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Luxor cover art

Luxor

MumboJumbo · Accelerate Games · 2008-06-10

Steam

Casual

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: 2005 (Mac), Nov 07, 2013 (Nintendo 3DS), Mar 16, 2005 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Addictive and exciting, Luxor is an action-puzzler that takes you on a thrilling adventure across Ancient Egypt. Isis has enlisted you to battle Set and his evil minions. Use your scarab to shoot and destroy the approaching spheres before they reach the pyramids. Use Isis’ magic by catching talismans, gems, and Ankh coins.

Luxor is a 2008 Casual game priced at $9.99, with an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (69% of 142 reviews).

3
playing now
69%
positive of 142 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (11 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

3 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 19:00 UTC (census sample)

Luxor is a game and series of tile-matching action puzzle video games, developed and published by MumboJumbo, with the initial release in 2005. The first sequel to this game was Luxor: Amun Rising, which was released in 2005 followed by Luxor 2, which was released in 2006 and included new gameplay, levels and bonuses. After that came Luxor 3, which featured seven gameplay modes and improved graphics. Other titles include Luxor: Quest for the Afterlife, Luxor 5th Passage and Luxor Evolved.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 3 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 18 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 20% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 26% of 29,032 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 5.7k–11k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 142 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $2.49 at GreenManGaming (2015-07-16)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 3 of 6 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
7720112026Week of 2011-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2011-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2012-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2012-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2013-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2013-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2014-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2014-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2014-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2014-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2014-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

902026-09-15 04:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 12:00 — 3 players2026-09-17 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 03:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 11:00 — 2 players2026-09-21 19:00 — 7 players2026-09-23 02:00 — 3 players2026-09-24 10:00 — 6 players2026-09-25 17:00 — 2 players2026-09-27 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 08:00 — 5 players2026-09-29 16:00 — 3 players2026-09-30 23:00 — 4 players2026-10-02 07:00 — 3 players2026-10-03 14:00 — 2 players2026-10-04 22:00 — 4 players2026-10-06 06:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 13:00 — 6 players2026-10-08 21:00 — 3 players2026-10-10 04:00 — 5 players2026-10-11 12:00 — 4 players2026-10-12 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 03:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 19:00 — 3 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
82Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 5 · peak 14Dec 2012 — avg 7 · peak 19May 2013 — avg 5 · peak 13Oct 2013 — avg 4 · peak 11Mar 2014 — avg 4 · peak 12Aug 2014 — avg 3 · peak 9Jan 2015 — avg 8 · peak 18Jun 2015 — avg 6 · peak 15Nov 2015 — avg 3 · peak 10Apr 2016 — avg 4 · peak 12Sep 2016 — avg 3 · peak 8Feb 2017 — avg 2 · peak 7Jul 2017 — avg 2 · peak 10Dec 2017 — avg 3 · peak 9May 2018 — avg 5 · peak 13Oct 2018 — avg 4 · peak 11Mar 2019 — avg 3 · peak 10Aug 2019 — avg 3 · peak 11Jan 2020 — avg 4 · peak 11Jun 2020 — avg 3 · peak 12Nov 2020 — avg 3 · peak 11Apr 2021 — avg 3 · peak 13Sep 2021 — avg 3 · peak 11Feb 2022 — avg 3 · peak 10Jul 2022 — avg 4 · peak 11Dec 2022 — avg 3 · peak 8May 2023 — avg 3 · peak 10Oct 2023 — avg 3 · peak 8Mar 2024 — avg 4 · peak 10Aug 2024 — avg 4 · peak 9Jan 2025 — avg 5 · peak 12Jun 2025 — avg 2 · peak 11Dec 2025 — avg 4 · peak 11May 2026 — avg 4 · peak 10Aug 2026 — avg 5 · peak 10
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$23.74$0.002015-01-012026-07-092015-01-01 — best price $3.392015-01-23 — best price $12.952015-04-01 — best price $15.952015-04-17 — best price $15.952015-04-24 — best price $15.952015-05-01 — best price $15.952015-05-19 — best price $15.952015-06-22 — best price $9.992015-07-21 — best price $2.492015-12-01 — best price $9.992016-02-05 — best price $4.992016-07-04 — best price $9.992017-03-21 — best price $19.952017-10-27 — best price $3.992017-11-29 — best price $9.992018-04-20 — best price $9.992018-07-17 — best price $7.992018-10-30 — best price $3.992018-11-27 — best price $9.992019-02-04 — best price $3.992019-06-25 — best price $3.392019-11-01 — best price $9.992019-12-19 — best price $4.992020-01-27 — best price $9.992020-07-09 — best price $9.992020-11-02 — best price $9.992020-12-22 — best price $3.992021-02-15 — best price $9.992021-11-24 — best price $3.992022-01-05 — best price $9.992022-06-23 — best price $3.392024-01-04 — best price $9.992024-06-27 — best price $3.292024-12-04 — best price $9.992025-03-13 — best price $3.292025-07-10 — best price $9.992025-12-18 — best price $3.292026-03-26 — best price $9.992026-07-09 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

63232026-05-31 — 42 pageviews2026-06-04 — 35 pageviews2026-06-08 — 55 pageviews2026-06-12 — 38 pageviews2026-06-16 — 43 pageviews2026-06-20 — 43 pageviews2026-06-24 — 24 pageviews2026-06-28 — 46 pageviews2026-07-02 — 35 pageviews2026-07-06 — 47 pageviews2026-07-10 — 49 pageviews2026-07-14 — 36 pageviews2026-07-18 — 47 pageviews2026-07-22 — 32 pageviews2026-07-26 — 36 pageviews2026-07-30 — 40 pageviews2026-08-03 — 42 pageviews2026-08-07 — 43 pageviews2026-08-11 — 35 pageviews2026-08-15 — 31 pageviews2026-08-19 — 34 pageviews2026-08-23 — 49 pageviews2026-08-27 — 26 pageviews2026-08-31 — 45 pageviews2026-09-04 — 34 pageviews2026-09-08 — 31 pageviews2026-09-12 — 31 pageviews2026-09-16 — 32 pageviews2026-09-20 — 33 pageviews2026-09-24 — 52 pageviews2026-09-28 — 43 pageviews2026-10-02 — 33 pageviews2026-10-06 — 24 pageviews2026-10-10 — 44 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerFamily Sharing

4 supported languages: English, French, German, Swedish

Player tags

CasualPuzzleMatch 3

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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