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Lust for Darkness cover art

Lust for Darkness

Movie Games Lunarium · Movie Games S.A. · 2018-06-12

SteamGOGPlayStation Store

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jun 12, 2018 (Mac), Mar 20, 2020 (Nintendo Switch), Jun 12, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

A psychological horror of seeking satisfaction on the border of two intertwining worlds. An intriguing plot with erotic and occult themes guides the player's character through the Yelvertons' Victorian mansion and a perverse land inspired by Lovecraft's works and paintings of Zdzisław Beksiński.

1
playing now
68%
positive of 4.9k reviews
Mixed
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
59/100
IGDB user rating (27 ratings)
5.5h
to beat · rushed 3h · completionist 5.3h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$14.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 04:00 UTC (census sample)

Lust for Darkness is a 2018 horror game developed by Movie Games Lunarium and published by Movie Games. It is an erotic horror story inspired by Zdzisław Beksiński, H. R. Giger, and H. P. Lovecraft. It was originally released for Windows and macOS. SimFabric published it for Switch and PlayStation 4 in 2019 and 2020, respectively. A sequel, Lust from Beyond, was released in 2021.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 104 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~13/week).
  • · Review velocity up 8% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (415 reviews).
  • · Top 13% of 11,404 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 121k–291k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,855 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$11.22-25%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.99 at Fanatical (2019-10-17) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 74 of 99 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
30430420182026Week of 2018-06-01: 304 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 111 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 146 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

702026-08-11 18:00 — 7 players2026-08-12 10:00 — 4 players2026-08-13 01:00 — 2 players2026-08-13 17:00 — 4 players2026-08-14 09:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 01:00 — 2 players2026-08-15 17:00 — 4 players2026-08-16 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 01:00 — 1 players2026-08-17 17:00 — 4 players2026-08-18 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 00:00 — 4 players2026-08-19 16:00 — 3 players2026-08-20 08:00 — 1 players2026-08-20 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-21 15:00 — 3 players2026-08-22 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-22 23:00 — 5 players2026-08-23 14:00 — 2 players2026-08-24 06:00 — 3 players2026-08-24 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 14:00 — 1 players2026-08-26 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 22:00 — 3 players2026-08-27 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 05:00 — 1 players2026-08-28 21:00 — 1 players2026-08-29 12:00 — 3 players2026-08-30 04:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$16.17$0.992018-06-122026-08-202018-06-12 — best price $12.132018-11-15 — best price $11.992019-01-21 — best price $13.492019-04-24 — best price $14.992019-08-09 — best price $14.992019-11-18 — best price $4.262020-01-07 — best price $13.032020-02-06 — best price $13.982020-04-18 — best price $4.192020-06-17 — best price $2.752020-09-02 — best price $2.992020-10-29 — best price $1.122020-12-09 — best price $12.632021-01-19 — best price $1.492021-04-08 — best price $2.812021-07-08 — best price $2.352021-11-01 — best price $14.992022-01-05 — best price $14.992022-05-15 — best price $14.992022-08-24 — best price $11.012023-01-17 — best price $16.172023-07-21 — best price $1.202023-09-17 — best price $14.992023-11-23 — best price $14.992024-02-06 — best price $14.992024-04-12 — best price $1.202024-07-22 — best price $9.892024-10-16 — best price $14.992025-01-29 — best price $11.892025-05-15 — best price $14.992025-08-20 — best price $14.992026-02-10 — best price $1.492026-04-22 — best price $14.992026-06-14 — best price $14.992026-08-20 — best price $11.22
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

59212026-05-30 — 41 pageviews2026-06-02 — 36 pageviews2026-06-05 — 52 pageviews2026-06-08 — 36 pageviews2026-06-11 — 28 pageviews2026-06-14 — 48 pageviews2026-06-17 — 44 pageviews2026-06-20 — 39 pageviews2026-06-23 — 32 pageviews2026-06-26 — 41 pageviews2026-06-29 — 33 pageviews2026-07-02 — 34 pageviews2026-07-05 — 59 pageviews2026-07-08 — 24 pageviews2026-07-11 — 29 pageviews2026-07-14 — 40 pageviews2026-07-17 — 34 pageviews2026-07-20 — 51 pageviews2026-07-23 — 41 pageviews2026-07-26 — 32 pageviews2026-07-29 — 39 pageviews2026-08-01 — 39 pageviews2026-08-04 — 42 pageviews2026-08-07 — 32 pageviews2026-08-10 — 56 pageviews2026-08-13 — 32 pageviews2026-08-16 — 39 pageviews2026-08-19 — 23 pageviews2026-08-22 — 30 pageviews2026-08-25 — 27 pageviews2026-08-27 — 43 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

15
achievements tracked
56.2%
earned "In the Cult's clutches"
29.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

10 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)4,80922%15
PS4 (PlayStation)40458%30
PS4 (PlayStation)24550%30
Switch (Nintendo)0—0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

GoreIndieHorrorMatureNudityViolentAdventureIlluminatiAtmosphericFirst-Person

Census log

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

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