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Lexica

d3t · Puzzler · 2014-07-04

Steam

CasualIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jul 04, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 03, 2013 (iOS)

The unique word puzzle which combines the skill of Sudoku with the knowledge of Scrabble®. Lexica has been featured in a number of UK daily newspapers but is now available for the first time in an interactive form.

Lexica is a Casual, Indie game released in 2014, priced at $4.99, with an estimated 50,000 .. 100,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (76% of 390 reviews).

0
playing now
76%
positive of 390 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$4.99
steam price (US)

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

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 6 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 25% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 14% of 29,523 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 9.8k–23k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 390 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.29 at Steam (2015-07-20) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 26 of 42 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
101020152026Week of 2015-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2015-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2015-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2015-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2015-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2015-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2015-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2015-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2015-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2015-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2016-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 10:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 17:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 01:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 07:00 — 1 players2026-10-01 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 22:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 12:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-15 10:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$4.99$0.292015-01-012026-08-132015-01-01 — best price $0.992015-07-17 — best price $4.992015-11-18 — best price $0.292016-05-05 — best price $0.492016-12-05 — best price $0.502017-04-14 — best price $0.752017-11-04 — best price $0.742018-02-15 — best price $0.992018-07-17 — best price $3.992019-02-05 — best price $0.742019-11-26 — best price $0.992020-07-01 — best price $2.192020-08-12 — best price $4.392020-09-12 — best price $4.992020-10-07 — best price $4.392020-10-31 — best price $4.992020-11-22 — best price $4.392020-12-18 — best price $4.142021-01-20 — best price $4.992021-02-12 — best price $4.992021-03-10 — best price $4.142021-04-04 — best price $4.992021-04-26 — best price $4.142021-05-19 — best price $4.992021-06-18 — best price $4.142021-11-27 — best price $4.142022-05-26 — best price $4.142023-08-25 — best price $3.892023-11-16 — best price $3.892024-02-01 — best price $4.992024-05-10 — best price $3.242024-09-02 — best price $4.992024-12-04 — best price $3.892025-03-03 — best price $0.752025-07-25 — best price $1.002025-11-21 — best price $0.392026-03-16 — best price $4.992026-07-09 — best price $4.992026-08-13 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

13
achievements tracked
88.7%
earned "Spelling Bee Beginner"
23.3%
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)3,65823%13
Steam (Steam)30%29

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

Player tags

IndieCasualPuzzleWord GameSingleplayer

Census log

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

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