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Lucius

Shiver Games · 2012-10-26

SteamGOG

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Oct 26, 2012 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Equipped with supernatural powers, take control of Lucius as he begins his blood filled tour of horror through his own house.

Lucius is an Action, Adventure, Indie game released in 2012, priced at $1.99, with an estimated 500,000 .. 1,000,000 owners and Very Positive (81% of 10910 reviews).

6
playing now
81%
positive of 11k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
2,704
twitch viewers (latest)
2704.0
viewers/channel (concentration)
45/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
59/100
IGDB user rating (78 ratings)
1
Nexus mods (28 downloads)
4h
to beat · rushed 3h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$1.99
steam price (US)

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

Lucius is a 2012 horror adventure video game developed by Finnish studio Shiver Games and published by Lace Mamba Global for Microsoft Windows. The game is centered on the six-year-old-boy Lucius, the son of Lucifer, who murders members of his household, using powers of telekinesis and mind control to orchestrate deadly accidents that lead to the deaths of multiple residents of Dante Manor. A sequel, Lucius II: The Prophecy, was released in 2015. A second sequel, Lucius III, was released in 2018.

Trailer

Lucius trailer thumbnail

Lucius - Launch Trailer

≈804,974 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 6 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 276 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~35/week).
  • · Review velocity down 2% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 5% of 27,727 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 437k–875k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 10,935 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$4.99-80%
GOG$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.74 at GamersGate (2021-07-13) · bundled 29×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 69 of 100 observed days · $4.25 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
959520182026Week of 2018-01-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 9 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2242026-09-15 12:00 — 9 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 10 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 4 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 9 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 18 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 11 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 10 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 14 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 13 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 11 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 13 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 10 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 11 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 17 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 17 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 8 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 12 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 14 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 9 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 6 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 20 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 8 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 6 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
2289Oct 2012Aug 2026Oct 2012 — avg 228 · peak 510Mar 2013 — avg 17 · peak 59Aug 2013 — avg 9 · peak 26Jan 2014 — avg 18 · peak 48Jun 2014 — avg 17 · peak 46Nov 2014 — avg 57 · peak 289Apr 2015 — avg 16 · peak 43Sep 2015 — avg 170 · peak 1,477Feb 2016 — avg 69 · peak 209Jul 2016 — avg 36 · peak 94Dec 2016 — avg 37 · peak 99May 2017 — avg 34 · peak 84Oct 2017 — avg 36 · peak 102Mar 2018 — avg 41 · peak 1,422Aug 2018 — avg 20 · peak 43Jan 2019 — avg 22 · peak 51Jun 2019 — avg 21 · peak 44Nov 2019 — avg 18 · peak 51Apr 2020 — avg 23 · peak 54Sep 2020 — avg 22 · peak 59Feb 2021 — avg 19 · peak 45Jul 2021 — avg 28 · peak 66Dec 2021 — avg 15 · peak 32May 2022 — avg 18 · peak 41Oct 2022 — avg 14 · peak 39Mar 2023 — avg 16 · peak 40Aug 2023 — avg 24 · peak 96Jan 2024 — avg 17 · peak 48Jun 2024 — avg 12 · peak 34Nov 2024 — avg 17 · peak 42Apr 2025 — avg 18 · peak 39Sep 2025 — avg 12 · peak 29Feb 2026 — avg 15 · peak 32Jul 2026 — avg 18 · peak 38Aug 2026 — avg 19 · peak 57
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$28.83$0.742015-01-012026-10-152015-01-01 — best price $4.992015-04-09 — best price $11.472015-09-01 — best price $19.992015-12-29 — best price $2.492016-05-17 — best price $9.992016-10-17 — best price $0.992017-03-13 — best price $0.992017-08-07 — best price $1.012018-02-09 — best price $1.992018-09-13 — best price $1.492019-04-12 — best price $9.992019-09-19 — best price $9.992020-01-23 — best price $1.992020-06-01 — best price $9.992020-10-14 — best price $8.892021-01-18 — best price $1.502021-03-10 — best price $3.992021-05-01 — best price $0.992021-07-24 — best price $0.742021-11-11 — best price $1.122022-01-30 — best price $8.382022-06-23 — best price $1.492022-10-19 — best price $7.892023-02-04 — best price $9.992023-07-04 — best price $19.992024-01-19 — best price $7.892024-05-11 — best price $7.342024-10-16 — best price $1.992025-02-24 — best price $1.492025-07-11 — best price $7.892026-02-12 — best price $2.992026-08-24 — best price $1.992026-09-23 — best price $2.992026-10-15 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

501332026-05-29 — 45 pageviews2026-06-02 — 39 pageviews2026-06-06 — 45 pageviews2026-06-10 — 43 pageviews2026-06-14 — 38 pageviews2026-06-18 — 49 pageviews2026-06-22 — 41 pageviews2026-06-26 — 48 pageviews2026-06-30 — 76 pageviews2026-07-04 — 61 pageviews2026-07-08 — 46 pageviews2026-07-12 — 59 pageviews2026-07-16 — 40 pageviews2026-07-20 — 48 pageviews2026-07-24 — 37 pageviews2026-07-28 — 245 pageviews2026-08-01 — 85 pageviews2026-08-05 — 71 pageviews2026-08-09 — 59 pageviews2026-08-13 — 53 pageviews2026-08-17 — 54 pageviews2026-08-21 — 90 pageviews2026-08-25 — 55 pageviews2026-08-29 — 71 pageviews2026-09-02 — 37 pageviews2026-09-06 — 48 pageviews2026-09-10 — 47 pageviews2026-09-14 — 45 pageviews2026-09-18 — 33 pageviews2026-09-22 — 53 pageviews2026-09-26 — 53 pageviews2026-09-30 — 57 pageviews2026-10-04 — 64 pageviews2026-10-08 — 55 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

58
achievements tracked
77%
earned "First blood"
19.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

8 supported languages: English, German, Russian, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Hungarian, Simplified Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)26,07111%58

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

DarkGoreIndieActionHorrorMatureNudityPuzzleStealthAdventure

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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