Rank 01Games like Critical Mass
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The closest matches to Critical Mass: Lucid, Tidalis, Mixolumia, RUSH, and Puzzle Dimension. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
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- Released: 2011
- Developer: Manic Game Studios
- Price: $1.99checked Oct 31
- Steam Deck: Deck Playable
- 65% of 181 reviews
- Genres: Indie, Casual
- Metacritic 81
- Platforms: Windows, macOS
Players highlight
- Colorblind friendly options
- Exercises 3d spatial reasoning
- Hypnotic single track music
- Contemplative
- Hypnotic
- Relaxing
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About Critical Mass
The closest matches to Critical Mass: Lucid, Tidalis, Mixolumia, RUSH, and Puzzle Dimension. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.
If Critical Mass is your kind of game, the closest matches are Lucid, Tidalis and Mixolumia — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as contemplative, hypnotic and relaxing, and single out its 3d spatial reasoning and colorblind accessibility. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
About Critical Mass: Critical Mass is an action puzzle game that takes traditional match 3 and brings it into the world of 3D.
Is Critical Mass worth buying?
Players are split
A summary of what players say, not a promise you'll like it. Every signal is listed below.
- 65% of 181 Steam reviews are positive.
- We don't track this game's daily reviews yet, so this is the all-time picture.
- Price: $1.99 (checked Nov 7).
- People who recommend it had played a median of 3 h when they wrote their review.
- Critics usually quit early: a median of 1.7 h played before their negative review.
- Steam Deck Playable: works, with some rough edges.
What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews
- Colorblind friendly options
- Exercises 3d spatial reasoning
- Hypnotic single track music
- Polished controls despite simplicity
Top critical reviews
The most up-voted negative English reviews in our sample, quoted as written.
“If you're an achievement hunter, avoid. The leaderboard achievements are terrible and may be nearly impossible to get legitly. Otherwise, it's a good time waster, but wasn't that all fun for me than what I was to believe. I strongly…”
“Game can only be played in practice mode now, servers that allow achievements and leaderboards have been shut down.”
Frequently asked about Critical Mass
Can I run it?
Does Critical Mass run on Steam Deck?
Critical Mass is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
How much does Critical Mass cost?
Critical Mass is listed on Steam at 1.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Critical Mass?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Critical Mass are Lucid, Tidalis, Mixolumia.
Who developed Critical Mass?
Critical Mass was developed by Manic Game Studios.