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Indiana Jones® and the Emperor's Tomb™ cover art

Indiana Jones® and the Emperor's Tomb™

LucasArts · Lucasfilm · 2018-11-16

SteamGOGXboxMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventure

Franchise: Indiana Jones · Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: May 05, 2004 (Mac), Jun 26, 2003 (PlayStation 2), Feb 24, 2003 (Xbox), Mar 25, 2003 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

As Indiana Jones, you’ll travel to 1935 China to prevent a powerful artifact from falling into evil hands. This globe-spanning adventure pits you against evil Nazis and the Asian underworld. It’ll take more than just a trusty whip and pistol to avoid the perils of the Emperor’s Tomb.

Indiana Jones® and the Emperor's Tomb™ is an Action and Adventure game released in 2018, priced at $5.99, with an estimated 50,000 .. 100,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (92% of 1189 reviews).

6
playing now
92%
positive of 1.2k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
59/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
74/100
IGDB user rating (51 ratings)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$5.99
steam price (US)

6 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 17:00 UTC (census sample)

Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb is a 2003 action-adventure video game developed by The Collective and published by LucasArts for the Xbox, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 2 and Mac OS X. It features cover art by Drew Struzan. The game is an adventure of fictional archeologist Indiana Jones. The story takes place in 1935, acting as a prequel to Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. The tomb mentioned in the title is that of China's first Emperor Qin Shi Huang.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 6 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 39 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~5/week).
  • · Review velocity down 36% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 14% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 30k–71k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,189 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$0.00
GOG$5.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.10 at GameBillet (2023-04-11) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $5.99 · on sale 39 of 84 observed days · $4.89 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
686820182026Week of 2018-11-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

902026-09-15 02:00 — 3 players2026-09-16 11:00 — 3 players2026-09-17 18:00 — 6 players2026-09-19 02:00 — 4 players2026-09-20 09:00 — 6 players2026-09-21 17:00 — 5 players2026-09-23 00:00 — 6 players2026-09-24 08:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 15:00 — 8 players2026-09-26 23:00 — 5 players2026-09-28 06:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 14:00 — 6 players2026-09-30 21:00 — 3 players2026-10-02 05:00 — 2 players2026-10-03 12:00 — 3 players2026-10-04 21:00 — 7 players2026-10-06 04:00 — 3 players2026-10-07 12:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 19:00 — 4 players2026-10-10 03:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 10:00 — 5 players2026-10-12 18:00 — 8 players2026-10-14 01:00 — 3 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 6 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
224Nov 2018Aug 2026Nov 2018 — avg 22 · peak 61Feb 2019 — avg 7 · peak 27May 2019 — avg 4 · peak 15Aug 2019 — avg 5 · peak 13Nov 2019 — avg 4 · peak 15Feb 2020 — avg 7 · peak 22May 2020 — avg 9 · peak 27Aug 2020 — avg 6 · peak 20Nov 2020 — avg 7 · peak 27Feb 2021 — avg 9 · peak 24May 2021 — avg 6 · peak 18Aug 2021 — avg 7 · peak 17Nov 2021 — avg 6 · peak 21Feb 2022 — avg 6 · peak 16May 2022 — avg 5 · peak 19Aug 2022 — avg 5 · peak 16Nov 2022 — avg 6 · peak 19Feb 2023 — avg 11 · peak 48May 2023 — avg 5 · peak 18Aug 2023 — avg 9 · peak 22Nov 2023 — avg 6 · peak 17Feb 2024 — avg 13 · peak 35May 2024 — avg 6 · peak 19Aug 2024 — avg 6 · peak 20Nov 2024 — avg 7 · peak 24Feb 2025 — avg 9 · peak 25May 2025 — avg 5 · peak 17Aug 2025 — avg 5 · peak 14Nov 2025 — avg 5 · peak 14Feb 2026 — avg 8 · peak 27May 2026 — avg 5 · peak 15Aug 2026 — avg 4 · peak 12
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$5.99$0.002015-03-202026-10-142015-03-20 — best price $5.992016-04-25 — best price $2.992017-02-27 — best price $1.492018-11-27 — best price $5.992019-08-26 — best price $5.992020-04-24 — best price $5.332020-10-19 — best price $1.322021-01-23 — best price $5.272021-07-08 — best price $5.992021-12-05 — best price $4.972022-02-06 — best price $5.132022-06-06 — best price $2.092022-08-14 — best price $1.232022-10-23 — best price $5.992023-01-19 — best price $1.232023-04-17 — best price $4.932023-07-13 — best price $5.992023-10-19 — best price $1.242023-12-11 — best price $4.952024-02-12 — best price $4.312024-04-04 — best price $5.992024-05-22 — best price $5.992024-07-11 — best price $5.992024-08-30 — best price $4.312024-11-16 — best price $5.992025-02-03 — best price $4.312025-06-02 — best price $5.992025-11-03 — best price $5.992025-12-12 — best price $5.992026-08-28 — best price $0.002026-09-12 — best price $5.992026-09-27 — best price $2.092026-10-12 — best price $5.992026-10-14 — best price $5.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

188592026-05-30 — 120 pageviews2026-06-03 — 84 pageviews2026-06-07 — 111 pageviews2026-06-11 — 121 pageviews2026-06-15 — 115 pageviews2026-06-19 — 84 pageviews2026-06-23 — 102 pageviews2026-06-27 — 123 pageviews2026-07-01 — 123 pageviews2026-07-05 — 135 pageviews2026-07-09 — 78 pageviews2026-07-13 — 88 pageviews2026-07-17 — 117 pageviews2026-07-21 — 93 pageviews2026-07-25 — 137 pageviews2026-07-29 — 98 pageviews2026-08-02 — 98 pageviews2026-08-06 — 104 pageviews2026-08-10 — 90 pageviews2026-08-14 — 84 pageviews2026-08-18 — 89 pageviews2026-08-22 — 88 pageviews2026-08-26 — 97 pageviews2026-08-30 — 95 pageviews2026-09-03 — 98 pageviews2026-09-07 — 100 pageviews2026-09-11 — 83 pageviews2026-09-15 — 87 pageviews2026-09-19 — 99 pageviews2026-09-23 — 83 pageviews2026-09-27 — 77 pageviews2026-10-01 — 59 pageviews2026-10-05 — 88 pageviews2026-10-09 — 96 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

3 supported languages: English, French, Italian

Player tags

ActionPuzzleClassicAdventurePlatformerSingleplayerThird PersonAction-Adventure

Census log

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

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