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Lume cover art

Lume

State of Play · 2011-05-09

Steam

AdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: May 09, 2011 (Mac), May 09, 2011 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jul 31, 2012 (Android), Jan 30, 2012 (iOS), May 10, 2011 (Linux)

With a set built entirely out of paper and cardboard, and sumptuously filmed, Lume is a game with a style unlike any other.

Lume is an Adventure, Casual, Indie game released in 2011, priced at $5.99, with an estimated 50,000 .. 100,000 owners and a Mixed (47% of 509 reviews) sentiment.

0
playing now
47%
positive of 509 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
IGDB user rating (3 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$5.99
steam price (US)

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

"Power to your grandad’s house has failed. What’s more, he’s nowhere to be seen. Immerse yourself in Lume’s photoreal world, solve perplexing paper puzzles to help restore the power, and uncover a deeper mystery behind the blackout." (lumegame.com)(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 7 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 40% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (31 reviews).
  • · Top 19% of 29,087 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 20k–41k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 509 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.59 at Steam (2016-06-23) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $5.99 · on sale 11 of 18 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
202020122026Week of 2012-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2013-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2013-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2013-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2013-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2013-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2013-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2013-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2013-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2013-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2013-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2013-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2013-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2014-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2014-01-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2014-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2014-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2014-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2014-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2014-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2014-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2014-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2014-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2014-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2014-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2014-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2014-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2014-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2014-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2014-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2014-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2014-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2014-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2014-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2015-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2015-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2015-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2015-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2015-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2015-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2016-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 08:00 — 1 players2026-09-27 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 10:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-15 10:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$6.99$0.592015-01-012026-08-132015-01-01 — best price $2.992015-08-28 — best price $3.592015-10-05 — best price $6.992015-12-02 — best price $6.992016-01-15 — best price $1.492016-03-02 — best price $6.992016-05-10 — best price $2.032016-07-04 — best price $5.992017-01-12 — best price $2.392017-05-25 — best price $5.992017-08-29 — best price $2.092017-10-24 — best price $6.992017-12-20 — best price $2.092018-01-25 — best price $5.992018-05-10 — best price $2.392018-10-26 — best price $2.092018-12-20 — best price $2.092019-02-25 — best price $6.992019-08-29 — best price $2.392020-01-12 — best price $2.992020-05-04 — best price $5.992020-08-28 — best price $2.992021-07-08 — best price $5.992021-11-24 — best price $1.792022-12-02 — best price $5.992023-05-05 — best price $0.592023-07-13 — best price $5.992023-09-01 — best price $1.792024-01-04 — best price $5.992024-05-23 — best price $1.792024-06-27 — best price $2.392024-08-08 — best price $1.492024-11-21 — best price $1.792024-12-21 — best price $2.792025-03-06 — best price $1.792025-06-26 — best price $1.792026-03-05 — best price $1.192026-04-09 — best price $1.492026-06-11 — best price $5.992026-08-13 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

IndieShortCasualPuzzleAdventureSingleplayerPoint & ClickFemale Protagonist

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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