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Lust for Darkness

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

SteamGOGPlayStation Store

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

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.

Lust for Darkness is an Adventure and Indie game released in 2018, priced at $14.99, with Mixed reviews (68% of 4862 reviews) and an estimated 100,000 .. 200,000 owners.

3
playing now
68%
positive of 4.9k reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
59/100
IGDB user rating (27 ratings)
2.86★
PlayStation Store rating (394 ratings)
5.5h
to beat · rushed 3h · completionist 5.3h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$14.99
steam price (US)

3 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 14:00 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.

Trailer

Lust for Darkness trailer thumbnail

Lust for Darkness - Official Gameplay Trailer (Psychological Horror Game) 2017

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 3 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 6% of 28,763 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 122k–292k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 4,862 total reviews — how this is computed.

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

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 72 of 95 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

702026-09-14 23:00 — 3 players2026-09-16 08:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 15:00 — 5 players2026-09-18 23:00 — 3 players2026-09-20 06:00 — 7 players2026-09-21 14:00 — 6 players2026-09-22 21:00 — 4 players2026-09-24 05:00 — 2 players2026-09-25 12:00 — 2 players2026-09-26 20:00 — 3 players2026-09-28 03:00 — 3 players2026-09-29 11:00 — 2 players2026-09-30 18:00 — 2 players2026-10-02 02:00 — 3 players2026-10-03 09:00 — 2 players2026-10-04 18:00 — 7 players2026-10-06 01:00 — 4 players2026-10-07 09:00 — 2 players2026-10-08 16:00 — 3 players2026-10-10 00:00 — 4 players2026-10-11 07:00 — 2 players2026-10-12 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 22:00 — 3 players2026-10-14 14:00 — 3 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
742Mar 2018Aug 2026Mar 2018 — avg 2 · peak 19Aug 2018 — avg 6 · peak 23Nov 2018 — avg 8 · peak 31Feb 2019 — avg 5 · peak 20May 2019 — avg 10 · peak 31Aug 2019 — avg 8 · peak 31Nov 2019 — avg 16 · peak 38Feb 2020 — avg 7 · peak 17May 2020 — avg 10 · peak 47Aug 2020 — avg 10 · peak 36Nov 2020 — avg 19 · peak 54Feb 2021 — avg 19 · peak 80May 2021 — avg 13 · peak 38Aug 2021 — avg 10 · peak 28Nov 2021 — avg 12 · peak 32Feb 2022 — avg 13 · peak 38May 2022 — avg 8 · peak 23Aug 2022 — avg 9 · peak 24Nov 2022 — avg 6 · peak 20Feb 2023 — avg 5 · peak 14May 2023 — avg 7 · peak 27Aug 2023 — avg 5 · peak 14Nov 2023 — avg 5 · peak 13Feb 2024 — avg 6 · peak 19May 2024 — avg 5 · peak 16Aug 2024 — avg 4 · peak 13Nov 2024 — avg 4 · peak 13Feb 2025 — avg 3 · peak 7May 2025 — avg 3 · peak 9Aug 2025 — avg 3 · peak 8Nov 2025 — avg 4 · peak 13Feb 2026 — avg 3 · peak 14May 2026 — avg 3 · peak 9Aug 2026 — avg 2 · peak 8
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

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

60212026-05-30 — 41 pageviews2026-06-03 — 27 pageviews2026-06-07 — 59 pageviews2026-06-11 — 28 pageviews2026-06-15 — 52 pageviews2026-06-19 — 45 pageviews2026-06-23 — 32 pageviews2026-06-27 — 34 pageviews2026-07-01 — 24 pageviews2026-07-05 — 59 pageviews2026-07-09 — 30 pageviews2026-07-13 — 41 pageviews2026-07-17 — 34 pageviews2026-07-21 — 37 pageviews2026-07-25 — 42 pageviews2026-07-29 — 39 pageviews2026-08-02 — 56 pageviews2026-08-06 — 40 pageviews2026-08-10 — 56 pageviews2026-08-14 — 21 pageviews2026-08-18 — 32 pageviews2026-08-22 — 30 pageviews2026-08-26 — 40 pageviews2026-08-30 — 53 pageviews2026-09-03 — 31 pageviews2026-09-07 — 54 pageviews2026-09-11 — 42 pageviews2026-09-15 — 42 pageviews2026-09-19 — 43 pageviews2026-09-23 — 51 pageviews2026-09-27 — 60 pageviews2026-10-01 — 36 pageviews2026-10-05 — 37 pageviews2026-10-08 — 50 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.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

GoreIndieHorrorMatureNudityViolentAdventureIlluminatiAtmosphericFirst-Person

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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