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A Good Snowman Is Hard To Build
An adorable puzzle game about being a monster and making snowmen.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-08-31 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-13.
“It is a cute puzzle game where you roll snowballs around a grid and stack them into perfectly sized snowmen, following the right order from small to large. The gameplay seems simple at first, but it quickly turns into a thoughtful challenge, you have to plan your movement…”
— a player, Steam review · 8 hrs played“This is a cozy puzzle game where a shy little monster teaches you that snowman construction is actually a lowkey spatial‑reasoning exam. It’s charming, wholesome, occasionally humbling and just tricky enough to make you feel clever when you finally roll the right ball the right…”
— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs played“[b]Sokoban:[/b] 5/5 ⭐ [b]Difficulty, Real World:[/b] 5/5 ⭐ (Not too difficult nor too easy.) [b]Difficulty, Dream World (End Game):[/b] 4/5 (Not too difficult nor too easy but tedious) [b]Controls:[/b] 2.5/5 (very annoying controls.) Good Sokoban, overall I'd give it 4/5.…”
— a player, Steam review · 15 hrs playedAchievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-05.
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Latest official news
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.
| Genres | Indie |
| Player tags | Cute · Puzzle · Relaxing · Sokoban · Open World · Exploration · Difficult · Strategy · Isometric · Post-apocalyptic · Surreal · Casual (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Camera Comfort · Custom Volume Controls · Keyboard Only Option · Playable without Timed Input · Save Anytime |
| Languages | English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Portugal, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 5 |
| Official site | http://agoodsnowman.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7+ Memory: 1 GB RAM Storage: 200 MB available space