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LONE RUIN

Cuddle Monster Games · Super Rare Originals · 2023-01-12

Steam

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Jan 12, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jan 12, 2023 (Nintendo Switch)

Venture into an old, magical ruin to seek an ancient power in this highly replayable roguelike twin-stick shooter. Optimise spells and build ultimate combos to defeat twisted monstrosities and delve deeper into the Lone Ruin.

LONE RUIN is an Action, Indie game released in 2023, priced at $14.99, with an estimated 20,000 .. 50,000 owners and a Mixed sentiment (65% of 198 reviews).

1
playing now
65%
positive of 198 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 07:00 UTC (census sample)

An ancient city enveloped by magic. What once was a buzzy civilisation and people living in harmony with the magic surrounding them has long since been driven mad and twisted beyond recognition by the very magic that used to help sustain them. What could have corrupted this city? Having heard the legends, you, a gifted spellcasting explorer, arrive at these hostile ruins a millenia later with the goal of seeking this ancient power and finally cleansing the city of the corruption it was consumed by all those years ago. The answer probably lies in the center of Lone Ruin… if you can make it ther(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 11 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 57% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (104 reviews).
  • · Top 29% of 27,667 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 4.0k–8.9k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 198 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $2.85 at GameBillet (2025-11-21) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 78 of 106 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
696920232026Week of 2023-01-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-15 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 22:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 05:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 12:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 18:00 — 1 players2026-10-05 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 17:00 — 1 players2026-10-09 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 16:00 — 1 players2026-10-13 00:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 07:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$2.502023-01-122026-09-272023-01-12 — best price $13.492023-04-24 — best price $14.992023-08-18 — best price $7.492023-11-24 — best price $14.992023-12-22 — best price $4.592024-02-05 — best price $4.592024-02-26 — best price $13.482024-04-06 — best price $13.782024-06-07 — best price $14.992024-07-22 — best price $14.992024-09-19 — best price $14.992024-11-27 — best price $3.742025-01-20 — best price $3.742025-05-09 — best price $4.082025-06-09 — best price $10.252025-07-13 — best price $10.252025-08-30 — best price $10.252025-10-07 — best price $3.672025-11-21 — best price $2.552025-12-30 — best price $14.992026-01-20 — best price $13.492026-03-04 — best price $10.252026-04-02 — best price $10.252026-04-24 — best price $12.582026-05-19 — best price $12.632026-06-18 — best price $3.742026-07-14 — best price $12.582026-07-31 — best price $3.152026-08-12 — best price $2.962026-08-25 — best price $3.382026-09-20 — best price $3.002026-09-27 — best price $2.93
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

12
achievements tracked
71.8%
earned "Cloak of Swiftness"
2.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing1 DLC

9 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Dutch, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2023-03-13 (Steam store data)

Player tags

2.5DMagicActionArcadeShooterIsometricRogue-likeBullet HellPsychedelicArena Shooter

Census log

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

Recent updates

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