
The drop-off
7% start to 3% rarestNo achievement in this game marks the ending, so there is no finish rate. The curve runs from the most-unlocked achievement to the rarest, and its shape is where players stop. Steam global achievements
What players say
Fly through the tunnel and avoid getting hit by obstacles. 5 levels only and very basic visuals. Music is ok. Overall not worth your time.
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
Approaching Blocks scores 17/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/467390/approaching-blocksReviews 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 29, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.