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Liminalcore

Shadow Owl Studios · 2024-10-28

Steam

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Oct 28, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Explore and admire while navigate through eerie, surreal environments inspired by the Backrooms lore. Explore this uncanny world lost in time and get lost in the otherworldly architecture in a world where reality bends and your sanity is tested.

83%
positive of 752 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$7.99
steam price (US)

Explore and admire while navigate through eerie, surreal environments inspired by the Backrooms lore. Explore this uncanny world lost in time and get lost in the otherworldly architecture in a world where reality bends and your sanity is tested.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 28 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4/week).
  • · Review velocity down 44% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 30% of 13,744 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 15k–34k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 752 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$7.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.79 at Steam (2025-05-12)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $7.99 · on sale 12 of 25 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
545420242026Week of 2024-10-28: 54 positiveWeek of 2024-10-28: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-04: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-11-04: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-11-11: 38 positiveWeek of 2024-11-11: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-18: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-11-18: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-25: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-11-25: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-12-02: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-12-02: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-12-09: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-12-09: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-16: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-12-16: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-23: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-12-23: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-30: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-12-30: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-06: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-01-06: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-13: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-01-13: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-20: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-01-20: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-27: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-01-27: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-02-03: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-02-03: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-10: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-02-10: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-17: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-02-17: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-24: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-03: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-03-10: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-03-10: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-17: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-17: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-24: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-24: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-31: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-03-31: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-07: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-14: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-04-21: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-04-21: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-28: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-05-05: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-05-12: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-12: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-19: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-05-19: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-26: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-06-02: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-06-09: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-09: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-16: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-23: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-30: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-06-30: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-07: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-07: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-14: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-14: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-21: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-07-21: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-28: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-28: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-08-04: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-04: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-11: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-11: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-18: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-08-18: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-25: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-25: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-09-08: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-09-08: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-15: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-15: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-22: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-09-22: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-29: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-29: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-06: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-10-13: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-10-13: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-20: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-10-27: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-10-27: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-03: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-11-03: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-11-10: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-11-10: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-17: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-11-17: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-24: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-08: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-12-08: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-15: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-12-15: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-22: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-22: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-29: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-29: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-05: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-05: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-12: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-12: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-19: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-19: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-26: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-02-02: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-02: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-09: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-09: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-16: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-23: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-02: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-03-02: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-09: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-09: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-16: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-23: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-03-23: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-30: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-03-30: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-06: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-04-06: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-13: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-13: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-20: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-20: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-27: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-04: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-05-11: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-18: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-25: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-05-25: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-08: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-15: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-06-22: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-22: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-29: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-06-29: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-06: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-06: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-13: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-20: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-27: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-27: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-03: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-03: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-10: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-17: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-08-24: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-24: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-31: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$7.99$4.792024-10-282026-08-312024-10-28 — best price $6.792024-11-27 — best price $6.392024-12-06 — best price $5.992024-12-19 — best price $5.992025-01-27 — best price $5.592025-03-13 — best price $5.592025-03-31 — best price $5.592025-05-12 — best price $4.792025-06-27 — best price $5.192025-07-21 — best price $5.592025-09-06 — best price $5.992025-09-29 — best price $5.592025-10-27 — best price $5.592025-12-08 — best price $5.992025-12-18 — best price $5.192026-01-19 — best price $5.992026-03-02 — best price $5.192026-03-19 — best price $4.792026-04-13 — best price $5.592026-05-25 — best price $5.192026-06-25 — best price $4.792026-07-13 — best price $5.592026-08-24 — best price $5.592026-08-31 — best price $7.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

15
achievements tracked
76.1%
earned "Fall Into Void"
37.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsDualShock Controller SupportPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

8 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Traditional Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)29916%15

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

Player tags

DarkPoolMysterySurrealRelaxingAdventureNonlinearRealisticUnderwaterAtmospheric

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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