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It Lurks Below

Graybeard Games · Skystone Games · 2019-05-29

SteamGOG

ActionIndieRPG

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: May 29, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 06, 2020 (Xbox One)

It Lurks Below is an action-oriented, survival RPG in a randomly generated world. Fight through the massive underground dungeon, customize your character with random items and find out what evil lurks below.

It Lurks Below is an Action, Indie, RPG game released in 2019, priced at $19.99, with an estimated 50,000 .. 100,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (82% of 1287 reviews).

2
playing now
82%
positive of 1.3k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
IGDB user rating (4 ratings)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

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

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 29 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4/week).
  • · Review velocity down 6% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (160 reviews).
  • · Top 13% of 27,675 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 32k–77k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,288 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.99 at Steam (2024-12-19)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 5 of 56 observed days · $17.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
13313320182026Week of 2018-04-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 133 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

502026-09-15 02:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 11:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 18:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 09:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 17:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 15:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 14:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 21:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 12:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 21:00 — 5 players2026-10-06 04:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 12:00 — 3 players2026-10-08 19:00 — 3 players2026-10-10 03:00 — 2 players2026-10-11 10:00 — 3 players2026-10-12 18:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
3242Feb 2018May 2026Feb 2018 — avg 4 · peak 21May 2018 — avg 122 · peak 395Aug 2018 — avg 20 · peak 45Nov 2018 — avg 37 · peak 78Feb 2019 — avg 15 · peak 40May 2019 — avg 38 · peak 456Aug 2019 — avg 12 · peak 31Nov 2019 — avg 30 · peak 67Feb 2020 — avg 11 · peak 28May 2020 — avg 13 · peak 26Aug 2020 — avg 16 · peak 35Nov 2020 — avg 7 · peak 20Feb 2021 — avg 7 · peak 24May 2021 — avg 6 · peak 17Aug 2021 — avg 5 · peak 14Nov 2021 — avg 7 · peak 17Feb 2022 — avg 4 · peak 14May 2022 — avg 4 · peak 9Aug 2022 — avg 4 · peak 10Nov 2022 — avg 5 · peak 17Feb 2023 — avg 3 · peak 10May 2023 — avg 3 · peak 9Aug 2023 — avg 2 · peak 9Nov 2023 — avg 2 · peak 8Feb 2024 — avg 2 · peak 7May 2024 — avg 2 · peak 7Aug 2024 — avg 2 · peak 6Nov 2024 — avg 4 · peak 13Feb 2025 — avg 3 · peak 10Oct 2025 — avg 3 · peak 9May 2026 — avg 3 · peak 10

▲ +1 avg players vs prior month — May 2026

Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$2.992018-04-302026-10-142018-04-30 — best price $19.992018-08-30 — best price $16.992018-11-01 — best price $19.992018-12-20 — best price $15.992019-02-11 — best price $19.992019-07-09 — best price $19.992020-04-24 — best price $14.992021-10-28 — best price $9.992021-12-01 — best price $19.992022-06-23 — best price $4.992022-11-29 — best price $19.992023-03-16 — best price $4.992023-11-21 — best price $9.992023-12-15 — best price $19.992024-03-14 — best price $8.992024-07-11 — best price $19.992024-11-27 — best price $3.992025-01-02 — best price $19.992025-06-27 — best price $7.992025-10-06 — best price $19.992025-12-18 — best price $3.992026-03-26 — best price $19.992026-06-25 — best price $2.992026-08-31 — best price $19.992026-09-03 — best price $19.992026-09-06 — best price $19.992026-09-09 — best price $19.992026-09-12 — best price $19.992026-09-15 — best price $19.992026-09-18 — best price $19.992026-09-21 — best price $19.992026-09-24 — best price $19.992026-09-27 — best price $19.992026-09-30 — best price $19.992026-10-03 — best price $19.992026-10-06 — best price $19.992026-10-09 — best price $19.992026-10-12 — best price $19.992026-10-14 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

20
achievements tracked
24.1%
earned "The Most Vile"
6.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox One, Windows (Xbox)2,1085%20
Steam (Steam)5665%20

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

Player tags

2DRPGLootIndieActionFarmingSandboxCraftingSurvivalAction RPG

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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