For the psychological effect that inspired this entry in the Tetris series, see Tetris effect.
2018 video game
Tetris Effect
Developer(s)
Monstars
Resonair
Stage Games[a]
Publisher(s)
Enhance Games
Director(s)
Takashi Ishihara
Producer(s)
Tetsuya Mizuguchi
Mark MacDonald
Programmer(s)
Natsuki Nishimura
Takanori Uchida
Artist(s)
Takashi Ishihara
Composer(s)
Noboru Mutoh
Series
Tetris
Engine
Unreal Engine 4 Unreal Engine 5 (PS5)
Platform(s)
PlayStation 4
PlayStation 5
Windows
Xbox One
Xbox Series X/S
Nintendo Switch
Meta Quest
Release
November 9, 2018
PlayStation 4
November 9, 2018
Windows
July 23, 2019
Meta Quest
May 14, 2020
Connected
Xbox One, Series X/S
November 10, 2020
Windows, PlayStation 4, Meta Quest
August 18, 2021
Nintendo Switch
October 8, 2021
Amazon Luna
August 26, 2022
PlayStation 5
February 22, 2023
Genre(s)
Puzzle
Mode(s)
Single-player, multiplayer
Tetris Effect is a block-dropping arcade-styled puzzle video game developed by Japanese studios Monstars and Resonair and published by Enhance Games. The game was released worldwide exclusively for the PlayStation 4 on November 9, 2018, and features support for the PlayStation VR. A Microsoft Windows version, with support for Oculus Rift and HTC Vive, was released on July 23, 2019. A version for the Meta Quest standalone VR headset was released on May 14, 2020.
The game garnered high praise from critics and was named Game of the Year by several publications. An enhanced version, named Tetris Effect: Connected, was announced for Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S and Windows 10 during Xbox Games Showcase on July 23, 2020, and was released on November 10, 2020. The expansion was made available for existing platforms in August 2021. Versions for Nintendo Switch and Amazon Luna were released in October 2021 and August 2022, respectively. A PlayStation 5 version, with support for the PlayStation VR2, was released on February 22, 2023.
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