# Pizza Tower becomes a Steam favorite

> A retro platformer ranked third on a Steam 2023 releases list within a day.

- Owner: Tour De Pizza
- Kind: Game
- Sector: Gaming
- Seed date: 2023-01-26
- Milestone date: 2023-01-27
- Date basis: Documented milestone; not a measured attention peak.
- Spread Score: 45 (Notable), v1.3
- Mechanics: Sound or audio meme, Platform jump

## Summary

Pizza Tower launched on Steam and drew positive reviews. Videos and a screaming meme later spread across YouTube and TikTok.

## Timeline

- 2019 — Tour De Pizza (Open web) — Public demos appeared in 2019, including one at SAGE.
- 2023-01-26 — Tour De Pizza (Open web) — Pizza Tower launched on Steam.
- 2023-01-26 — PC Gamer (Press) — PC Gamer published a positive review of Pizza Tower.

The full timeline, metrics and sources are on the case page, or via the Pro API (https://howitspread.com/mcp#api).

Canonical URL: https://howitspread.com/cases/pizza-tower-launch-2023

Cite as: How It Spread (2026). “Pizza Tower becomes a Steam favorite.” Case HIS-01950. Spread Score v1.3: 45/100. Updated 2026-10-28. https://howitspread.com/id/HIS-01950