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Can of Wormholes
Push, slice, ingest, flip, and squish worms in this puzzle game in which you play as a little sentient tin can.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via SteamSpy as of 2026-05-14.
“Many puzzle games suffer from starving you of new interesting interactions or ideas to explore, and decide to just do more of the same, or iterate over similar puzzles with harder execution. Not this game. I don't think I can name a single puzzle game more tightly packed with…”
— a player, Steam review · 17 hrs played“This might be my favourite puzzle game of all time. It's in the same vein as Stephen's Sausage Roll or A Monster's Expedition, where it starts simple but you gradually learn more puzzle concepts in a very organic way as you discover how mechanics and movements interact. But it…”
— a player, Steam review · 29 hrs played“I am quite fond of this game. Although I am not very good at these types of games; I am thoroughly enjoying the experience. Every puzzle feels unique and challenges you without being too punishing or unfair.”
— a player, Steam review · 9 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-08-02 20:25 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Latest official news
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Thinky Awards
I'm very happy to share that Can of Wormholes has been nominated for several Thinky Awards! Can of Wormholes is a nominee in the following categories: Game of the Year Most Challenging Game Best "Aha"
Update notes for May 18th 2023
Bug fix: The ‘Exit stage’ prompt no longer appears in a misleading time and place. Updated some monitor display images. Level numbers are now briefly shown when starting a level. Slight change to 2-5,
Update notes for April 13th 2023
Added Simplified Chinese language option. Slight changes to puzzles to prevent unintended solutions (thanks MartianBlobFish, Kuru, Mountebank, Krakput and Icely) . Significant change to puzzle 5-2. Im
Update notes for March 29th 2023
Slightly adjusted some puzzles to prevent unintended solutions Improved some insight puzzles Made it easier to discover a certain interaction Added the ability to skip some cutscenes via the Escape ke
Update notes for March 28th 2023
Added identifiers to the puzzle pause menu to facilitate discussion of individual puzzles Changed the Undo/Restart prompt to only show in early puzzles Improved the responsiveness of analogue stick mo
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-14.
| Genres | Indie |
| Player tags | Sokoban · Indie · Puzzle · Logic · Grid-Based Movement · Casual · 3D · Colorful · Stylized · Relaxing · Singleplayer · Controller (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, French, Simplified Chinese |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 21 |
| Estimated owners | 20,000 – 50,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | https://muntedfinger.com/canofwormholes |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS: Windows 10 Processor: 1.8 GHz Memory: 500 MB RAM Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 3000 or 256 MB NVidia/AMD card Storage: 100 MB available space