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Lost Ruins

ALTARI GAMES · DANGEN Entertainment · 2021-05-13

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ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Jun 06, 2022 (Xbox One), Jun 06, 2022 (Nintendo Switch), Jun 06, 2022 (PlayStation 4), May 13, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), TBD (PlayStation 5), May 13, 2021 (Linux)

Lost Ruins is a 2D side-scrolling survival action game, where you play as a young girl that has awoken in a strange and foreign place without her memories. Explore a dark and dangerous world, battle hideous monsters, and topple incredible bosses.

Lost Ruins is an Action, Adventure and Indie game released in 2021, priced at $19.99, with an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (85% of 5804 reviews).

15
playing now
85%
positive of 5.8k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
76/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (18 ratings)
4.39★
PlayStation Store rating (709 ratings)
9h
to beat · rushed 8h · completionist 21h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

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

Lost Ruins is a 2021 action survival metroidvania video game developed by Altari Games and published by DANGEN Entertainment.

Trailer

Lost Ruins trailer thumbnail

Lost Ruins - Launch Trailer | PS4 Games

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 15 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 155 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~19/week).
  • · Review velocity down 17% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (728 reviews).
  • · Top 6% of 27,808 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 116k–261k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 5,804 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.77 at GameBillet (2026-06-25) · bundled 6×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 74 of 124 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
69369320212026Week of 2021-05-01: 641 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 86 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 239 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 165 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 693 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 227 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 162 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1822026-09-15 15:00 — 8 players2026-09-16 23:00 — 7 players2026-09-18 07:00 — 6 players2026-09-19 14:00 — 10 players2026-09-20 22:00 — 5 players2026-09-22 06:00 — 6 players2026-09-23 13:00 — 4 players2026-09-24 21:00 — 6 players2026-09-26 04:00 — 9 players2026-09-27 12:00 — 13 players2026-09-28 19:00 — 7 players2026-09-30 03:00 — 10 players2026-10-01 10:00 — 2 players2026-10-02 18:00 — 8 players2026-10-04 02:00 — 8 players2026-10-05 09:00 — 11 players2026-10-06 17:00 — 6 players2026-10-08 00:00 — 9 players2026-10-09 08:00 — 10 players2026-10-10 15:00 — 10 players2026-10-11 23:00 — 6 players2026-10-13 07:00 — 4 players2026-10-14 14:00 — 15 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
2958May 2021Aug 2026May 2021 — avg 295 · peak 847Jul 2021 — avg 58 · peak 163Sep 2021 — avg 23 · peak 49Nov 2021 — avg 154 · peak 1,139Jan 2022 — avg 66 · peak 217Mar 2022 — avg 20 · peak 49May 2022 — avg 34 · peak 130Jul 2022 — avg 29 · peak 89Sep 2022 — avg 27 · peak 120Nov 2022 — avg 39 · peak 128Jan 2023 — avg 43 · peak 110Mar 2023 — avg 22 · peak 71May 2023 — avg 25 · peak 87Jul 2023 — avg 40 · peak 102Sep 2023 — avg 23 · peak 58Nov 2023 — avg 53 · peak 341Jan 2024 — avg 29 · peak 87Mar 2024 — avg 26 · peak 97May 2024 — avg 15 · peak 41Jul 2024 — avg 23 · peak 82Sep 2024 — avg 40 · peak 188Nov 2024 — avg 19 · peak 58Jan 2025 — avg 17 · peak 41Mar 2025 — avg 14 · peak 40May 2025 — avg 14 · peak 38Jul 2025 — avg 17 · peak 42Sep 2025 — avg 8 · peak 25Nov 2025 — avg 9 · peak 28Jan 2026 — avg 10 · peak 28Mar 2026 — avg 12 · peak 30May 2026 — avg 8 · peak 20Jul 2026 — avg 14 · peak 41Aug 2026 — avg 11 · peak 26
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$5.282021-05-132026-10-102021-05-13 — best price $19.992021-11-22 — best price $19.992022-03-07 — best price $19.992022-05-05 — best price $17.882022-07-04 — best price $19.992022-08-23 — best price $9.192022-10-31 — best price $11.992022-12-12 — best price $8.952023-01-18 — best price $19.992023-03-14 — best price $19.992023-05-03 — best price $15.322023-06-13 — best price $15.322023-07-25 — best price $17.772023-09-21 — best price $6.992023-11-13 — best price $19.992023-12-15 — best price $14.692024-01-31 — best price $17.972024-02-23 — best price $9.992024-03-19 — best price $11.792024-04-23 — best price $16.992024-06-01 — best price $18.992024-07-25 — best price $14.992024-08-30 — best price $14.992024-10-08 — best price $9.992024-11-09 — best price $14.992025-01-05 — best price $17.882025-02-25 — best price $9.992025-03-27 — best price $9.992025-05-11 — best price $19.992025-06-20 — best price $15.322025-08-26 — best price $7.992025-11-05 — best price $19.992025-12-13 — best price $14.992026-01-15 — best price $17.882026-02-16 — best price $9.992026-04-07 — best price $9.992026-06-04 — best price $5.992026-07-15 — best price $7.992026-08-14 — best price $14.992026-10-10 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1712026-06-01 — 8 pageviews2026-06-05 — 9 pageviews2026-06-09 — 3 pageviews2026-06-13 — 5 pageviews2026-06-17 — 4 pageviews2026-06-21 — 17 pageviews2026-06-25 — 12 pageviews2026-06-29 — 12 pageviews2026-07-03 — 2 pageviews2026-07-07 — 5 pageviews2026-07-11 — 7 pageviews2026-07-15 — 6 pageviews2026-07-19 — 13 pageviews2026-07-23 — 15 pageviews2026-07-27 — 12 pageviews2026-07-31 — 7 pageviews2026-08-04 — 3 pageviews2026-08-08 — 6 pageviews2026-08-12 — 11 pageviews2026-08-16 — 17 pageviews2026-08-20 — 7 pageviews2026-08-24 — 6 pageviews2026-08-28 — 4 pageviews2026-09-01 — 7 pageviews2026-09-05 — 7 pageviews2026-09-09 — 1 pageviews2026-09-13 — 10 pageviews2026-09-17 — 4 pageviews2026-09-21 — 12 pageviews2026-09-25 — 12 pageviews2026-09-29 — 9 pageviews2026-10-03 — 11 pageviews2026-10-07 — 9 pageviews2026-10-10 — 4 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

40
achievements tracked
47.6%
earned "Inquisitor"
14.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportSteam CloudRemote Play on PhoneRemote Play on TabletFamily Sharing

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

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,4069%40
PS4 (PlayStation)52831%41
Xbox One (Xbox)2579%40
PS5 (PlayStation)8248%41
Switch (Nintendo)270%0

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

2DCuteDarkAnimeActionHorrorSci-fiSurvivalAdventurePlatformer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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