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LISA: The Painful

Dingaling Productions · Serenity Forge · 2014-12-15

Steam

AdventureIndieRPG

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Dec 15, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Dec 15, 2014 (Mac), Dec 15, 2014 (Linux)

The miserable journey of a broken man...

LISA: The Painful is an Adventure, Indie, RPG game released in 2014, priced at $19.99, with an estimated 500,000 .. 1,000,000 owners and Overwhelmingly Positive (95% of 15161 reviews) sentiment.

29
playing now
95%
positive of 15k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
2,914
twitch viewers (latest)
2914.0
viewers/channel (concentration)
90/100
IGDB user rating (142 ratings)
4
Nexus mods (580 downloads)
12h
to beat · completionist 18h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

29 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 03:00 UTC (census sample)

Trailer

LISA: The Painful trailer thumbnail

[SFM] LISA: The Painful Trailer

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

Health check

Healthy
  • · 29 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 325 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~41/week).
  • · Review velocity up 7% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 3% of 28,914 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 380k–913k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 15,214 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $2.49 at Steam (2015-12-22) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 26 of 43 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
25025020182026Week of 2018-01-01: 139 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 175 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 166 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 156 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 134 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 138 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 137 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 200 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 131 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 187 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 246 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 249 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 138 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 128 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 130 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 162 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 250 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

46132026-09-15 12:00 — 19 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 29 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 22 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 22 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 46 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 34 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 22 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 30 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 37 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 20 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 32 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 41 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 13 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 25 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 44 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 19 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 14 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 24 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 27 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 31 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 39 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 31 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 17 players2026-10-15 03:00 — 29 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
22215Dec 2014Aug 2026Dec 2014 — avg 47 · peak 150Apr 2015 — avg 15 · peak 38Aug 2015 — avg 108 · peak 654Dec 2015 — avg 112 · peak 388Apr 2016 — avg 33 · peak 73Aug 2016 — avg 40 · peak 75Dec 2016 — avg 70 · peak 219Apr 2017 — avg 60 · peak 385Aug 2017 — avg 77 · peak 169Dec 2017 — avg 74 · peak 209Apr 2018 — avg 47 · peak 99Aug 2018 — avg 45 · peak 100Dec 2018 — avg 51 · peak 106Apr 2019 — avg 35 · peak 66Aug 2019 — avg 32 · peak 65Dec 2019 — avg 44 · peak 101Apr 2020 — avg 47 · peak 87Aug 2020 — avg 44 · peak 83Dec 2020 — avg 81 · peak 171Apr 2021 — avg 42 · peak 79Aug 2021 — avg 42 · peak 73Dec 2021 — avg 31 · peak 69Apr 2022 — avg 29 · peak 58Aug 2022 — avg 31 · peak 62Dec 2022 — avg 29 · peak 61Apr 2023 — avg 26 · peak 53Aug 2023 — avg 75 · peak 238Dec 2023 — avg 31 · peak 72Apr 2024 — avg 43 · peak 81Aug 2024 — avg 27 · peak 53Dec 2024 — avg 31 · peak 63Apr 2025 — avg 27 · peak 63Aug 2025 — avg 28 · peak 53Dec 2025 — avg 24 · peak 56Apr 2026 — avg 22 · peak 51Aug 2026 — avg 30 · peak 56
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$2.492015-01-012026-08-162015-01-01 — best price $9.992015-07-07 — best price $4.992015-12-01 — best price $9.992016-06-23 — best price $4.992016-11-29 — best price $9.992017-06-23 — best price $4.992017-11-28 — best price $9.992018-03-19 — best price $7.492018-11-01 — best price $9.992019-02-04 — best price $4.992019-07-09 — best price $9.992019-12-19 — best price $4.992020-07-09 — best price $9.992020-12-22 — best price $4.992023-06-30 — best price $15.992023-09-08 — best price $19.992024-01-29 — best price $15.992024-03-29 — best price $11.992024-06-13 — best price $13.992024-08-05 — best price $11.992024-10-03 — best price $19.992024-12-10 — best price $13.992025-02-10 — best price $13.992025-03-26 — best price $12.992025-05-26 — best price $13.992025-07-18 — best price $19.992025-09-29 — best price $13.992025-10-25 — best price $13.992025-11-20 — best price $11.992026-01-01 — best price $19.992026-02-01 — best price $19.992026-03-18 — best price $19.992026-04-23 — best price $11.992026-05-14 — best price $10.992026-06-18 — best price $11.992026-08-13 — best price $11.992026-08-16 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
88.8%
earned "Hint Guy"
16.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing2 DLC

12 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Spanish - Latin America, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2014-12-15, latest 2015-08-25 (Steam store data)

Where its players are

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

Player tags

2DRPGDarkJRPGIndieRPGMakerAdventureDark HumorStory RichSingleplayer

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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