Stunning visuals
Mentioned in ~1 in 2 positive reviews
“Tetris has never looked, or sounded, this good.”
Steam review · 67.8 h played ↗
Tetris® Effect: Connected
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 95%Very Positive · 95%Monstars Inc., Resonair, Stage Games2021Puzzle · Arcade · Casual
$39.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 5 h ago
The verdict
A stunning audiovisual take on Tetris with a great soundtrack, Journey mode and VR support. Skip it if you want plain Tetris, are sensitive to flashing visuals, or play on Steam Deck.
Great for
Tetris fans who want relaxing, immersive visuals and music, especially in VR
Main risk
Busy effects, sudden speed spikes and the high price make it feel like overpriced, distracting Tetris
What players love
Fantastic soundtrack synced to play
Mentioned in ~2 in 5 positive reviews
“The music being intertwined with the gameplay just lets you melt into the game.”
Steam review · 4.8 h played ↗
Many modes and replayability
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“This game have allot of replayabillty that's most strongest point.”
Steam review · 99.4 h played ↗
Relaxing, meditative, calming
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“this game genuinely pulls me out of panic attacks and helps me reset better than anything else.”
Steam review · 177.2 h played ↗
Best, most polished version of Tetris
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews
“Tetris Effect Connected is solidly the best way to experience Tetris for 99% of players.”
Steam review · 5.4 h played ↗
Immersive in VR
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 positive reviews
“The journey mode is incredibly beautiful and something that is best experienced in VR.”
Steam review · 178.8 h played ↗
What players complain about
Visual and audio clutter, can't turn off
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“the impressive visuals are just headache-inducing visual clutter.”
Steam review · 13.1 h played ↗
Overpriced for what it is
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“It's tetris. Really, really expensive tetris.”
Steam review · 0.6 h played ↗
Sudden speed spikes and steep difficulty
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“dont randomly triple my speed for a solid minute”
Steam review · 5.8 h played ↗
No handling options; controller and VR issues
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“TTC LET US CHANGE THE ARR AND DAS AND HAVE A 180 ROTATION KEY”
Steam review · 1.2 h played ↗
Poor online matchmaking and disconnects
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“I would recommend this game if it weren't for it's atrocious matchmaking.”
Steam review · 52.4 h played ↗
Steam Deck/Linux performance broken by update
Mentioned in ~1 in 14 negative reviews
“an update was pushed out that causes the game's framerate to tank on the Steam Deck and a lot of AMD graphics chips.”
Steam review · 6 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: VerifiedController support5 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 10
ProcessorIntel i3-4340
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GTX 750 Ti equivalent or greater
Storage5 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 10
ProcessorIntel i5-4590 (required for VR)
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GTX 970 equivalent (required for VR)
Storage5 GB available space
OSWindows 10
ProcessorIntel i3-4340
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GTX 750 Ti equivalent or greater
Storage5 GB available space
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