Pipe Mania
Pipe Mania is a puzzle video game developed by The Assembly Line for the Amiga and published in 1989. It was ported to several other platforms by Lucasfilm Games as Pipe Dream; the company distributed the game in the US. The player must connect randomly appearing pieces of pipe on a grid to a given length within a limited time.
Summary from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA, read 5 September 2026.
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- Released
- 1989
- Developer
- The Assembly Line
- Platforms
- 1 systems
- Critics
- Not scored
- Steam Deck
- Unknown
- Download
- Not stated
The record
| First released | 1 January 1989 |
|---|---|
| Developer | The Assembly Line |
| Publisher | Lucasfilm Games |
| Platforms | Nintendo Entertainment System |
| Genres | Puzzle |
Source. Catalogue facts from Wikidata Q1131067, seeded 30 August 2026.
How long is Pipe Mania? How long to beat it
Total play time for Pipe Mania is about 20.4 hours to do everything, and around 4.3 hours to reach the end of the main story. These are player-submitted times from HowLongToBeat, not our own, shown with the number of players behind each.
| How you play | Hours | Players logged |
|---|---|---|
| Just the main story: straight through the critical path | 4.3h | 1 |
| Completionist: everything: 100% the game | 20.4h | 1 |
Source: HowLongToBeat community submissions, read 2026-10-19.
Where Pipe Mania sits on the grid
The grid places every game in the catalogue on measured axes rather than on an opinion. This is where Pipe Mania lands on each map it has the data for, with the share of the catalogue it beats on each axis.
- Year
- 42ahead of 3% of the catalogue
- Reach
- 22ahead of 67% of the catalogue
Percentiles are against the games that carry a reading on that axis, not the whole catalogue: counting a game with no figure as a zero would flatter everything that has one. How the grid works.
What readers say about Pipe Mania
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Common questions about Pipe Mania
What platforms is Pipe Mania on?
Pipe Mania is available on Nintendo Entertainment System. It first released in 1989.
Who made Pipe Mania?
Pipe Mania was developed by The Assembly Line and published by Lucasfilm Games.
How long does it take to beat Pipe Mania?
about 4.3 hours for the main story, 20.4 hours to complete everything, from HowLongToBeat's player-submitted times. These are community medians, so your own run may be shorter or longer.