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Lacuna – A Sci-Fi Noir Adventure

DigiTales Interactive · Assemble Entertainment · 2021-05-20

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AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: May 20, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Dec 28, 2021 (Nintendo Switch), May 04, 2023 (Android), Dec 21, 2021 (Xbox One), Dec 21, 2021 (PlayStation 4), May 12, 2023 (iOS)

A murder. A hack. A bombing. All it takes to plunge the solar system into war – unless you do something about it. Help CDI agent Neil Conrad make a string of increasingly difficult decisions in this modern dialog-driven adventure set in a gorgeous 2D sci-fi noir universe.

Lacuna – A Sci-Fi Noir Adventure is an Adventure and Indie game released in 2021, priced at $15.99, with an estimated 500,000 .. 1,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (92% of 2944 reviews).

5
playing now
92%
positive of 3.0k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
75/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
73/100
IGDB user rating (22 ratings)
4.44★
PlayStation Store rating (268 ratings)
7.3h
to beat · rushed 5h · completionist 12h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$15.99
steam price (US)

5 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 12:00 UTC (census sample)

Trailer

Lacuna – A Sci-Fi Noir Adventure trailer thumbnail

Lacuna – A Sci-Fi Noir Adventure - Trailer

≈5,658 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 5 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 234 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~29/week).
  • · Review velocity up 58% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 8% of 28,771 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 60k–134k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,979 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Fanatical$1.59-90%
GOG$1.59-90%
Steam$1.59-90%
GOG$1.59-90%
GamersGate$1.60-90%
Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.59 at Steam (2026-06-25) · bundled 8×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $15.99 · on sale 119 of 157 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
20620620212026Week of 2021-05-01: 206 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1812026-09-15 13:00 — 9 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 6 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 8 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 10 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 9 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 10 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 13 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 6 players2026-09-26 02:00 — 5 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 12 players2026-09-28 17:00 — 7 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 7 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 5 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 13 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 6 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 4 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 10 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 7 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 4 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 4 players2026-10-11 21:00 — 3 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 8 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 5 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
565May 2021Aug 2026May 2021 — avg 56 · peak 156Jul 2021 — avg 11 · peak 37Sep 2021 — avg 7 · peak 32Nov 2021 — avg 5 · peak 18Jan 2022 — avg 14 · peak 40Mar 2022 — avg 10 · peak 36May 2022 — avg 16 · peak 211Jul 2022 — avg 9 · peak 22Sep 2022 — avg 7 · peak 17Nov 2022 — avg 6 · peak 20Jan 2023 — avg 13 · peak 52Mar 2023 — avg 8 · peak 22May 2023 — avg 10 · peak 32Jul 2023 — avg 15 · peak 50Sep 2023 — avg 8 · peak 25Nov 2023 — avg 9 · peak 30Jan 2024 — avg 11 · peak 37Mar 2024 — avg 10 · peak 28May 2024 — avg 10 · peak 28Jul 2024 — avg 9 · peak 23Sep 2024 — avg 18 · peak 90Nov 2024 — avg 7 · peak 20Jan 2025 — avg 7 · peak 17Mar 2025 — avg 9 · peak 34May 2025 — avg 5 · peak 15Jul 2025 — avg 10 · peak 27Sep 2025 — avg 6 · peak 21Nov 2025 — avg 6 · peak 16Jan 2026 — avg 16 · peak 46Mar 2026 — avg 6 · peak 17May 2026 — avg 8 · peak 31Jul 2026 — avg 14 · peak 44Aug 2026 — avg 11 · peak 35
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$15.99$1.592021-05-202026-10-142021-05-20 — best price $13.592021-08-02 — best price $12.792021-10-16 — best price $15.992021-12-06 — best price $8.882022-01-31 — best price $15.992022-04-11 — best price $6.392022-06-18 — best price $15.992022-08-22 — best price $7.992022-11-14 — best price $8.002023-01-19 — best price $15.992023-03-23 — best price $15.992023-05-07 — best price $3.912023-07-26 — best price $15.992023-10-24 — best price $15.992023-12-13 — best price $3.992024-03-15 — best price $2.882024-05-10 — best price $2.882024-07-27 — best price $2.882024-09-23 — best price $15.992024-11-28 — best price $2.882025-01-21 — best price $15.992025-03-19 — best price $3.192025-06-03 — best price $15.992025-09-07 — best price $15.992025-11-16 — best price $15.992026-01-08 — best price $2.392026-03-26 — best price $15.992026-05-18 — best price $2.392026-08-01 — best price $15.992026-08-24 — best price $1.592026-09-13 — best price $1.592026-10-03 — best price $1.592026-10-14 — best price $1.59
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

25
achievements tracked
34.9%
earned "Jorus Plaza"
13.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsCaptions availableColor AlternativesCustom Volume ControlsKeyboard Only OptionPlayable without Timed InputStereo Sound2 DLC

8 supported languages: English, German, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Russian, Korean, Traditional Chinese, Malay

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2023-05-22 (Steam store data)

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

2DNoirCrimeSci-fiThrillerAdventureCyberpunkDetectiveNarrationText-Based

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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