Pipe Push Paradise

Pipe Push Paradise

Worth it · Short indie · 2018

The verdict

BUY IT.

Worth it at $9.99.

Length
5.5h 10.3h to 100%
Value
$1.82/hr
Reviews
96% of 209 positive
No price makes it a BANGER.
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.

Buy now or wait

Next discount: likely in the Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4. Calls like this were right 83% of the time in a backtest over 70 weeks.

Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 11 days ago.

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

Raising the score
Reviews96% of 209 reviews, scored as 91%
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones
Engagement20% finish
How far players actually get (achievements), a top-end bonus
Holding it back
Value$1.82/hr
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set
For context
MonetizationNot known
No monetization record for this game, so nothing is assumed either way
Refunds0 of 117 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

About the game

A difficult open world puzzle game about plumbing.
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory, Intel HD Graphics 3000, 502 MB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.

The value story

47 discounts in the 9 years on record, a median of 50 percent off across all of them, roughly 7 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.

Value puts it in the top 4 percent of the games it competes with. It is pricier than 87 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 96 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Paquerette Down the Bunburrows ($11.99, scores 71) beats it on value, while it beats The Witness ($39.99, scores 54).

More about Pipe Push Paradise

Steam's global achievement data puts 20 percent of players at this game's ending achievement. The median game this site can measure sits at 15.

The drop-off

71% start to 20% finish
050100rarestfirst achievement

Steam counts a larger share of its players at the ending achievement than it does for most games this site can measure. Steam global achievements

What players say

If you love difficult sokoban games don't skip on Pipe Push Paradise. Despite being fairly short, containing around 60 puzzles, I left this one feeling perfectly challenged and satisfied. A charming and well executed puzzle game.
CypherRecommendedafter 12hJul 2026Read on Steam
2 more reviews
This game is hard. Satisfying when you figure a level out, but definitely meant for those who like a challenge. I'm not sure if that's still me as I get older, but nevertheless this is a good game. No timer, flexibility in choosing what level to play, and unlimited undo are greatly appreciated.
oneirossdRecommendedafter 3.5hMar 2026Read on Steam
A long time ago, I spent a weekend smoking sausage till I reached completion. Now, here I am, laying pipe towards the same end. Pipe Push Paradise is a delightful little sokoban game that's taking clear cues from my personal favorite puzzle game of all time, Stephen's Sausage Roll . I would say it is on average not as difficult as that game though it has a couple of devious levels. I completed the main puzzles in 13...
RenoeheRecommendedafter 17hJul 2025Read on Steam

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

No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).

Cite this score

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Pipe Push Paradise scores 69/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/721390/pipe-push-paradise
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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 30, price as of Oct 19. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.

Tags

Steam user tags as SteamSpy recorded them

Details

DeveloperCorey Martin
PublisherCorey Martin
GenreShort indie
Released2018
Players35Kowners, SteamSpy estimate
Achievements13