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Miner Lou

Fuzzy Code Studio LLC · 2019-05-30

Steam

IndieRPGStrategyFree To Play

Modes: Single player

Releases: May 30, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Mine and combine gems for your defenses. Play Arcade Mode and accompany Lou on a journey to save the Star Babies.

Miner Lou is a 2019 Indie, RPG, Strategy, and Free To Play game that is free-to-play, with an estimated owner base of 20,000 to 50,000 and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (76% of 88 reviews).

0
playing now
76%
positive of 89 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Free
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 08:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 10 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 11% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (35 reviews).
  • · Top 38% of 49,583 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-02

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
282820192026Week of 2019-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

002026-09-15 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 08:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Completion

47
achievements tracked
36.5%
earned "Defeat 50 enemies"
14.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportCustom Volume ControlsAdjustable DifficultyPlayable without Timed InputDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller Support1 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2020-05-05 (Steam store data)

Player tags

RPGIndieStrategyFree to PlayTower Defense

Census log

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

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