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Liminal Border Part I cover art

Liminal Border Part I

Purple Software · Shiravune · 2023-11-13

SteamGOG

Adventure

Modes: Single player

Releases: Nov 14, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

First game of a four-part visual novel series. Nerdy Itsuki Ninomae accidentally creates a “digital hypnotism movie.” Showing it to his neighbor causes him to learn her and a classmate’s dark secret, dragging him into the underbelly of society.

92%
positive of 133 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$14.99
steam price (US)

No one cares if a geeky loser like me exists or not... Itsuki Ninomae spends his time creating tacky fan videos that require no particular skill to make. One day, through a combination of coincidences, he accidentally creates a “digital hypnotism movie,” which has the power to send anyone who watches it into a trance. I wonder what’d happen if I showed it to the one who always looked down on me? A malicious urge possesses Itsuki. Itsuki succeeds in showing his video to Rin Akinashi, a girl he has known since his childhood. However, he also learns the secret hidden behind the straight-A stu(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 14 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 22% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 62% of 11,404 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 2.7k–6.0k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 133 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.49 at GOG (2026-05-26)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 24 of 55 observed days · $10.50 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

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272720232026Week of 2023-11-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$14.99$4.492023-11-142026-08-302023-11-14 — best price $11.992024-02-06 — best price $11.992024-03-29 — best price $14.992024-04-26 — best price $14.992024-05-27 — best price $10.492024-06-27 — best price $10.492024-08-03 — best price $10.492024-09-12 — best price $10.492024-10-27 — best price $10.492024-11-11 — best price $14.992024-12-04 — best price $14.992024-12-23 — best price $8.992025-03-03 — best price $14.992025-03-21 — best price $14.992025-05-06 — best price $14.992025-06-17 — best price $14.992025-07-12 — best price $14.992025-08-09 — best price $14.992025-09-23 — best price $14.992025-10-08 — best price $14.992025-11-22 — best price $7.492025-12-11 — best price $14.992026-01-07 — best price $14.992026-02-27 — best price $14.992026-03-26 — best price $14.992026-04-26 — best price $14.992026-05-27 — best price $4.492026-06-17 — best price $4.492026-07-09 — best price $14.992026-07-24 — best price $4.492026-08-27 — best price $14.992026-08-30 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam CloudFamily Sharing

3 supported languages: English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese

Player tags

CuteDarkAnimeDramaCasualComedyRomanceColorfulAdventureStory Rich

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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