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Lucius II

Shiver Games · 2015-02-13

Steam

ActionAdventureIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jan 05, 2015 (Linux), Jan 05, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Lucius is taken to the psychiatric ward of St. Benedict’s Hospital by unsuspecting caretakers. The Book of Revelation predicts the birth of a child that would end up ruling the world with an iron rod. The first part of this prophecy has been fulfilled. It is time to take care of the rest.

Lucius II is a 2015 Action, Adventure, Indie and Simulation game priced at $6.79, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (62% of 2336 reviews).

7
playing now
62%
positive of 2.3k reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
IGDB user rating (22 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$6.79
steam price (US)

7 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Lucius II: The Prophecy is a horror adventure sandbox game that serves as a loose sequel to the original Lucius. Developed and published by Shiver Games, it was announced in August 2014 and released in February 2015 for Microsoft Windows. The game received mixed reviews from critics. A sequel, titled Lucius III, was released in 2018.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 7 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 71 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~9/week).
  • · Review velocity up 9% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 10% of 27,663 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 59k–140k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,341 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.00 at Fanatical (2017-04-29) · bundled 13×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 11 of 17 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
191920182026Week of 2018-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1002026-09-14 22:00 — 3 players2026-09-16 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 14:00 — 2 players2026-09-18 21:00 — 2 players2026-09-20 05:00 — 2 players2026-09-21 13:00 — 6 players2026-09-22 20:00 — 3 players2026-09-24 04:00 — 3 players2026-09-25 11:00 — 2 players2026-09-26 19:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 02:00 — 2 players2026-09-29 10:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 17:00 — 3 players2026-10-02 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 16:00 — 7 players2026-10-06 00:00 — 3 players2026-10-07 07:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 15:00 — 3 players2026-10-09 22:00 — 5 players2026-10-11 06:00 — 5 players2026-10-12 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 21:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 7 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
481Jan 2015Aug 2026Jan 2015 — avg 1 · peak 7May 2015 — avg 3 · peak 11Sep 2015 — avg 6 · peak 33Jan 2016 — avg 11 · peak 36May 2016 — avg 17 · peak 55Sep 2016 — avg 6 · peak 20Jan 2017 — avg 13 · peak 37May 2017 — avg 8 · peak 23Sep 2017 — avg 8 · peak 25Jan 2018 — avg 12 · peak 37May 2018 — avg 5 · peak 16Sep 2018 — avg 4 · peak 12Jan 2019 — avg 9 · peak 28May 2019 — avg 3 · peak 16Sep 2019 — avg 3 · peak 12Jan 2020 — avg 5 · peak 16May 2020 — avg 5 · peak 14Sep 2020 — avg 4 · peak 16Jan 2021 — avg 6 · peak 15May 2021 — avg 4 · peak 14Sep 2021 — avg 4 · peak 12Jan 2022 — avg 5 · peak 16May 2022 — avg 4 · peak 13Sep 2022 — avg 4 · peak 13Jan 2023 — avg 7 · peak 19May 2023 — avg 4 · peak 15Sep 2023 — avg 3 · peak 12Jan 2024 — avg 5 · peak 13May 2024 — avg 3 · peak 11Sep 2024 — avg 4 · peak 13Feb 2025 — avg 3 · peak 10Jun 2025 — avg 3 · peak 10Oct 2025 — avg 5 · peak 12Feb 2026 — avg 3 · peak 8Jun 2026 — avg 3 · peak 9Aug 2026 — avg 4 · peak 10
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$24.99$1.002015-02-132026-08-242015-02-13 — best price $16.992015-08-24 — best price $19.992015-12-01 — best price $19.992016-03-25 — best price $3.992016-06-23 — best price $2.992017-01-30 — best price $19.992017-09-07 — best price $19.992018-02-15 — best price $2.992018-08-21 — best price $19.992019-01-19 — best price $19.992019-08-15 — best price $4.002019-11-29 — best price $19.992020-01-29 — best price $3.002020-05-11 — best price $19.992020-06-24 — best price $16.682020-08-06 — best price $19.992020-11-25 — best price $2.252021-01-18 — best price $19.992021-02-10 — best price $3.602021-03-10 — best price $19.992021-03-30 — best price $3.322021-04-30 — best price $16.882021-05-23 — best price $19.992021-06-23 — best price $19.992021-10-03 — best price $19.992021-12-02 — best price $19.992022-04-21 — best price $19.992022-09-19 — best price $19.992022-12-22 — best price $1.992023-03-03 — best price $4.002023-07-17 — best price $2.242024-01-19 — best price $19.992024-08-02 — best price $14.692025-03-13 — best price $3.992025-11-03 — best price $19.992026-08-24 — best price $6.79
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

12752026-06-01 — 5 pageviews2026-06-05 — 16 pageviews2026-06-09 — 18 pageviews2026-06-13 — 15 pageviews2026-06-17 — 14 pageviews2026-06-21 — 14 pageviews2026-06-25 — 41 pageviews2026-06-29 — 14 pageviews2026-07-03 — 12 pageviews2026-07-07 — 19 pageviews2026-07-11 — 15 pageviews2026-07-15 — 11 pageviews2026-07-19 — 16 pageviews2026-07-23 — 12 pageviews2026-07-27 — 127 pageviews2026-07-31 — 19 pageviews2026-08-04 — 18 pageviews2026-08-08 — 17 pageviews2026-08-12 — 13 pageviews2026-08-16 — 16 pageviews2026-08-20 — 13 pageviews2026-08-24 — 21 pageviews2026-08-28 — 15 pageviews2026-09-01 — 22 pageviews2026-09-05 — 15 pageviews2026-09-09 — 11 pageviews2026-09-13 — 7 pageviews2026-09-17 — 15 pageviews2026-09-21 — 7 pageviews2026-09-25 — 5 pageviews2026-09-29 — 10 pageviews2026-10-03 — 17 pageviews2026-10-07 — 15 pageviews2026-10-10 — 10 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
64.1%
earned "Murderer"
20.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing1 DLC

7 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Russian, Spanish - Spain, Turkish

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2018-03-14 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)4,40613%65

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

DarkGoreIndieActionDemonsHorrorNudityPuzzleStealthAdventure

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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