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Metropolis: Lux Obscura cover art

Metropolis: Lux Obscura

Ktulhu Solutions · 2017-10-11

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

CasualIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric, Text

Releases: Oct 11, 2017 (Mac), Oct 11, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 04, 2018 (PlayStation 4), Apr 04, 2018 (Xbox One), Apr 04, 2018 (PlayStation Vita), Apr 04, 2018 (Nintendo Switch)

A unique game with a film noir atmosphere, seductive wanton women, and dirty dangerous secrets. Gameplay is based on a motion comic with a non-linear plot mixed with MATCH3 puzzle fights.

79%
positive of 488 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
60/100
IGDB user rating (5 ratings)
$7.99
steam price (US)
Metropolis: Lux Obscura is a 2017 noir-themed adventure-puzzle video game developed by Ktulhu Solutions. It follows a story-based narrative that is inspired by Sin City. The game was released first on Steam followed by Nintendo eShop, PlayStation Store and Xbox in 2018.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 17 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 55% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (54 reviews).
  • · Top 25% of 12,497 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 12k–29k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 488 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$7.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.19 at Steam (2021-02-11)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $7.99 · on sale 0 of 1 observed days · $4.80 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
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Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Attention

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Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

8
achievements tracked
78.6%
earned "Tough guy"
43.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing2 DLC

6 supported languages: English, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Japanese, French

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4, PS Vita (PlayStation)1,96784%24
Xbox One (Xbox)1,62457%23
PS4, PS Vita (PlayStation)1,53182%24
PS4, PS Vita (PlayStation)76286%24
PS4, PS Vita (PlayStation)74989%24
Steam (Steam)72444%8
PS Vita (PlayStation)34197%24
PS4 (PlayStation)30593%24
Switch (Nintendo)80%0

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

Player tags

NoirIndieCasualNudityPuzzleMatch 3ViolentComic BookStory RichAtmospheric

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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