Pipe Mania

I loved the Bioshock hacking, though it had zero place being in that game :p This is the best version available of this game type. Classic Mode is what you're looking for. Wish there was a mobile version (others are more puzzle/static based, not the same.)

I got to admit, all I really wanted was a slightly upgraded version of the Win 3.1 Pipe Dream. This version is similar and offers a few nice quality of life improvements, but it makes the game unnecessarily complicated and suffers from technical issues: it manages to run slower than Crysis, has broken videos and no display settings to speak of. There is also a fairly long intro that makes each gameplay session a commitment.

Pipe Mania is an ancient game from 2008. It's a whopping 16 years old at the time of this review. The game lacks support for the typical features of modern gaming PCs, hasn't been modernised or updated to run smoothly on contemporary machines. The game looks and feels dated. Despite this lack of modernisation, it carries a pretty high price tag for such an old game. This seems to have be lingering on Steam with an inflated price to try profit from abandonware. This is a re-hash of 1989's Amiga game, Pipe Dream/Pipe Mania, but it's not copyright infringement, it looks like Empire Interactive are a valid copyright holder for it, so that's something. That doesn't mean this is a great game... Pipe Dream has been rehashed so many times (heck, it's the hacking minigame in Bioshock), and this teenaged rehash isn't a winner. You get some different skins/game modes etc but is that really what was needed to make a smash hit out of something that would today be more fitting as a Flash gam...

A complete remake of the MSDOS classic known in America as Pipe Dream. I had a bad first impression, but after giving it another chance I can see that the reason I got a refund can be avoided. Do not do the final level of Basic Pipes. It's unfair.

Kojima wishes he could have made the first "Pipe type game"

A very interesting game! It can get quite challenging sometimes I really wished there would be a sequel or remaster of this that offers online competitive(Rank) PvP mode, and online Co-op mode, and a custom-level editor.

Pipe Mania is great. It's very challening puzzle game and there is a lot of content to enjoy it for hours. There is even an original game from 1989 included as a bonus, which I can't remember if I ever played before. But I will make sure to give it a try! These kind of games seem to be more popular on android market, which is too bad as I would love to play more of these on PC. If you are unsure if you will like it, wait for the sale. The game is often available below $1 during these.

You can lay mean pipe in this game