Block 89: Brick Puzzle Game

Name: Block 89: Brick Puzzle Game
Rating: 3.88 (581 reviews)
Author: dsd 164

Livedsd 1644 apps · 13.9M installsArcadeFreecom.dsd164.block89

Play with blocks like it's 1989. A retro handheld brick puzzle game.

Alert me ★ Watch Open in Play ↗

Total installs: 56,940
Installs / day: +2
Rating: 3.9★
Released: 29 Dec 2012
Last update: 15 Feb 2026
Countries: —

Install history

exact counter from Google Play

30dAll

Installs per day · last 90 days

Change timeline

No changes recorded yet. We compare every crawl with the previous one and list title, icon, screenshots, description, version, price and availability changes here.

Country availability

Availability has not been checked for this app yet. “Check all countries” looks the app up in about 140 Google Play storefronts and shows where it is live, listed but not installable, or missing — plus any country-specific (custom) store listings.

Top countries

Country data will be available soon.

We estimate where downloads come from using the app’s position in Google Play’s top charts in about 140 countries. This app is not in any chart we have collected yet; the estimate appears as soon as it is.

Top chart positions

Not in any tracked top chart.

App manifest

Read this app's manifest from Google Play: permissions, declared SDKs, components and AdMob app ID. Saved analysis appears here automatically.

Permissions

1 in 1 group

0 Sensitive0 Notable1 Routine

OtherRoutine1

Access to miscellaneous device features that don't fit other categories

Make your phone vibratecontrol vibration · VIBRATE

Sensitive = can reach personal data, location, camera/mic or act on your behalf. Notable = changes how your device behaves. Routine = normal for almost every app. Source: Google Play's permission list for all versions of this app.

Store listing

Full description

Play with blocks like it's 1989! A handheld brick puzzle game with a dot-matrix display, retro sound effects, and that satisfying feeling of getting better without noticing. Block 89 is designed around flow - the difficulty rises gradually across 20 levels, keeping you in that sweet spot where the challenge matches your skill. Easy to pick up, hard to put down. Features: - Dot-matrix LCD screen with authentic pixel rendering - Light and dark mode (monochrome inverted, a minimal masterpiece) - 8-bit sound effects - 10 different block shapes on a 16×16 grid - 20 levels of progressively increasing difficulty - GIF replay sharing - show off your best games - No ads. No in-app purchases. No subscriptions. No internet required. Just the game. Score points by completing lines with blocks. Simple - but it gets difficult quickly. Oh, and yes: this is the same guy that brought you Snake '97. Cheers from Amsterdam, Willem.

What's new

Completely rebuilt with a new rendering engine, new gameplay mechanics: - No ads, no tracking, no in-app purchases. Just blocks. - New dot-matrix LCD display with purple-grey device bezel - Dark mode: monochrome inverted display, one tap to switch - Refined difficulty curve across 20 levels, designed to keep the challenge fair - GIF replay generation: share a timelapse of your entire game - New score and level display rendered in dot-matrix pixels

Growing in Arcade

Category →