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LOCKDOWN Protocol

Mirage Creative Lab · 2025-11-18

Steam

ActionCasualIndieStrategy

Modes: Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Jul 22, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

A first person social deduction game, combining real time action and communication, playable up to 16 players. While most players will cooperate to complete objectives to ensure victory, a small portion of dissidents will try their best to stop them at all cost, without being caught.

LOCKDOWN Protocol is a 2025 Action, Casual, Indie, Strategy game priced at $9.99, with an owner estimate of 1,000,000 .. 2,000,000 and a review sentiment of Very Positive (86% of 19917 reviews).

265
playing now
86%
positive of 20k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
12
twitch viewers (latest)
6.0
viewers/channel (concentration)
73/100
IGDB user rating (16 ratings)
24
Nexus mods (62k downloads)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

265 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 02:00 UTC (census sample)

Trailer

LOCKDOWN Protocol trailer thumbnail

LOCKDOWN Protocol - Trailer & Gameplay

≈434,693 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 265 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 1,957 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~245/week).
  • · Review velocity down 39% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 3% of 27,841 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 401k–903k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 20,061 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $3.49 at Desura (2015-05-19)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 5 of 10 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
2.2k2.2k20242026Week of 2024-07-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1,424 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 91 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 2,236 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 248 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1,218 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 186 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 2,031 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 203 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1,830 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 400 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 941 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 145 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 397 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 74 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 426 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 101 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 265 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 259 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 254 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 318 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 97 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 200 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 235 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 240 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 65 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 825 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 175 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 238 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 286 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 218 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 207 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 178 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 163 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 163 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 196 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 31 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

496642026-09-15 12:00 — 124 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 313 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 261 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 144 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 450 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 347 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 105 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 220 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 329 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 210 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 136 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 201 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 147 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 250 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 389 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 206 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 187 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 263 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 293 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 236 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 408 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 257 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 64 players2026-10-15 02:00 — 265 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
4.2k24Jul 2024Aug 2026Jul 2024 — avg 24 · peak 105Aug 2024 — avg 1,363 · peak 7,530Sep 2024 — avg 4,216 · peak 9,318Oct 2024 — avg 3,109 · peak 6,970Nov 2024 — avg 2,075 · peak 6,450Dec 2024 — avg 2,291 · peak 7,968Jan 2025 — avg 1,785 · peak 4,751Feb 2025 — avg 1,071 · peak 3,010Mar 2025 — avg 733 · peak 1,967Apr 2025 — avg 520 · peak 1,193May 2025 — avg 552 · peak 1,406Jun 2025 — avg 465 · peak 1,121Jul 2025 — avg 572 · peak 1,378Aug 2025 — avg 478 · peak 1,323Sep 2025 — avg 530 · peak 1,447Oct 2025 — avg 507 · peak 1,380Nov 2025 — avg 468 · peak 1,131Dec 2025 — avg 466 · peak 984Jan 2026 — avg 527 · peak 1,246Feb 2026 — avg 376 · peak 975Mar 2026 — avg 373 · peak 803Apr 2026 — avg 350 · peak 823May 2026 — avg 314 · peak 750Jun 2026 — avg 305 · peak 639Jul 2026 — avg 346 · peak 714Aug 2026 — avg 295 · peak 602
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
12122026-09-232026-10-152026-09-23: 2 new positive2026-09-26: 5 new positive2026-09-26: 2 new negative2026-09-27: 4 new positive2026-09-27: 2 new negative2026-10-03: 12 new positive2026-10-03: 2 new negative2026-10-04: 2 new positive2026-10-04: 3 new negative2026-10-05: 12 new positive2026-10-05: 4 new negative2026-10-07: 5 new positive2026-10-07: 5 new negative2026-10-08: 2 new positive2026-10-08: 2 new negative2026-10-09: 2 new positive2026-10-09: 1 new negative2026-10-10: 6 new positive2026-10-10: 1 new negative2026-10-11: 3 new positive2026-10-12: 5 new positive2026-10-14: 5 new positive2026-10-14: 2 new negative2026-10-15: 2 new positive
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$9.99$3.492015-01-012026-07-162015-01-01 — best price $5.992015-03-15 — best price $5.592015-03-19 — best price $6.992015-04-05 — best price $4.192015-04-06 — best price $6.992015-05-19 — best price $3.492015-05-25 — best price $6.992024-07-22 — best price $5.992024-07-29 — best price $9.992024-11-27 — best price $5.992024-12-04 — best price $9.992024-12-19 — best price $5.992025-01-02 — best price $9.992025-01-16 — best price $6.992025-01-23 — best price $9.992025-03-13 — best price $5.992025-03-20 — best price $9.992025-06-27 — best price $5.992025-07-10 — best price $9.992025-09-29 — best price $5.992025-10-06 — best price $9.992025-11-18 — best price $7.992025-11-25 — best price $9.992025-12-18 — best price $6.992026-01-05 — best price $9.992026-03-19 — best price $6.992026-03-26 — best price $9.992026-06-25 — best price $5.992026-07-09 — best price $9.992026-07-13 — best price $5.992026-07-16 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Twitch viewers

8.3k02026-10-02 05:34 — 32 viewers2026-10-02 11:34 — 11 viewers2026-10-03 09:34 — 17 viewers2026-10-03 15:34 — 28 viewers2026-10-03 21:34 — 83 viewers2026-10-04 01:12 — 8,177 viewers2026-10-04 06:34 — 11 viewers2026-10-04 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 01:35 — 31 viewers2026-10-06 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 19:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-08 01:34 — 62 viewers2026-10-08 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 05:34 — 33 viewers2026-10-09 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 17:34 — 11 viewers2026-10-09 23:35 — 106 viewers2026-10-10 05:34 — 59 viewers2026-10-10 11:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-11 09:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-11 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-11 21:34 — 70 viewers2026-10-12 03:34 — 55 viewers2026-10-12 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 13:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-13 19:34 — 44 viewers2026-10-14 01:34 — 12 viewers2026-10-14 07:34 — 8 viewers2026-10-15 05:34 — 13 viewers2026-10-15 06:34 — 12 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing3 DLC

8 supported languages: English, French, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil, Portuguese - Portugal

Post-launch support: 3 DLC released, first 2024-12-18 (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

FPSPvPSpaceActionCasualPuzzleSci-fiTeam-BasedMultiplayerConversation

Census log

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

Recent updates

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