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Lucius cover art

Lucius

Shiver Games · 2012-10-26

SteamGOG

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

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.

20
playing now
81%
positive of 11k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
2,704
twitch viewers (latest)
45/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
59/100
IGDB user rating (78 ratings)
4h
to beat · rushed 3h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$1.99
steam price (US)

20 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 02:00 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.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 20 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 11% of 10,862 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 436k–873k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 10,910 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$2.49-90%
GOG$2.99-85%
GOG$2.99-85%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$2.99-85%

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 54 of 60 observed days · $2.25 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

3652026-08-06 22:00 — 13 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 9 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 15 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 13 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 13 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 15 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 18 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 5 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 12 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 18 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 5 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 19 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 16 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 16 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 13 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 6 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 10 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 19 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 36 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 25 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 11 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 20 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 15 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 20 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 25 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 11 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 21 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 20 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 20 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$28.83$0.742015-01-012026-08-302015-01-01 — best price $4.992015-03-21 — best price $19.932015-06-13 — best price $3.992015-10-29 — best price $0.992016-02-12 — best price $9.992016-06-03 — best price $0.992016-10-17 — best price $0.992017-01-30 — best price $9.992017-06-05 — best price $9.992017-11-28 — best price $9.992018-04-12 — best price $1.992018-10-30 — best price $1.992019-04-12 — best price $9.992019-09-05 — best price $2.002019-12-03 — best price $9.992020-03-26 — best price $1.122020-06-27 — best price $9.992020-11-01 — best price $1.122021-01-18 — best price $1.502021-03-02 — best price $9.992021-04-16 — best price $9.992021-06-04 — best price $9.992021-08-11 — best price $8.382021-11-22 — best price $9.992022-01-30 — best price $8.382022-05-25 — best price $9.992022-09-03 — best price $9.992022-12-06 — best price $7.342023-03-16 — best price $1.992023-07-28 — best price $1.122024-01-19 — best price $7.892024-05-02 — best price $1.492024-08-21 — best price $19.992024-12-18 — best price $9.992025-04-01 — best price $7.342025-08-12 — best price $2.992026-02-12 — best price $2.992026-08-16 — best price $2.492026-08-30 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

501322026-05-29 — 45 pageviews2026-06-01 — 40 pageviews2026-06-04 — 50 pageviews2026-06-07 — 41 pageviews2026-06-10 — 43 pageviews2026-06-13 — 57 pageviews2026-06-16 — 58 pageviews2026-06-19 — 46 pageviews2026-06-22 — 41 pageviews2026-06-25 — 32 pageviews2026-06-28 — 48 pageviews2026-07-01 — 72 pageviews2026-07-04 — 61 pageviews2026-07-07 — 50 pageviews2026-07-10 — 53 pageviews2026-07-13 — 69 pageviews2026-07-16 — 40 pageviews2026-07-19 — 49 pageviews2026-07-22 — 56 pageviews2026-07-25 — 66 pageviews2026-07-28 — 245 pageviews2026-07-31 — 79 pageviews2026-08-03 — 92 pageviews2026-08-06 — 63 pageviews2026-08-09 — 59 pageviews2026-08-12 — 62 pageviews2026-08-15 — 49 pageviews2026-08-18 — 53 pageviews2026-08-21 — 90 pageviews2026-08-24 — 93 pageviews2026-08-26 — 54 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.

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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