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LIMINAL SHIFT

NextPhase Studios · 2025-06-24

Steam

AdventureCasualIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jun 24, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Liminal Shift is a unique atmospheric suspense game developed using the latest Unreal Engine 5 technologies such as Lumen and Nanite. With every step you take, Liminal Shift pushes you deeper into an eerie, unsettling experience like no other.

81%
positive of 288 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 17 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 13% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 49% of 11,362 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 5.8k–13k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 288 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $5.99 at Steam (2025-12-18) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 12 of 24 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
303020242026Week of 2024-12-26: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-12-26: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-01-02: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-01-02: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-09: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-09: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-16: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-01-16: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-23: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-30: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-06: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-13: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-02-13: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-20: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-02-27: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-02-27: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-06: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-13: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-13: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-20: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-27: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-04-03: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-04-10: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-10: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-24: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-08: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-08: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-15: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-15: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-29: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-05: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-12: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-19: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-26: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-06-26: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-03: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-07-03: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-10: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-10: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-17: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-17: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-31: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-07: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-14: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-14: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-21: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-04: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-18: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-25: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-25: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-02: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-02: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-09: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-16: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-30: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-11-06: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-13: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-13: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-20: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-11-27: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-12-11: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-11: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-18: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-25: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-25: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-08: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-08: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-15: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-22: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-22: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-29: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-29: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-05: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-19: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-26: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-05: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-12: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-12: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-19: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-26: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-26: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-02: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-02: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-09: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-23: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-04-30: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-30: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-07: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-14: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-21: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-28: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-04: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-11: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-18: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-25: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-25: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-02: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-02: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-09: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-09: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-16: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-23: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-30: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-06: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$9.99$5.992024-12-262026-08-042024-12-26 — best price $7.992025-01-08 — best price $9.992025-02-11 — best price $7.492025-02-25 — best price $9.992025-03-13 — best price $6.992025-03-20 — best price $9.992025-03-28 — best price $7.492025-04-11 — best price $9.992025-05-12 — best price $7.492025-05-19 — best price $9.992025-06-27 — best price $6.992025-07-10 — best price $9.992025-07-24 — best price $7.492025-08-07 — best price $9.992025-09-17 — best price $6.992025-09-27 — best price $9.992025-09-29 — best price $6.992025-10-06 — best price $9.992025-10-27 — best price $6.992025-11-10 — best price $9.992025-12-10 — best price $6.492025-12-17 — best price $9.992025-12-18 — best price $5.992026-01-05 — best price $9.992026-01-16 — best price $5.992026-01-30 — best price $9.992026-03-01 — best price $5.992026-03-15 — best price $9.992026-03-19 — best price $5.992026-03-26 — best price $9.992026-04-14 — best price $5.992026-04-28 — best price $9.992026-05-28 — best price $5.992026-06-11 — best price $9.992026-06-25 — best price $5.992026-07-09 — best price $9.992026-07-21 — best price $5.992026-08-04 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

14
achievements tracked
90.4%
earned "BACKROOMS"
40.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportFamily Sharing

29 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Simplified Chinese, Portuguese - Brazil, Bulgarian, Danish, Indonesian, Dutch…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)13527%14

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

Player tags

IndieHorrorSci-fiSurrealAbstractRelaxingThrillerRealisticMinimalistSimulation

Census log

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

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