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Hot Lava cover art

Hot Lava

Klei Entertainment · 2019-09-19

Steam

ActionAdventureIndieRacing

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer · Perspectives: First person

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.

Hot Lava is a 2019 Action, Adventure, Indie, Racing game priced at $19.99, with an owner estimate of 200,000 .. 500,000 and a review sentiment of Very Positive (93% of 6157 reviews).

1
playing now
93%
positive of 6.2k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
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)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 12:00 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.

Trailer

Hot Lava trailer thumbnail

Hot Lava [Official Launch Trailer]

≈748,762 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 1 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 6% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 154k–369k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 6,157 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 6 of 12 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

1912026-09-14 22:00 — 11 players2026-09-16 06:00 — 4 players2026-09-17 13:00 — 6 players2026-09-18 21:00 — 8 players2026-09-20 04:00 — 4 players2026-09-21 12:00 — 3 players2026-09-22 20:00 — 4 players2026-09-24 03:00 — 4 players2026-09-25 11:00 — 4 players2026-09-26 18:00 — 14 players2026-09-28 02:00 — 7 players2026-09-29 09:00 — 3 players2026-09-30 17:00 — 12 players2026-10-02 00:00 — 5 players2026-10-03 08:00 — 15 players2026-10-04 16:00 — 19 players2026-10-05 23:00 — 5 players2026-10-07 07:00 — 7 players2026-10-08 14:00 — 14 players2026-10-09 22:00 — 8 players2026-10-11 05:00 — 12 players2026-10-12 13:00 — 9 players2026-10-13 21:00 — 5 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
4631May 2016Aug 2026May 2016 — avg 1 · peak 4Aug 2016 — avg 2 · peak 5Nov 2016 — avg 2 · peak 5Feb 2017 — avg 2 · peak 8May 2017 — avg 2 · peak 7Aug 2017 — avg 2 · peak 8Nov 2017 — avg 3 · peak 8Feb 2018 — avg 3 · peak 10Oct 2019 — avg 137 · peak 463Jan 2020 — avg 51 · peak 132Apr 2020 — avg 31 · peak 61Jul 2020 — avg 63 · peak 142Oct 2020 — avg 30 · peak 67Jan 2021 — avg 40 · peak 90Apr 2021 — avg 35 · peak 95Jul 2021 — avg 45 · peak 115Oct 2021 — avg 27 · peak 107Jan 2022 — avg 40 · peak 80Apr 2022 — avg 24 · peak 48Jul 2022 — avg 27 · peak 57Oct 2022 — avg 18 · peak 41Jan 2023 — avg 24 · peak 52Apr 2023 — avg 19 · peak 37Jul 2023 — avg 35 · peak 86Oct 2023 — avg 18 · peak 52Jan 2024 — avg 17 · peak 38Apr 2024 — avg 14 · peak 29Jul 2024 — avg 23 · peak 54Oct 2024 — avg 13 · peak 33Jan 2025 — avg 19 · peak 59Apr 2025 — avg 10 · peak 30Jul 2025 — avg 21 · peak 163Oct 2025 — avg 14 · peak 34Jan 2026 — avg 12 · peak 35Apr 2026 — avg 9 · peak 24Jul 2026 — avg 12 · peak 31Aug 2026 — avg 9 · peak 20
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

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 pageviews2026-06-01 — 4 pageviews2026-06-05 — 7 pageviews2026-06-09 — 4 pageviews2026-06-13 — 21 pageviews2026-06-17 — 12 pageviews2026-06-21 — 8 pageviews2026-06-25 — 8 pageviews2026-06-29 — 15 pageviews2026-07-03 — 7 pageviews2026-07-07 — 11 pageviews2026-07-11 — 12 pageviews2026-07-15 — 8 pageviews2026-07-19 — 11 pageviews2026-07-23 — 13 pageviews2026-07-27 — 12 pageviews2026-07-31 — 10 pageviews2026-08-04 — 11 pageviews2026-08-08 — 11 pageviews2026-08-12 — 13 pageviews2026-08-16 — 7 pageviews2026-08-20 — 11 pageviews2026-08-24 — 0 pageviews2026-08-28 — 9 pageviews2026-09-01 — 5 pageviews2026-09-05 — 11 pageviews2026-09-09 — 5 pageviews2026-09-13 — 6 pageviews2026-09-17 — 5 pageviews2026-09-21 — 7 pageviews2026-09-25 — 15 pageviews2026-09-29 — 1 pageviews2026-10-03 — 2 pageviews2026-10-07 — 11 pageviews2026-10-11 — 8 pageviews2026-10-13 — 7 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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