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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

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.

1
playing now
80%
positive of 916 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
75/100
critic score (8 outlets, IGDB)
64/100
IGDB user rating (5 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$0.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 04:00 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

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 36% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 23k–55k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 916 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GameBillet$0.79-92%
GreenManGaming$0.83-92%
Fanatical$0.89-91%
Humble Store$0.99-90%
Steam$0.99-90%
Gamesplanet$1.02-90%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$9.99
Microsoft Store$9.99

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 99 of 130 observed days · $0.01 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

802026-08-06 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-07 15:00 — 3 players2026-08-07 23:00 — 3 players2026-08-08 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-08 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-08 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-09 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-09 15:00 — 3 players2026-08-09 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-10 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-10 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-10 23:00 — 3 players2026-08-11 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-11 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 2 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 06:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 21:00 — 4 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 1 players2026-08-23 12:00 — 1 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 8 players2026-08-26 04:00 — 3 players2026-08-27 12:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 20:00 — 4 players2026-08-30 04:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$0.782016-08-302026-08-302016-08-30 — 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 $0.832026-08-30 — best price $0.79
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1.1k32026-05-31 — 6 pageviews2026-06-03 — 15 pageviews2026-06-06 — 11 pageviews2026-06-09 — 11 pageviews2026-06-12 — 15 pageviews2026-06-15 — 9 pageviews2026-06-18 — 18 pageviews2026-06-21 — 5 pageviews2026-06-24 — 9 pageviews2026-06-27 — 4 pageviews2026-06-30 — 16 pageviews2026-07-03 — 56 pageviews2026-07-06 — 6 pageviews2026-07-09 — 11 pageviews2026-07-12 — 11 pageviews2026-07-15 — 5 pageviews2026-07-18 — 23 pageviews2026-07-21 — 24 pageviews2026-07-24 — 24 pageviews2026-07-27 — 6 pageviews2026-07-30 — 9 pageviews2026-08-02 — 15 pageviews2026-08-05 — 9 pageviews2026-08-08 — 7 pageviews2026-08-11 — 9 pageviews2026-08-14 — 8 pageviews2026-08-17 — 8 pageviews2026-08-20 — 14 pageviews2026-08-23 — 29 pageviews2026-08-26 — 1,083 pageviews2026-08-28 — 280 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

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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