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Lurk in the Dark : Prologue

IDEA FRUITION · 2019-11-08

Steam

ActionFree To PlayIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Nov 08, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

A town flourished with woodworking and mining, "Babel's Hill Top". A Ruggles family who contributed greatly to the development of this town several centuries ago. The tragedy that happened at the residence of them. In this residence where blood and hatred are ingrained, their nightmare begins.

Lurk in the Dark : Prologue is a free-to-play Action, Free To Play, Indie game released in 2019, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and Very Positive (89% of 2186 reviews).

2
playing now
89%
positive of 2.2k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
Free
steam price (US)

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

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 63 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~8/week).
  • · Review velocity down 16% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (203 reviews).
  • · Top 11% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
18818820192026Week of 2019-11-01: 188 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 152 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

702026-09-14 22:00 — 3 players2026-09-16 07:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 14:00 — 2 players2026-09-18 22:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 05:00 — 2 players2026-09-21 13:00 — 2 players2026-09-22 20:00 — 3 players2026-09-24 04:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 11:00 — 2 players2026-09-26 19:00 — 2 players2026-09-28 02:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 10:00 — 2 players2026-09-30 17:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 08:00 — 2 players2026-10-04 17:00 — 2 players2026-10-06 00:00 — 2 players2026-10-07 08:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 15:00 — 1 players2026-10-09 23:00 — 2 players2026-10-11 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 14:00 — 4 players2026-10-13 21:00 — 6 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Completion

10
achievements tracked
84.4%
earned "Investigation started"
23.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing1 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2020-02-28 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,28114%10

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

DarkCo-opIndieActionHentaiHorrorNudityMysteryStory RichMultiplayer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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