Casual · August 17, 2021

Tetris® Effect: Connected (2021)

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Tetris® Effect: Connected is Tetris like you've never seen it, or heard it, or felt it before—an incredibly addictive, unique, and breathtakingly gorgeous reinvention of one of the most popular puzzle games of all time, from the people who brought you the award-winning Rez Infinite and legendary puzzle game Lumines. Music, backgrounds, sounds, special effects—everything, down to the Tetriminos themselves—pulse, dance, shimmer, and explode in perfect sync with how you're playing, making any of the game's 30+ stages and 10+ modes something you'll want to experience over and over again. Plus cross-platform multiplayer modes for competitive and cooperative play! An exhilarating single-player experience full of surprises. Over 30 different stages, each with its own music, sound effects, graphical style and background that all evolve and change as you play through them. Enter the Zone, a mechanic unique to Tetris Effect: Connected Players can stop time (and Tetriminos falling) by entering “the Zone” and either get out of a sticky situation that could otherwise lead to “Game Over,” or rack up extra Line Clears for bonus rewards. Cross-platform multiplayer lets you play with players from all over the world! Players on different platforms can easily join Friend Match rooms with the Room ID feature. A wide variety of competitive and co-op modes! Test your skills in 'CONNECTED' where three players can team up and literally connect their Tetris Matrices to fight against A.I.-controlled Bosses; 'Zone Battle,' a one-on-one match of standard competitive Tetris, but with a twist: the time-stopping Zone mechanic; and 'Score Attack' and 'Classic Score Attack,” two single-player versus modes where two players compete separately to see who can get the best score. Join in on the fun in Spectator mode! Spectator mode is available in Friend Matches. A room can contain up to 8 total people. Spectators can use emotes during the match to liven up the competition. Uncapped framerate and ultra-wide monitor support Tailored for Steam, capable of running at resolutions of 4K or more with an uncapped framerate (with Vsync disabled) and includes ultra-wide monitor support as well as other expanded game and graphical options not found in the console release for both 2D and VR play (including adjustable particle volume and size, texture filtering, and more).

Casual releases from 2021

35 Casual titles launched in 2021 — top 6 by review volume.

Community Tag Signals

Tag weights reflect how many Steam users voted each descriptor — larger pills = stronger consensus.

  • Puzzle · 265
  • Family Friendly · 258
  • Singleplayer · 254
  • Multiplayer · 254
  • Competitive · 247
  • Indie · 231
  • Online Co-Op · 227
  • Music · 227
  • Arcade · 224
  • Casual · 224
  • Local Co-Op · 220
  • Score Attack · 215
  • Psychedelic · 214
  • Tutorial · 214
  • Atmospheric · 211

Peer Casual titles

Comparable titles in the same genre and review-volume band — ranked by Steam positive percentage.

Position in Casual

MetricThis titleGenre position
Review volume7.9k Steam reviewsTop 30% in Casual
Positive rating95% positiveGenre average: 88% — this title sits in top 32%
Metacritic93/100Genre average 76 — top 1% of Casual titles
Engagement hours9 h averageTop 44% for session depth among Casual

Features & Capabilities

Multiplayer

  • Multi-player
  • PvP
  • Online PvP
  • Shared/Split Screen PvP
  • Co-op
  • Online Co-op
  • Shared/Split Screen Co-op
  • Shared/Split Screen
  • Cross-Platform Multiplayer

Community

  • Steam Achievements

Input & Comfort

  • Full controller support

Other

  • Single-player

Localization Coverage

Interface / Subtitles (10)

  • English volume_up
  • French
  • Italian
  • German
  • Spanish - Spain
  • Japanese
  • Korean
  • Simplified Chinese
  • Thai
  • Traditional Chinese volume_up

Full audio (2)

  • English
  • Traditional Chinese

Reception Metrics

Steam community

95%Overwhelmingly Positive · 7.9k reviews

7.5k positive · 397 negative

Metacritic

93/100 critic aggregate

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Metacritic user score

8.5/10

Curator recommendations

7.9k

Engagement Profile

All-time avg

9h

short (5–15 hours)

Median

4h

Typical completion time

2-week avg

3h

Current engagement

Achievements

43

Steam unlocks available

Release & Availability

Release dateAug 17, 2021
DeveloperMonstars Inc., Resonair, Stage Games
PublisherEnhance
Base price$19.99 -50%
DLC / Add-ons2 released
PlatformsWindows
Estimated owners1M–10M
External linksOfficial site · Metacritic page · Support

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