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Ilum cover art

Ilum

M506 Tec · 2022-06-24

Steam

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person, Third person

Releases: Jun 24, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

An open-world game in ancient Babylon with elements of action, exploration and city destruction. Archaeologically accurate buildings such as the Tower of Babel and Hanging Gardens. Voice-acted in Akkadian language in a Biblical and Babylonian mythological background.

Ilum is a 2022 Action, Adventure, and Indie title priced at $9.99, with an estimated owner base of 100,000 to 200,000 and a Positive sentiment based on 82% of 11 reviews.— census verdict as of 2026-09-20

0
playing now
83%
positive of 12 reviews
Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
$9.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 16:00 UTC (census sample)

Nebuchadnezzar II is the king of kings of the near east, the center of civilization and culture. He had just sieged and razed Jerusalem to the ground, destroyed its temple, captured all Jewish relics, including the Ark of the Covenant and the 10 Commandments, and brought all inhabitants as captives to Babylon. What initially seemed as another Babylonian conquest, it was actually the result of a prophecy known much before: Jerusalem’s destruction was actually the result of the idolatry consuming Jewish lands. The prophecy also set that Babylon itself was going to be destroyed after 70 years, wi(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 8 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 700% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 93% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-03

All-time low: $4.99 at Steam (2023-11-21)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 3 of 6 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
2220222026Week of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

002026-09-15 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 16:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$29.99$4.992022-06-242026-07-092022-06-24 — best price $26.992022-11-22 — best price $14.992022-12-22 — best price $14.992023-01-06 — best price $14.992023-03-06 — best price $14.992023-03-23 — best price $14.992023-04-17 — best price $14.992023-05-29 — best price $14.992023-07-13 — best price $14.992023-11-21 — best price $4.992023-12-21 — best price $4.992024-03-14 — best price $4.992024-06-27 — best price $4.992024-11-27 — best price $4.992024-12-20 — best price $4.992025-03-13 — best price $4.992025-06-26 — best price $4.992025-09-29 — best price $4.992025-12-18 — best price $4.992026-03-19 — best price $4.992026-06-25 — best price $4.992026-07-09 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

20
achievements tracked
40%
earned "First Blood"
1.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing

3 supported languages: English, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil

Player tags

FPSFaithActionGod GameAdventureMythologyRealisticHistoricalOpen WorldAtmospheric

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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