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La-Mulana cover art

La-Mulana

NIGORO · PLAYISM · 2013-04-15

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

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.

24
playing now
80%
positive of 2.6k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
89/100
IGDB user rating (16 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$14.99
steam price (US)

24 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 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
  • · 24 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 23% of 10,862 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 105k–210k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,631 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 10 of 21 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

2962026-08-06 23:00 — 23 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 11 players2026-08-07 15:00 — 20 players2026-08-07 23:00 — 21 players2026-08-08 07:00 — 18 players2026-08-08 15:00 — 29 players2026-08-08 23:00 — 22 players2026-08-09 07:00 — 15 players2026-08-09 15:00 — 13 players2026-08-09 23:00 — 20 players2026-08-10 07:00 — 12 players2026-08-10 15:00 — 19 players2026-08-10 23:00 — 16 players2026-08-11 07:00 — 11 players2026-08-11 15:00 — 23 players2026-08-12 23:00 — 11 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 10 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 12 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 14 players2026-08-18 06:00 — 6 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 13 players2026-08-20 21:00 — 17 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 17 players2026-08-23 12:00 — 22 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 20 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 13 players2026-08-27 12:00 — 15 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 18 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 24 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$2.992015-01-012026-08-302015-01-01 — 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 $14.992026-08-30 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

200562026-05-31 — 107 pageviews2026-06-03 — 84 pageviews2026-06-06 — 200 pageviews2026-06-09 — 69 pageviews2026-06-12 — 86 pageviews2026-06-15 — 63 pageviews2026-06-18 — 93 pageviews2026-06-21 — 56 pageviews2026-06-24 — 82 pageviews2026-06-27 — 119 pageviews2026-06-30 — 134 pageviews2026-07-03 — 95 pageviews2026-07-06 — 73 pageviews2026-07-09 — 74 pageviews2026-07-12 — 80 pageviews2026-07-15 — 103 pageviews2026-07-18 — 100 pageviews2026-07-21 — 96 pageviews2026-07-24 — 95 pageviews2026-07-27 — 104 pageviews2026-07-30 — 95 pageviews2026-08-02 — 76 pageviews2026-08-05 — 82 pageviews2026-08-08 — 97 pageviews2026-08-11 — 73 pageviews2026-08-14 — 64 pageviews2026-08-17 — 70 pageviews2026-08-20 — 89 pageviews2026-08-23 — 68 pageviews2026-08-26 — 106 pageviews2026-08-28 — 82 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

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.

Player tags

2DIndieRetroActionPuzzleRemakeAdventureDifficultPlatformerExploration

Census log

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

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