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Livelock cover art

Livelock

Tuque Games · Arc Games · 2016-08-30

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Aug 30, 2016 (PlayStation 4), Aug 30, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 30, 2016 (Xbox One)

Livelock is a co-operative top-down shooter where you play solo or with up to two allies to break the cycle of infinite war between machines. As one of the remaining Capital Intellects, your role is to unlock Eden and revive humanity.

Livelock is a 2016 Action, Adventure, Indie game priced at $0.99, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (80% of 916 reviews).

1
playing now
80%
positive of 924 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
75/100
critic score (8 outlets, IGDB)
64/100
IGDB user rating (5 ratings)
1
Nexus mods (60 downloads)
3.94★
PlayStation Store rating (808 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$0.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Livelock is a twin-stick shooter video game with both solo and cooperative multiplayer gameplay, It was developed by Montreal-based Tuque Games and published by Perfect World Entertainment on August 30, 2016. Livelock has been described as similar to the Diablo series, but with guns and in a post-apocalyptic setting.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 28 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4/week).
  • · Review velocity down 33% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 16% of 27,529 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 23k–55k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 924 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GreenManGaming$0.83-92%
Microsoft Store$0.99-90%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.78 at GameBillet (2026-03-19) · bundled 8×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 112 of 139 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
242420172026Week of 2017-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

302026-09-14 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 14:00 — 2 players2026-09-18 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 05:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 13:00 — 1 players2026-09-22 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 04:00 — 2 players2026-09-25 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 19:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 17:00 — 2 players2026-10-06 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 08:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 14:00 — 1 players2026-10-13 22:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
381Jun 2016Sep 2025Jun 2016 — avg 5 · peak 11Aug 2016 — avg 8 · peak 225Oct 2016 — avg 6 · peak 28Dec 2016 — avg 4 · peak 32Feb 2017 — avg 2 · peak 9Apr 2017 — avg 1 · peak 8Jun 2017 — avg 8 · peak 35Aug 2017 — avg 2 · peak 12Oct 2017 — avg 2 · peak 13Dec 2017 — avg 3 · peak 16Feb 2018 — avg 3 · peak 28Apr 2018 — avg 2 · peak 9Jun 2018 — avg 5 · peak 35Aug 2018 — avg 1 · peak 10Oct 2018 — avg 2 · peak 10Dec 2018 — avg 3 · peak 16Feb 2019 — avg 1 · peak 7Apr 2019 — avg 1 · peak 8Jun 2019 — avg 1 · peak 6Aug 2019 — avg 1 · peak 6Oct 2019 — avg 1 · peak 5Dec 2019 — avg 2 · peak 9Feb 2020 — avg 3 · peak 19Apr 2020 — avg 1 · peak 6Jun 2020 — avg 2 · peak 8Aug 2020 — avg 4 · peak 27Oct 2020 — avg 3 · peak 15Dec 2020 — avg 2 · peak 9Feb 2021 — avg 2 · peak 7Apr 2021 — avg 2 · peak 9Jun 2021 — avg 6 · peak 47Aug 2021 — avg 2 · peak 7Oct 2021 — avg 2 · peak 7Dec 2021 — avg 2 · peak 7Feb 2022 — avg 1 · peak 6Jun 2022 — avg 13 · peak 92Aug 2022 — avg 2 · peak 10Oct 2022 — avg 1 · peak 5Jul 2023 — avg 6 · peak 37Sep 2025 — avg 3 · peak 18
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$0.782016-08-302026-10-092016-08-30 — best price $19.992018-02-15 — best price $4.992018-09-24 — best price $4.992018-12-18 — best price $2.202019-05-27 — best price $9.992019-12-04 — best price $9.992020-02-25 — best price $9.992020-07-14 — best price $9.992020-10-19 — best price $2.492021-01-06 — best price $9.992021-07-05 — best price $3.742022-01-27 — best price $4.992022-09-06 — best price $9.992023-01-20 — best price $2.992023-09-05 — best price $9.992023-11-08 — best price $1.992024-01-22 — best price $2.002024-02-24 — best price $8.792024-04-04 — best price $1.492024-06-10 — best price $9.992024-07-16 — best price $7.192024-08-17 — best price $8.792024-09-26 — best price $9.992024-11-22 — best price $0.822025-01-11 — best price $9.992025-03-01 — best price $9.992025-04-17 — best price $0.792025-06-13 — best price $1.002025-08-09 — best price $9.992025-09-18 — best price $0.992025-10-27 — best price $0.832025-12-06 — best price $9.992026-01-31 — best price $7.192026-04-02 — best price $7.192026-05-28 — best price $9.992026-07-24 — best price $0.922026-08-16 — best price $0.832026-08-31 — best price $0.792026-09-20 — best price $0.832026-10-09 — best price $0.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

92432026-05-31 — 6 pageviews2026-06-04 — 8 pageviews2026-06-08 — 4 pageviews2026-06-12 — 15 pageviews2026-06-16 — 13 pageviews2026-06-20 — 13 pageviews2026-06-24 — 9 pageviews2026-06-28 — 8 pageviews2026-07-02 — 22 pageviews2026-07-06 — 6 pageviews2026-07-10 — 3 pageviews2026-07-14 — 8 pageviews2026-07-18 — 23 pageviews2026-07-22 — 18 pageviews2026-07-26 — 7 pageviews2026-07-30 — 9 pageviews2026-08-03 — 5 pageviews2026-08-07 — 8 pageviews2026-08-11 — 9 pageviews2026-08-15 — 4 pageviews2026-08-19 — 9 pageviews2026-08-23 — 29 pageviews2026-08-27 — 446 pageviews2026-08-31 — 122 pageviews2026-09-04 — 63 pageviews2026-09-08 — 41 pageviews2026-09-12 — 19 pageviews2026-09-16 — 56 pageviews2026-09-20 — 17 pageviews2026-09-24 — 21 pageviews2026-09-28 — 13 pageviews2026-10-02 — 29 pageviews2026-10-06 — 20 pageviews2026-10-10 — 13 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

50
achievements tracked
79.6%
earned "Script Kiddie"
13.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing1 DLC

3 supported languages: English, French, German

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2016-08-30 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox One (Xbox)16,4735%50
Steam (Steam)3,1043%50
PS4 (PlayStation)2,93737%51

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

Player tags

Co-opIndieMechsActionRobotsSci-fiShooterTop-DownAdventureIsometric

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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