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Larva Mortus cover art

Larva Mortus

· Meridian4 · 2009-03-19

SteamGOGEpic Games Store

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Mar 19, 2009 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Larva Mortus is a fast-paced hack and slash top-down shooter. As an agent specializing in exorcism, you are tasked to hunt monsters of the supernatural in a dark, ominous, and randomly generated atmosphere full of undead, terrifying and demonic nightmares.

Larva Mortus is an Action and Indie game released in 2009, priced at $4.99, with an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (76% of 746 reviews).

0
playing now
76%
positive of 746 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
60/100
IGDB user rating (2 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$4.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 15:00 UTC (census sample)

Larva Mortus is a 2008 top-down shooter video game developed by independent developer Rake in Grass. The source code of the Torque 2D based game was made available by the developer under non-commercial usage terms in 2009.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 6 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 14% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 17% of 27,667 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 30k–60k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 746 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$0.99-80%
GamersGate$1.00-80%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.45 at IndieGala Store (2015-10-27) · bundled 14×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 108 of 147 observed days · $0.54 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
6620162026Week of 2016-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 01:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.95$0.492015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $0.992015-09-28 — best price $4.992016-03-07 — best price $1.242016-09-23 — best price $4.992017-01-16 — best price $9.972017-04-20 — best price $0.992017-09-01 — best price $4.992017-12-21 — best price $0.992018-05-01 — best price $0.992018-11-01 — best price $4.992019-05-13 — best price $0.992020-01-09 — best price $0.992020-08-18 — best price $4.992021-04-26 — best price $0.992021-11-22 — best price $0.992022-05-20 — best price $0.982022-09-19 — best price $2.992022-12-08 — best price $1.192023-02-21 — best price $1.492023-06-05 — best price $2.992023-10-26 — best price $0.982023-12-13 — best price $0.982024-02-14 — best price $0.982024-05-03 — best price $1.042024-07-19 — best price $2.992024-09-25 — best price $0.982024-12-05 — best price $2.992025-02-03 — best price $4.992025-04-29 — best price $4.992025-07-10 — best price $4.992025-09-11 — best price $4.992025-11-11 — best price $0.992026-01-21 — best price $4.992026-04-09 — best price $0.992026-06-19 — best price $1.002026-08-12 — best price $0.992026-09-06 — best price $0.992026-09-26 — best price $0.992026-10-14 — best price $0.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

902026-05-30 — 2 pageviews2026-06-03 — 1 pageviews2026-06-07 — 4 pageviews2026-06-11 — 7 pageviews2026-06-15 — 1 pageviews2026-06-19 — 0 pageviews2026-06-23 — 4 pageviews2026-06-27 — 3 pageviews2026-07-01 — 9 pageviews2026-07-05 — 2 pageviews2026-07-09 — 2 pageviews2026-07-13 — 1 pageviews2026-07-17 — 0 pageviews2026-07-21 — 3 pageviews2026-07-25 — 0 pageviews2026-07-29 — 1 pageviews2026-08-02 — 0 pageviews2026-08-06 — 3 pageviews2026-08-10 — 3 pageviews2026-08-14 — 2 pageviews2026-08-18 — 1 pageviews2026-08-22 — 1 pageviews2026-08-26 — 1 pageviews2026-08-30 — 3 pageviews2026-09-03 — 4 pageviews2026-09-07 — 3 pageviews2026-09-11 — 2 pageviews2026-09-15 — 3 pageviews2026-09-19 — 1 pageviews2026-09-23 — 5 pageviews2026-09-27 — 2 pageviews2026-10-01 — 3 pageviews2026-10-05 — 1 pageviews2026-10-08 — 0 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

25
achievements tracked
16.7%
earned "WEREWOLF'S CLAW"
16.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,77216%25

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

Player tags

2DRPGArcadeHorrorShooterTop-DownAction RPGRogue-likeRogue-liteBullet Hell

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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