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DESOLATIUM: Prologue

SUPERLUMEN · 2021-06-22

Steam

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Jun 22, 2021 (Mac), Jun 22, 2021 (Oculus Rift), Jun 22, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

DESOLATIUM: PROLOGUE is a first-person point & click Graphic Adventure based on Lovecraft Mythos. Live this horror story where you will have to visit mysterious locations, face lovecraftian creatures, find clues and combine objects to solve puzzles.

DESOLATIUM: Prologue is an Adventure and Indie game released in 2021, free-to-play, with an estimated owner base of 50,000 .. 100,000 and a Mostly Positive sentiment (78% of 121 reviews).

0
playing now
78%
positive of 122 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
1h
to beat · rushed 1h
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
Free
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 19:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 10 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 41% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 37% of 28,838 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

All-time low: $1.99 at Steam (2021-08-25) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
191920212026Week of 2021-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

002026-09-15 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 19:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$5.99$0.002021-03-272021-11-192021-03-27 — best price $0.002021-06-22 — best price $5.992021-06-23 — best price $5.992021-07-23 — best price $2.992021-08-06 — best price $5.992021-08-07 — best price $5.992021-08-11 — best price $2.992021-08-14 — best price $5.992021-08-25 — best price $1.992021-08-26 — best price $1.992021-11-19 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

10
achievements tracked
62.8%
earned "A narrow escape! "
30.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerFull controller supportTracked Controller SupportVR SupportedFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

VRHorrorMysteryAdventureDetectiveNarrationStory RichExplorationFirst-PersonLovecraftian

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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