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La-Mulana

NIGORO · PLAYISM · 2013-04-15

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Mar 20, 2020 (Nintendo Switch), Jul 13, 2012 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 15, 2013 (Mac), Apr 15, 2013 (Linux), Mar 17, 2020 (Xbox One), Mar 17, 2020 (PlayStation 4)

LA-MULANA is an “Archaeological Ruin Exploration Action Game,” bringing the classic appeal of adventure with the punishing difficulty of retro-inspired gaming. Search inside ancient ruins, seeking out the “Secret Treasure of Life” – which sleeps in the sprawling ruins of “LA-MULANA” and is said to be the beginning of all civilization.

La-Mulana is an Action, Adventure, Indie game released in 2013, priced at $14.99, with a Mostly Positive review sentiment (80% of 2637 reviews) and an estimated owner base of 200,000 .. 500,000.

19
playing now
80%
positive of 2.6k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
89/100
IGDB user rating (16 ratings)
4.33★
PlayStation Store rating (190 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

19 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 UTC (census sample)

La-Mulana is a platform-adventure video game, designed to imitate the look and feel of MSX games. Released on June 27, 2006, in Japan for Microsoft Windows, the game was only available in Japanese, but an English translation patch has been produced by Ian Kelley of AGTP. The game was later remade from the ground up in a 16-bit style for the Wii, and later PC, Mac, Linux and PlayStation Vita.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 19 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 93 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~12/week).
  • · Review velocity up 26% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 10% of 27,606 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 105k–211k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,637 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$14.99
Microsoft Store$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.49 at Steam (2013-12-22) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 22 of 64 observed days · $13.50 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
171720182026Week of 2018-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 8 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2862026-09-14 22:00 — 23 players2026-09-16 06:00 — 14 players2026-09-17 14:00 — 16 players2026-09-18 21:00 — 17 players2026-09-20 05:00 — 20 players2026-09-21 13:00 — 13 players2026-09-22 20:00 — 27 players2026-09-24 04:00 — 21 players2026-09-25 11:00 — 21 players2026-09-26 19:00 — 20 players2026-09-28 02:00 — 20 players2026-09-29 10:00 — 14 players2026-09-30 17:00 — 14 players2026-10-02 01:00 — 15 players2026-10-03 08:00 — 14 players2026-10-04 16:00 — 19 players2026-10-06 00:00 — 26 players2026-10-07 07:00 — 11 players2026-10-08 15:00 — 12 players2026-10-09 22:00 — 13 players2026-10-11 06:00 — 10 players2026-10-12 14:00 — 14 players2026-10-13 21:00 — 13 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 19 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1240Mar 2013Aug 2026Mar 2013 — avg 0 · peak 2Aug 2013 — avg 24 · peak 143Jan 2014 — avg 124 · peak 581Jun 2014 — avg 37 · peak 120Nov 2014 — avg 12 · peak 52Apr 2015 — avg 53 · peak 145Sep 2015 — avg 17 · peak 35Feb 2016 — avg 21 · peak 46Jul 2016 — avg 23 · peak 54Dec 2016 — avg 17 · peak 36May 2017 — avg 12 · peak 28Oct 2017 — avg 12 · peak 32Mar 2018 — avg 10 · peak 27Aug 2018 — avg 68 · peak 192Jan 2019 — avg 14 · peak 31Jun 2019 — avg 16 · peak 29Nov 2019 — avg 10 · peak 29Apr 2020 — avg 13 · peak 32Sep 2020 — avg 15 · peak 34Feb 2021 — avg 10 · peak 24Jul 2021 — avg 14 · peak 33Dec 2021 — avg 11 · peak 29May 2022 — avg 10 · peak 21Oct 2022 — avg 11 · peak 26Mar 2023 — avg 23 · peak 53Aug 2023 — avg 11 · peak 26Jan 2024 — avg 15 · peak 34Jun 2024 — avg 15 · peak 41Nov 2024 — avg 10 · peak 29Apr 2025 — avg 19 · peak 50Sep 2025 — avg 11 · peak 29Feb 2026 — avg 9 · peak 21Jul 2026 — avg 16 · peak 33Aug 2026 — avg 15 · peak 30
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$14.99$2.992015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $2.992015-06-13 — best price $14.992015-11-14 — best price $2.992016-03-14 — best price $2.992016-06-23 — best price $3.742016-12-02 — best price $14.992017-05-29 — best price $4.942017-10-16 — best price $4.942018-01-22 — best price $4.942018-05-21 — best price $14.992018-09-19 — best price $4.942019-01-07 — best price $4.942019-03-25 — best price $4.942019-05-30 — best price $4.992019-08-10 — best price $14.992019-11-10 — best price $4.942020-01-22 — best price $4.942020-05-07 — best price $4.942020-11-07 — best price $4.942021-01-25 — best price $14.992021-06-24 — best price $4.942021-12-01 — best price $14.992022-05-09 — best price $14.992022-09-06 — best price $14.992022-12-03 — best price $3.742023-01-20 — best price $3.742023-05-27 — best price $14.992023-09-24 — best price $14.992024-02-14 — best price $3.742024-06-27 — best price $3.742024-12-06 — best price $3.742025-03-20 — best price $14.992025-08-14 — best price $14.992026-03-27 — best price $3.792026-08-29 — best price $14.992026-09-08 — best price $14.992026-09-18 — best price $14.992026-09-28 — best price $2.992026-10-08 — best price $14.992026-10-14 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

200552026-05-31 — 107 pageviews2026-06-04 — 71 pageviews2026-06-08 — 62 pageviews2026-06-12 — 86 pageviews2026-06-16 — 71 pageviews2026-06-20 — 66 pageviews2026-06-24 — 82 pageviews2026-06-28 — 101 pageviews2026-07-02 — 94 pageviews2026-07-06 — 73 pageviews2026-07-10 — 103 pageviews2026-07-14 — 113 pageviews2026-07-18 — 100 pageviews2026-07-22 — 68 pageviews2026-07-26 — 111 pageviews2026-07-30 — 95 pageviews2026-08-03 — 61 pageviews2026-08-07 — 79 pageviews2026-08-11 — 73 pageviews2026-08-15 — 69 pageviews2026-08-19 — 107 pageviews2026-08-23 — 68 pageviews2026-08-27 — 91 pageviews2026-08-31 — 92 pageviews2026-09-04 — 62 pageviews2026-09-08 — 70 pageviews2026-09-12 — 73 pageviews2026-09-16 — 88 pageviews2026-09-20 — 99 pageviews2026-09-24 — 111 pageviews2026-09-28 — 85 pageviews2026-10-02 — 63 pageviews2026-10-06 — 83 pageviews2026-10-10 — 65 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
60.2%
earned "Welcome to La-Mulana"
7.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

4 supported languages: English, Japanese, Russian, Spanish - Spain

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2015-09-16 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)10,3561%64
PS4 (PlayStation)5049%55
Xbox One (Xbox)2384%54
Switch (Nintendo)340%0
Switch (Nintendo)10%0

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

2DIndieRetroActionPuzzleRemakeAdventureDifficultPlatformerExploration

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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