The Game Census
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Lacuna Passage

Candescent Games · 2017-05-17

Steam

IndieSimulationEarly Access

Modes: Single player

Releases: May 17, 2017 (Mac), May 17, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Explore the vast terrains of Mars, generated from real NASA satellite data, and survive threats like dust storms by discovering randomized supply caches and habitats. Adventure on foot or in driveable rovers with this otherworldly first-person sandbox.

65%
positive of 105 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$9.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 7 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 30% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 39% of 39,977 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 2.6k–6.3k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 105 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $9.99 at Steam (2022-04-06)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
8820172025Week of 2017-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$15.00$9.992015-01-012022-04-062015-01-01 — best price $15.002017-05-18 — best price $14.992017-05-31 — best price $14.992017-06-22 — best price $13.492017-07-05 — best price $14.992017-09-07 — best price $13.492017-09-11 — best price $13.492017-09-18 — best price $14.992017-09-21 — best price $14.992017-11-16 — best price $13.492017-11-22 — best price $13.492017-11-28 — best price $14.992017-12-21 — best price $13.492018-01-04 — best price $14.992018-01-11 — best price $13.492018-01-25 — best price $14.992018-02-15 — best price $13.492018-02-19 — best price $14.992018-05-10 — best price $13.492018-05-24 — best price $14.992018-06-22 — best price $11.992018-07-05 — best price $14.992018-08-30 — best price $12.742018-09-13 — best price $14.992018-10-29 — best price $13.492018-11-01 — best price $14.992018-11-15 — best price $13.492018-11-21 — best price $13.492018-11-27 — best price $14.992018-12-20 — best price $13.492019-01-04 — best price $14.992019-01-11 — best price $13.492019-01-24 — best price $14.992019-02-04 — best price $13.492019-02-11 — best price $14.992022-04-06 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

24
achievements tracked
70.4%
earned "Discover Habitat Alpha"
12.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudStatsSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing

Player tags

MarsIndieSpaceSurvivalSimulationEarly Access

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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