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Hot Lava cover art

Hot Lava

Klei Entertainment · 2019-09-19

Steam

ActionAdventureIndieRacing

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Releases: Sep 19, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 19, 2019 (iOS), Oct 07, 2019 (Mac)

The Floor is Hot Lava! Run, jump, climb, and surf across nostalgia-packed environments flooded with hot molten lava. Explore alone, or join your friends. And whatever you do, don’t touch the floor.

8
playing now
93%
positive of 6.2k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
62/100
IGDB user rating (17 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

8 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 02:00 UTC (census sample)

Hot Lava is a 2019 platform video game developed and published by Klei Entertainment. Announced in 2016, it was developed by Mark Laprairie before he was hired by Klei who turned it into a full game. It is based primarily on the children's game with the same name. It was released on September 19, 2019, for Microsoft Windows through Steam and for iOS, macOS, and tvOS through Apple Arcade.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 8 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 231 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~29/week).
  • · Review velocity down 24% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (682 reviews).
  • · Top 15% of 10,710 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 154k–369k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 6,158 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $4.99 at Steam (2025-06-12)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 8 of 16 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
66566520192026Week of 2019-09-01: 421 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 665 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 263 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 170 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 155 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 141 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1612026-08-06 23:00 — 3 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 8 players2026-08-07 15:00 — 12 players2026-08-07 23:00 — 7 players2026-08-08 07:00 — 6 players2026-08-08 15:00 — 6 players2026-08-08 23:00 — 10 players2026-08-09 07:00 — 7 players2026-08-09 15:00 — 12 players2026-08-09 23:00 — 6 players2026-08-10 07:00 — 2 players2026-08-10 15:00 — 8 players2026-08-10 23:00 — 10 players2026-08-11 07:00 — 6 players2026-08-11 16:00 — 7 players2026-08-12 23:00 — 10 players2026-08-14 07:00 — 4 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 10 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 11 players2026-08-18 06:00 — 8 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 9 players2026-08-20 21:00 — 15 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 7 players2026-08-23 12:00 — 12 players2026-08-24 20:00 — 16 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 8 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 11 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 13 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 8 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$4.992018-06-132026-07-092018-06-13 — best price $9.992019-10-28 — best price $15.992019-11-12 — best price $19.992019-12-19 — best price $15.992020-01-27 — best price $19.992020-09-20 — best price $11.992020-11-02 — best price $19.992020-12-22 — best price $11.992021-02-15 — best price $19.992021-06-24 — best price $7.992021-09-06 — best price $19.992021-11-24 — best price $7.992022-01-05 — best price $19.992022-06-02 — best price $7.992022-07-07 — best price $19.992022-11-22 — best price $7.992023-01-05 — best price $19.992023-06-15 — best price $7.992023-10-09 — best price $19.992023-12-22 — best price $7.992024-03-21 — best price $19.992024-09-01 — best price $5.992024-12-04 — best price $19.992025-01-20 — best price $5.992025-03-10 — best price $19.992025-06-12 — best price $4.992025-08-07 — best price $19.992025-09-29 — best price $5.992025-10-27 — best price $19.992025-12-18 — best price $4.992026-02-19 — best price $19.992026-06-11 — best price $4.992026-07-09 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2102026-05-28 — 4 pageviews2026-05-31 — 7 pageviews2026-06-03 — 5 pageviews2026-06-06 — 6 pageviews2026-06-09 — 4 pageviews2026-06-12 — 6 pageviews2026-06-15 — 11 pageviews2026-06-18 — 9 pageviews2026-06-21 — 8 pageviews2026-06-24 — 11 pageviews2026-06-27 — 9 pageviews2026-06-30 — 10 pageviews2026-07-03 — 7 pageviews2026-07-06 — 8 pageviews2026-07-09 — 10 pageviews2026-07-12 — 14 pageviews2026-07-15 — 8 pageviews2026-07-18 — 8 pageviews2026-07-21 — 5 pageviews2026-07-24 — 9 pageviews2026-07-27 — 12 pageviews2026-07-30 — 8 pageviews2026-08-02 — 8 pageviews2026-08-05 — 10 pageviews2026-08-08 — 11 pageviews2026-08-11 — 6 pageviews2026-08-14 — 6 pageviews2026-08-17 — 5 pageviews2026-08-20 — 11 pageviews2026-08-23 — 13 pageviews2026-08-25 — 3 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

41
achievements tracked
84.5%
earned "The Floor Is Lava!"
15.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam WorkshopIncludes level editorFamily Sharing

13 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Dutch, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)9,2899%41

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

PvPActionRacingParkourAdventureDifficultNostalgiaPlatformerExplorationMultiplayer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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