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Luck be a Landlord

TrampolineTales · 2023-01-06

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

IndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jan 08, 2021 (Linux), Jan 08, 2021 (Mac), Jan 08, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jul 21, 2023 (Android), Jul 21, 2023 (iOS), Feb 06, 2025 (PlayStation 4)

Luck be a Landlord is a roguelike deckbuilder about using a slot machine to earn rent money and defeat capitalism. This game does not contain any real-world currency gambling or microtransactions.

Luck be a Landlord is an Indie, Simulation, and Strategy game released in 2023, priced at $7.99, with an estimated 200,000 to 500,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (93% of 11,532 reviews).

99
playing now
93%
positive of 12k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (12 ratings)
4.34★
PlayStation Store rating (151 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$7.99
steam price (US)

99 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 04:00 UTC (census sample)

Luck Be a Landlord is a roguelike deck-building video game developed and published by TrampolineTales. Players attempt to pay their rent by using a customizable slot machine.

Trailer

Luck be a Landlord trailer thumbnail

Luck be a Landlord - Official Console Release Date Trailer

≈375,798 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 99 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 373 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~47/week).
  • · Review velocity down 39% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (1,148 reviews).
  • · Top 2% of 49,919 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 231k–519k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 11,532 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.29 at Humble Store (2025-08-21) · bundled 11×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 28 of 36 observed days · $11.70 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.0k1.0k20212026Week of 2021-01-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 385 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1,042 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 106 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 552 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 65 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 307 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 245 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 277 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 230 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 139 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 194 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 648 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 154 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 118 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 134 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 154 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 457 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 178 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 137 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 516 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 239 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 168 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 149 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 128 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 24 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

190872026-09-15 13:00 — 140 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 111 players2026-09-18 05:00 — 114 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 130 players2026-09-20 20:00 — 113 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 120 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 94 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 111 players2026-09-26 02:00 — 117 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 125 players2026-09-28 17:00 — 91 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 106 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 112 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 147 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 108 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 113 players2026-10-06 15:00 — 166 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 88 players2026-10-09 06:00 — 106 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 190 players2026-10-11 21:00 — 123 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 125 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 126 players2026-10-15 04:00 — 99 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1.2k48Jan 2021Aug 2026Jan 2021 — avg 48 · peak 141Mar 2021 — avg 1,157 · peak 2,447May 2021 — avg 590 · peak 930Jul 2021 — avg 424 · peak 812Sep 2021 — avg 289 · peak 436Nov 2021 — avg 240 · peak 370Jan 2022 — avg 234 · peak 314Mar 2022 — avg 187 · peak 310May 2022 — avg 213 · peak 387Jul 2022 — avg 227 · peak 353Sep 2022 — avg 163 · peak 233Nov 2022 — avg 283 · peak 582Jan 2023 — avg 883 · peak 1,559Mar 2023 — avg 440 · peak 761May 2023 — avg 300 · peak 514Jul 2023 — avg 391 · peak 763Sep 2023 — avg 251 · peak 510Nov 2023 — avg 224 · peak 417Jan 2024 — avg 417 · peak 981Mar 2024 — avg 360 · peak 857May 2024 — avg 174 · peak 295Jul 2024 — avg 243 · peak 456Sep 2024 — avg 338 · peak 1,376Nov 2024 — avg 166 · peak 267Jan 2025 — avg 234 · peak 382Mar 2025 — avg 202 · peak 368May 2025 — avg 179 · peak 269Jul 2025 — avg 178 · peak 277Sep 2025 — avg 254 · peak 490Nov 2025 — avg 143 · peak 210Jan 2026 — avg 155 · peak 238Mar 2026 — avg 119 · peak 198May 2026 — avg 158 · peak 358Jul 2026 — avg 127 · peak 203Aug 2026 — avg 119 · peak 187
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$14.99$3.292021-01-082026-10-152021-01-08 — best price $8.992021-10-15 — best price $6.992021-12-01 — best price $9.992022-05-02 — best price $5.992022-07-07 — best price $9.992023-01-05 — best price $9.992023-03-23 — best price $9.992023-05-01 — best price $7.392023-05-24 — best price $9.992023-07-14 — best price $7.342023-09-27 — best price $8.892023-11-13 — best price $9.992023-12-11 — best price $8.892024-01-08 — best price $4.892024-03-08 — best price $8.892024-03-26 — best price $8.892024-05-07 — best price $4.292024-07-11 — best price $9.992024-09-15 — best price $7.342024-11-04 — best price $9.992024-12-04 — best price $9.992024-12-19 — best price $3.392025-03-14 — best price $7.342025-04-28 — best price $9.992025-07-05 — best price $7.342025-08-15 — best price $9.992025-09-05 — best price $8.892025-10-27 — best price $9.992026-01-05 — best price $9.992026-02-14 — best price $9.992026-04-28 — best price $9.992026-07-13 — best price $7.992026-08-21 — best price $9.992026-09-17 — best price $14.992026-10-15 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

150562026-05-29 — 71 pageviews2026-06-02 — 73 pageviews2026-06-06 — 70 pageviews2026-06-10 — 61 pageviews2026-06-14 — 71 pageviews2026-06-18 — 63 pageviews2026-06-22 — 75 pageviews2026-06-26 — 62 pageviews2026-06-30 — 65 pageviews2026-07-04 — 58 pageviews2026-07-08 — 72 pageviews2026-07-12 — 66 pageviews2026-07-16 — 94 pageviews2026-07-20 — 99 pageviews2026-07-24 — 76 pageviews2026-07-28 — 84 pageviews2026-08-01 — 78 pageviews2026-08-05 — 75 pageviews2026-08-09 — 59 pageviews2026-08-13 — 80 pageviews2026-08-17 — 84 pageviews2026-08-21 — 57 pageviews2026-08-25 — 69 pageviews2026-08-29 — 60 pageviews2026-09-02 — 100 pageviews2026-09-06 — 74 pageviews2026-09-10 — 97 pageviews2026-09-14 — 150 pageviews2026-09-18 — 84 pageviews2026-09-22 — 116 pageviews2026-09-26 — 80 pageviews2026-09-30 — 68 pageviews2026-10-04 — 84 pageviews2026-10-07 — 90 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
59.1%
earned "Apartment Floor 1"
31.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopAdjustable Text SizeColor Alternatives#category_contrast_controlsCustom Volume ControlsAdjustable Difficulty1 DLC

20 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Danish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Polish…

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2021-08-02 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)11,7271%186
PS4 (PlayStation)36238%51
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)1431%100
Switch (Nintendo)310%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

IndieCasualStrategyCapitalismManagementRogue-likeRogue-liteSimulationAuto BattlerDeckbuilding

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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