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Lobotomy Corporation | Monster Management Simulation

ProjectMoon · 2018-04-09

Steam

IndieSimulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Apr 09, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

A roguelite monster-management simulation inspired by the likes of the SCP Foundation, Cabin in the Woods, and Warehouse 13. Order your employees to perform work with the creatures and watch as it unfolds; harness greater energy, and expand the facility

Lobotomy Corporation | Monster Management Simulation is an Indie, Simulation game released in 2018, priced at $24.99, with an estimated 1,000,000 .. 2,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (94% of 57072 reviews).

2,425
playing now
94%
positive of 58k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
86
twitch viewers (latest)
21.5
viewers/channel (concentration)
78/100
IGDB user rating (23 ratings)
102h
to beat · rushed 56h · completionist 121h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$24.99
steam price (US)

2,425 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Lobotomy Corporation is a 2018 indie horror rogue-like strategy management simulation video game developed and published by South Korean studio Project Moon for Microsoft Windows. Set in a futuristic dystopia, the game follows the management and operations of the titular energy company that harvests energy from strange and dangerous entities known as "Abnormalities". The premise of Lobotomy Corporation is cited to be inspired by the SCP Foundation, Warehouse 13, and The Cabin in the Woods.

Trailer

Lobotomy Corporation | Monster Management Simulation trailer thumbnail

Lobotomy Corporation | Monster Management Simulation - Official Trailer 2018

≈183,946 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 2,425 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 6,648 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~831/week).
  • · Review velocity down 5% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 1% of 49,548 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 1.4M–3.5M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 57,842 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $7.49 at Steam (2024-05-27) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 4 of 8 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.4k1.4k20182026Week of 2018-03-01: 193 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 227 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 246 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 154 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 171 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 204 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 234 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 147 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 395 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 285 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 326 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 313 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 301 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 190 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 500 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 411 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 430 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 510 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 352 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 484 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 505 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 498 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 522 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 481 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 320 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 277 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 326 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 525 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 792 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 519 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 263 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 346 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 664 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 478 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 452 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 374 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 372 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 293 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 451 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 427 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 507 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 403 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 426 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 397 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 512 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 534 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 745 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 496 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 582 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 641 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 384 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 697 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1,268 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 344 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 588 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 89 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 383 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 522 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 629 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 533 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 530 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 514 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 503 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 423 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 692 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1,375 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 87 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1,397 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 884 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 671 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 630 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 971 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 908 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 877 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 563 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 640 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 550 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 602 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 773 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1,200 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 867 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 511 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 928 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 857 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 769 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 771 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 739 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 937 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 745 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 649 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 718 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1,229 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 817 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 471 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2026-10-01: 437 positiveWeek of 2026-10-01: 18 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

4.6k5492026-09-15 12:00 — 1,525 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 631 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 742 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 1,929 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 889 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 864 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 1,269 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 887 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 1,023 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 1,940 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 1,215 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 549 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 1,486 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 3,477 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 1,140 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 3,628 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 4,453 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 1,036 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 2,838 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 4,596 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 1,359 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 1,492 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 2,425 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
2.6k9Dec 2016Aug 2026Dec 2016 — avg 9 · peak 26Mar 2017 — avg 25 · peak 87Jun 2017 — avg 33 · peak 93Sep 2017 — avg 38 · peak 114Dec 2017 — avg 210 · peak 616Mar 2018 — avg 357 · peak 1,438Jun 2018 — avg 395 · peak 957Sep 2018 — avg 165 · peak 380Dec 2018 — avg 195 · peak 461Mar 2019 — avg 234 · peak 662Jun 2019 — avg 289 · peak 791Sep 2019 — avg 317 · peak 669Dec 2019 — avg 319 · peak 809Mar 2020 — avg 454 · peak 879Jun 2020 — avg 772 · peak 1,951Sep 2020 — avg 640 · peak 1,984Dec 2020 — avg 810 · peak 1,918Mar 2021 — avg 597 · peak 1,379Jun 2021 — avg 794 · peak 2,874Sep 2021 — avg 539 · peak 1,192Dec 2021 — avg 850 · peak 2,156Mar 2022 — avg 746 · peak 1,907Jun 2022 — avg 895 · peak 1,936Sep 2022 — avg 769 · peak 1,951Dec 2022 — avg 924 · peak 1,976Mar 2023 — avg 1,185 · peak 3,199Jun 2023 — avg 1,224 · peak 2,862Sep 2023 — avg 817 · peak 1,727Dec 2023 — avg 1,017 · peak 2,243Mar 2024 — avg 963 · peak 2,003Jun 2024 — avg 2,529 · peak 7,920Sep 2024 — avg 1,422 · peak 3,095Dec 2024 — avg 1,434 · peak 3,426Mar 2025 — avg 1,360 · peak 3,298Jun 2025 — avg 1,428 · peak 4,062Sep 2025 — avg 1,056 · peak 2,658Dec 2025 — avg 1,281 · peak 2,789Mar 2026 — avg 2,013 · peak 5,312Jun 2026 — avg 1,491 · peak 3,948Aug 2026 — avg 1,933 · peak 3,442
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
86862026-09-212026-10-142026-09-21: 86 new positive2026-09-22: 10 new positive2026-09-22: 2 new negative2026-09-23: 6 new positive2026-09-23: 1 new negative2026-09-24: 12 new positive2026-09-25: 12 new positive2026-09-25: 2 new negative2026-09-26: 17 new positive2026-09-26: 1 new negative2026-09-27: 16 new positive2026-09-27: 1 new negative2026-09-29: 11 new positive2026-09-30: 27 new positive2026-09-30: 1 new negative2026-10-01: 19 new positive2026-10-02: 37 new positive2026-10-02: 2 new negative2026-10-03: 50 new positive2026-10-03: 5 new negative2026-10-04: 60 new positive2026-10-05: 39 new positive2026-10-05: 4 new negative2026-10-06: 59 new positive2026-10-07: 47 new positive2026-10-08: 30 new positive2026-10-08: 1 new negative2026-10-09: 38 new positive2026-10-09: 3 new negative2026-10-10: 37 new positive2026-10-12: 28 new positive2026-10-13: 34 new positive2026-10-13: 5 new negative2026-10-14: 11 new positive2026-10-14: 2 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$24.99$7.492016-12-172026-07-092016-12-17 — best price $19.992017-04-03 — best price $16.992017-07-05 — best price $19.992017-10-26 — best price $15.992017-11-28 — best price $19.992018-01-29 — best price $15.992018-02-19 — best price $19.992018-05-17 — best price $24.992018-10-30 — best price $18.742018-11-27 — best price $24.992019-02-04 — best price $16.742019-03-26 — best price $24.992019-06-03 — best price $24.992019-10-28 — best price $16.742020-01-02 — best price $24.992020-05-04 — best price $12.492020-06-23 — best price $24.992020-09-25 — best price $12.492020-11-02 — best price $24.992020-12-22 — best price $9.992021-02-15 — best price $24.992021-10-28 — best price $8.492022-01-05 — best price $24.992022-03-07 — best price $8.492022-05-27 — best price $24.992022-09-15 — best price $8.492022-11-01 — best price $24.992022-12-22 — best price $8.492023-01-30 — best price $24.992023-04-06 — best price $8.492023-06-12 — best price $24.992023-10-26 — best price $8.492024-06-03 — best price $24.992024-10-28 — best price $8.492025-01-02 — best price $24.992025-06-26 — best price $8.492025-10-06 — best price $24.992026-01-02 — best price $8.492026-03-26 — best price $24.992026-07-09 — best price $24.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3682282026-06-02 — 323 pageviews2026-06-06 — 228 pageviews2026-06-10 — 329 pageviews2026-06-14 — 245 pageviews2026-06-18 — 236 pageviews2026-06-22 — 243 pageviews2026-06-26 — 260 pageviews2026-06-30 — 304 pageviews2026-07-04 — 242 pageviews2026-07-08 — 267 pageviews2026-07-12 — 311 pageviews2026-07-16 — 260 pageviews2026-07-20 — 256 pageviews2026-07-24 — 268 pageviews2026-07-28 — 270 pageviews2026-08-01 — 269 pageviews2026-08-05 — 303 pageviews2026-08-09 — 270 pageviews2026-08-13 — 255 pageviews2026-08-17 — 278 pageviews2026-08-21 — 274 pageviews2026-08-25 — 268 pageviews2026-08-29 — 278 pageviews2026-09-02 — 334 pageviews2026-09-06 — 289 pageviews2026-09-10 — 271 pageviews2026-09-14 — 281 pageviews2026-09-18 — 241 pageviews2026-09-22 — 271 pageviews2026-09-26 — 285 pageviews2026-09-30 — 266 pageviews2026-10-04 — 240 pageviews2026-10-08 — 286 pageviews2026-10-11 — 257 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

19902026-09-30 21:34 — 17 viewers2026-10-01 06:34 — 8 viewers2026-10-01 15:34 — 36 viewers2026-10-02 00:34 — 103 viewers2026-10-02 09:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-02 18:34 — 20 viewers2026-10-03 03:34 — 23 viewers2026-10-03 12:34 — 65 viewers2026-10-03 21:34 — 8 viewers2026-10-04 06:34 — 19 viewers2026-10-04 15:34 — 25 viewers2026-10-05 00:34 — 11 viewers2026-10-05 09:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-05 18:34 — 26 viewers2026-10-06 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 12:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-06 21:34 — 82 viewers2026-10-07 06:34 — 69 viewers2026-10-07 15:34 — 18 viewers2026-10-08 00:34 — 70 viewers2026-10-08 09:34 — 142 viewers2026-10-08 18:34 — 16 viewers2026-10-09 03:34 — 23 viewers2026-10-09 12:34 — 32 viewers2026-10-09 21:34 — 70 viewers2026-10-10 06:34 — 9 viewers2026-10-10 15:34 — 32 viewers2026-10-11 00:34 — 199 viewers2026-10-11 09:34 — 11 viewers2026-10-11 18:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 03:34 — 24 viewers2026-10-12 12:34 — 51 viewers2026-10-12 21:34 — 69 viewers2026-10-13 06:34 — 184 viewers2026-10-13 15:34 — 39 viewers2026-10-14 00:34 — 62 viewers2026-10-14 09:34 — 8 viewers2026-10-14 18:34 — 17 viewers2026-10-14 20:34 — 86 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing1 DLC

11 supported languages: English, Korean, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Russian, Bulgarian, Spanish - Latin America, French, Portuguese - Portugal, Portuguese - Brazil

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2018-07-13 (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

2DCuteGoreAnimeIndieHorrorStrategyDifficultManagementSimulation

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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