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NaissanceE cover art

NaissanceE

Limasse Five · 2014-02-13

Steam

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Feb 13, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

NaissanceE is an obscure and magical first person exploration game, a philosophical trip and an artistic experience. The adventure takes place in a primitive mysterious structure and the game mainly consists to explore and feel the deep and strong ambiance of this atemporal world.

3
playing now
84%
positive of 4.4k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
59/100
IGDB user rating (27 ratings)
3.3h
time to beat (IGDB)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Free
steam price (US)

3 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 UTC (census sample)

NaissanceE is a first-person adventure game developed by French studio Limasse Five and released for Microsoft Windows in 13 February 2014. Players control Lucy, who navigates an expansive, abstract structure with shifting architecture and environmental challenges. The game incorporates light and shadow mechanics, platforming sequences, and exploration-based progression, with no direct storytelling or guidance.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 3 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 276 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~35/week).
  • · Review velocity down 14% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 14% of 11,404 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

All-time low: $2.99 at Fanatical (2017-12-15) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
959520182026Week of 2018-01-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 12 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1512026-08-06 23:00 — 2 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 4 players2026-08-07 15:00 — 6 players2026-08-07 23:00 — 3 players2026-08-08 07:00 — 3 players2026-08-08 15:00 — 10 players2026-08-08 23:00 — 7 players2026-08-09 07:00 — 5 players2026-08-09 15:00 — 9 players2026-08-09 23:00 — 6 players2026-08-10 07:00 — 2 players2026-08-10 15:00 — 7 players2026-08-10 23:00 — 4 players2026-08-11 07:00 — 2 players2026-08-11 15:00 — 2 players2026-08-12 23:00 — 4 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 3 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 4 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 4 players2026-08-18 06:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 1 players2026-08-20 21:00 — 5 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 2 players2026-08-23 12:00 — 2 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 2 players2026-08-26 04:00 — 7 players2026-08-27 12:00 — 4 players2026-08-29 11:00 — 3 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 3 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$99.99$0.002015-01-012020-07-152015-01-01 — best price $7.992015-03-18 — best price $14.992015-04-05 — best price $14.992015-04-30 — best price $9.472015-05-12 — best price $9.152015-05-21 — best price $7.492015-05-27 — best price $8.882015-06-04 — best price $14.642015-06-22 — best price $5.992015-07-16 — best price $14.202015-10-12 — best price $4.962015-10-23 — best price $5.092015-10-30 — best price $14.992015-12-01 — best price $14.992015-12-29 — best price $14.992016-01-15 — best price $5.992016-05-27 — best price $3.742016-07-04 — best price $14.992016-09-26 — best price $7.492016-11-22 — best price $5.992016-11-30 — best price $14.992017-01-02 — best price $14.992017-04-03 — best price $4.502017-04-11 — best price $14.992017-04-18 — best price $14.992017-05-11 — best price $4.492017-06-19 — best price $3.742017-07-06 — best price $14.992017-07-24 — best price $3.452017-07-28 — best price $3.742017-09-07 — best price $3.742017-11-20 — best price $3.602017-11-28 — best price $14.992017-12-21 — best price $2.992018-01-04 — best price $14.992018-02-19 — best price $14.992018-07-05 — best price $14.992018-10-25 — best price $12.812020-07-15 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3972026-05-30 — 17 pageviews2026-06-02 — 29 pageviews2026-06-05 — 39 pageviews2026-06-08 — 26 pageviews2026-06-11 — 21 pageviews2026-06-14 — 15 pageviews2026-06-17 — 14 pageviews2026-06-20 — 13 pageviews2026-06-23 — 20 pageviews2026-06-26 — 15 pageviews2026-06-29 — 19 pageviews2026-07-02 — 27 pageviews2026-07-05 — 22 pageviews2026-07-08 — 11 pageviews2026-07-11 — 15 pageviews2026-07-14 — 25 pageviews2026-07-17 — 17 pageviews2026-07-20 — 31 pageviews2026-07-23 — 16 pageviews2026-07-26 — 12 pageviews2026-07-29 — 17 pageviews2026-08-01 — 9 pageviews2026-08-04 — 19 pageviews2026-08-07 — 17 pageviews2026-08-10 — 28 pageviews2026-08-13 — 11 pageviews2026-08-16 — 16 pageviews2026-08-19 — 18 pageviews2026-08-22 — 21 pageviews2026-08-25 — 8 pageviews2026-08-27 — 11 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

Player tags

IndieHorrorPuzzleSurrealAbstractAdventurePlatformerAtmosphericExplorationPsychedelic

Census log

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

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