Tetris® Effect: Connected
Falling-block puzzle game synced to music, visuals, and multiplayer
Monstars Inc., Resonair, Stage Games · Published by Enhance · Released Aug 17, 2021
- Reviews
- Very Positive
- 94% of 9,031
- Recent reviews
- Very Positive
- 94% of 57 in 30 days
- Playing now
- 87
- right now
- Steam Deck
- Verified
- Last update
- Unknown
- no patch notes found
Metacritic: 93/100 (critic reviews)
What is Tetris® Effect: Connected?
A falling-block puzzle game where you arrange Tetriminos to clear lines across more than 30 audiovisual stages. Modes include a single-player journey, score challenges, competitive matches, and three-player cooperative battles against computer-controlled bosses.
For you if...
- +you want block stacking synchronized with music and visuals
- +you enjoy competitive matches and cooperative boss battles
- +you like score chasing across varied arcade modes
Not for you if...
- −you are sensitive to flashing lights and busy backgrounds
- −you only want plain Tetris without audiovisual distractions
What players say
94% of 9,031 reviews are positive · 94% of 57 in the last 30 days
Players consistently praise the music, reactive visuals, and range of solo and multiplayer modes. The most common current complaint is stuttering and slowdown on Deck hardware after a September update, with similar reports involving AMD graphics and Linux. Players also criticize distracting flashes, uneven ranked matchmaking, and the price.
Screenshots and trailer
Tetris® Effect: Connected system requirements
As published by the developer.
Minimum
- OS
- Windows 10
- Processor
- Intel i3-4340
- Graphics
- NVIDIA GTX 750 Ti equivalent or greater
- Memory
- 4 GB RAM
- Storage
- 5 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 11
- Notes
- Minimum specs for non-VR mode
Recommended
- OS
- Windows 10
- Processor
- Intel i5-4590 (required for VR)
- Graphics
- NVIDIA GTX 970 equivalent (required for VR)
- Memory
- 8 GB RAM
- Storage
- 5 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 11
PC version details
DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Full controller support
- Platforms
- Windows
- Achievements
- 43
- Steam features
- Cloud saves, Family Sharing, VR
Steam Deck: Verified
- All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
- Shows Steam Deck controller icons
- In-game text is legible on Steam Deck
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
Multiplayer and co-op
- Single-player
- Multiplayer
- PvP
- Online PvP
- Split-screen PvP
- Co-op
- Online co-op
- Split-screen co-op
- Split-screen
- Cross-platform multiplayer
- Remote Play Together
Languages
Full audio: English. Text only: French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Thai, Traditional Chinese.
Tags
- Puzzle
- Multiplayer
- Falling Blocks
- Family Friendly
- Singleplayer
- Competitive
- Music
- Arcade
- Online Co-Op
- Indie
- Casual
- Local Co-Op
- Atmospheric
- Psychedelic
- Score Attack
- Tutorial
2 DLC available.
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