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LIMBO

Playdead · 2011-08-02

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ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Feb 11, 2015 (Android), Jul 03, 2013 (iOS), Aug 02, 2011 (Linux), Nov 30, 2011 (Mac), Jun 28, 2018 (Nintendo Switch), Aug 02, 2011 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Uncertain of his sister's fate, a boy enters LIMBO

65
playing now
92%
positive of 62k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
84/100
critic score (10 outlets, IGDB)
81/100
IGDB user rating (1609 ratings)
3.6h
to beat · rushed 2.4h · completionist 6.3h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$12.49
steam price (US)

65 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 01:00 UTC (census sample)

Limbo is a puzzle-platform video game with horror elements developed by independent studio Playdead and originally published by Microsoft Game Studios for the Xbox 360. The game was released in July 2010 on Xbox Live Arcade, and it has since been ported by Playdead to several other systems, including the PlayStation 3, Linux, Android and Microsoft Windows. Limbo is a 2D side-scroller, incorporating a physics system that governs environmental objects and the player character. The player guides an unnamed boy through dangerous environments and traps as he searches for his sister. The developer built the game's puzzles expecting the player to fail before finding the correct solution. Playdead called the style of play "trial and death" and used gruesome imagery for the boy's deaths to steer the player from unworkable solutions.

Trailer

LIMBO trailer thumbnail

LIMBO - Official Trailer [HD] - In Theaters April 30

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 65 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 2,509 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~314/week).
  • · Review velocity down 19% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 3% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 2.5M–5.0M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 61,994 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$12.49

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2022-12-22) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $12.49 · on sale 33 of 45 observed days · $11.50 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
95895820182026Week of 2018-01-01: 207 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 149 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 155 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 141 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 141 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 327 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 136 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 160 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 146 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 403 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 311 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 217 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 258 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 229 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 171 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 183 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 191 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 159 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 231 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 397 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 179 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 148 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 150 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 235 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 319 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 297 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 278 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 190 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 448 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 194 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 214 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 337 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 166 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 128 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 235 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 253 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 218 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 154 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 269 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 213 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 179 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 205 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 147 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 245 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 497 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 637 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 206 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 958 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 91 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 424 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 372 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 514 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 582 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 241 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 523 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 299 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 579 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 421 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 368 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 408 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 462 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 324 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 279 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 277 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 522 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 456 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 414 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 260 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 379 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 526 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 76 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 384 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 242 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 543 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 344 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 358 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 287 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 399 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 69 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 428 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 71 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 222 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 439 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 229 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 279 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 279 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 168 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 318 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 243 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 223 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 379 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 299 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 297 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 49 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

160482026-08-06 21:00 — 103 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 74 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 135 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 88 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 101 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 138 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 115 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 117 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 150 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 116 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 87 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 120 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 110 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 87 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 127 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 103 players2026-08-14 04:00 — 74 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 138 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 141 players2026-08-18 03:00 — 69 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 74 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 96 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 82 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 94 players2026-08-24 17:00 — 80 players2026-08-26 01:00 — 69 players2026-08-27 09:00 — 65 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 83 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 65 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$12.49$0.002015-01-012026-08-272015-01-01 — best price $4.992015-11-16 — best price $9.992016-04-02 — best price $2.492016-12-03 — best price $9.992017-09-15 — best price $9.992018-04-20 — best price $9.992018-10-25 — best price $2.002019-05-16 — best price $9.992019-10-28 — best price $2.292020-04-02 — best price $2.292020-10-15 — best price $1.992020-12-15 — best price $9.992021-02-22 — best price $2.122021-04-15 — best price $9.992021-06-09 — best price $2.492021-09-04 — best price $7.342021-11-18 — best price $1.852022-01-12 — best price $8.382022-04-01 — best price $9.992022-06-10 — best price $2.002022-10-18 — best price $2.492023-01-10 — best price $2.492023-04-03 — best price $2.492023-07-13 — best price $9.992023-10-03 — best price $7.342024-01-06 — best price $9.992024-04-30 — best price $2.492024-08-13 — best price $2.492024-11-04 — best price $9.992025-02-20 — best price $2.492025-05-29 — best price $0.002026-01-23 — best price $12.492026-08-12 — best price $1.242026-08-27 — best price $12.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

6832732026-05-29 — 444 pageviews2026-06-01 — 392 pageviews2026-06-04 — 324 pageviews2026-06-07 — 418 pageviews2026-06-10 — 375 pageviews2026-06-13 — 279 pageviews2026-06-16 — 284 pageviews2026-06-19 — 273 pageviews2026-06-22 — 329 pageviews2026-06-25 — 354 pageviews2026-06-28 — 484 pageviews2026-07-01 — 404 pageviews2026-07-04 — 358 pageviews2026-07-07 — 399 pageviews2026-07-10 — 360 pageviews2026-07-13 — 397 pageviews2026-07-16 — 355 pageviews2026-07-19 — 683 pageviews2026-07-22 — 404 pageviews2026-07-25 — 400 pageviews2026-07-28 — 378 pageviews2026-07-31 — 311 pageviews2026-08-03 — 410 pageviews2026-08-06 — 322 pageviews2026-08-09 — 357 pageviews2026-08-12 — 315 pageviews2026-08-15 — 375 pageviews2026-08-18 — 382 pageviews2026-08-21 — 332 pageviews2026-08-24 — 309 pageviews2026-08-26 — 315 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

13
achievements tracked
47.3%
earned "Altitude is Attitude"
14%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsColor AlternativesKeyboard Only OptionPlayable without Timed InputStereo SoundSteam CloudRemote Play on Phone

14 supported languages: English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Portugal, Spanish - Spain, Traditional Chinese, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)83,8898%13
PS4 (PlayStation)53,5975%13
Xbox One (Xbox)45,0483%13
Xbox 360 (Xbox)44,2376%12
PS3 (PlayStation)36,1648%13
PS Vita (PlayStation)16,6069%13
Windows (Xbox)2,91214%13
Switch (Nintendo)8450%0

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

Where its players are

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

Player tags

2DDarkIndieShortHorrorPuzzleSurrealAdventureDifficultMinimalist

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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