Stacking
Third-person puzzle adventure about borrowing abilities from living nesting dolls
Double Fine Productions · Released Mar 6, 2012
- Reviews
- Very Positive
- 91% of 1,003
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Players
- 1
- daily peak, Oct 31, 2026
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update on Steam
- Unknown
- no patch notes on Steam
Metacritic: 80/100 (critic reviews)
What is Stacking?
In this single-player, third-person puzzle adventure, Charlie Blackmore must rescue his family from the Baron in a vintage world of living Russian nesting dolls. You explore locations from a train station to a zeppelin, climbing inside other dolls and using their abilities to solve puzzles.
For you if...
- +you enjoy collecting characters and completing optional challenges
- +you prefer casual puzzles to demanding brainteasers
Not for you if...
- −you prefer combat-driven action to exploration and puzzle solving
What players say
91% of 1,003 reviews are positive
Players praise the humor and the multiple ways to solve puzzles. Recent reviewers criticize the frame-rate cap.
Screenshots and trailer
Stacking system requirements
Minimum: HD 2000, 1 GB RAM, 1.5 GB of disk space.
As published by the developer.
Can my PC run Stacking?
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- OS
- Windows XP SP3
- Processor
- 1.8 GHz dual core CPU
- Graphics
- 256 MB GeForce 8800, Radeon 3850, or Intel HD 2000 Graphics
- Memory
- 1 GB RAM
- Storage
- 1.5 GB free HD Space
Recommended
- OS
- Windows 7
- Processor
- Intel Core 2 Duo at 2.2 GHz, or AMD Athlon 64 at 2.2 GHz
- Graphics
- 512 MB GeForce 220, Radeon 4550, Intel HD 3000 Graphics
- Memory
- 1 GB RAM
- Storage
- 1.5 GB free HD Space
Does Stacking have co-op or multiplayer?
No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.
Does Stacking run on Steam Deck?
Playable Playable: it runs on Steam Deck with some adjustments.
- Default controller config not fully functional
- Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
- In-game text is legible on Steam Deck
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
PC version details
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS, Linux
- Achievements
- 21
- Steam features
- Family Sharing
- Languages
- Full audio: English, German, French, Italian, Spanish - Spain.
Does Stacking use AI-generated content?
No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.
Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 27, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam
