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The Hungry Lamb: Traveling in the Late Ming Dynasty

零创游戏(ZerocreationGame) · 2024-04-22

SteamGOG

AdventureIndieRPG

Modes: Single player

Releases: Apr 22, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Mar 13, 2025 (Nintendo Switch)

He is a bandit who sells lives. She is a mute girl seeking revenge. In a famine-ravaged ancient China, a ruthless trafficker escorts four girls to a demon's feast. But when a deadly secret is revealed, a cold transaction turns into a journey of redemption. A dark visual novel about an unlikely bond.

The Hungry Lamb: Traveling in the Late Ming Dynasty is an Adventure, Indie and RPG game released in 2024, priced at $9.99, with an estimated 1,000,000 .. 2,000,000 owners and a Very Positive (94% of 59780 reviews) sentiment.

83
playing now
94%
positive of 60k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
84/100
opencritic · mighty · 69% recommend · from 13 critics
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

83 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

The Hungry Lamb: Traveling in the Late Ming Dynasty is a 2024 visual novel video game developed by ZerocreationGame and published by both ZerocreationGame and 2P Games.

Trailer

The Hungry Lamb: Traveling in the Late Ming Dynasty trailer thumbnail

The Hungry Lamb: Traveling in the Late Ming Dynasty | Nintendo Switch Launch Trailer

≈2,029 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 83 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 3,041 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~380/week).
  • · Review velocity down 32% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (8,901 reviews).
  • · Top 1% of 28,833 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.2M–2.7M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 60,151 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$6.99-30%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $5.29 at Fanatical (2025-11-21)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 76 of 135 observed days · $1.70 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
8.7k8.7k20242026Week of 2024-04-01: 3,691 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 244 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 8,696 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 205 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 7,779 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 160 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 6,402 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 182 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 3,065 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 109 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1,754 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 76 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1,829 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 84 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 2,214 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 3,164 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 132 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1,723 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 82 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 740 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1,161 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 82 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 578 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 565 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 761 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 408 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 742 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 83 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 601 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 346 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 523 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 309 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 287 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 269 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 332 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 248 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 880 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 71 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 318 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 226 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 334 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 250 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 201 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-10-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2026-10-01: 10 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

263122026-09-15 11:00 — 77 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 12 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 37 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 123 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 34 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 65 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 126 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 94 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 44 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 190 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 148 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 19 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 154 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 263 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 33 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 132 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 218 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 19 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 125 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 191 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 24 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 53 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 83 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1.5k93Apr 2024Aug 2026Apr 2024 — avg 1,480 · peak 3,476May 2024 — avg 1,243 · peak 4,925Jun 2024 — avg 1,373 · peak 4,652Jul 2024 — avg 1,091 · peak 2,975Aug 2024 — avg 583 · peak 1,311Sep 2024 — avg 408 · peak 1,477Oct 2024 — avg 439 · peak 1,638Nov 2024 — avg 304 · peak 1,215Dec 2024 — avg 328 · peak 1,032Jan 2025 — avg 300 · peak 706Feb 2025 — avg 231 · peak 622Mar 2025 — avg 303 · peak 1,136Apr 2025 — avg 178 · peak 541May 2025 — avg 167 · peak 456Jun 2025 — avg 155 · peak 430Jul 2025 — avg 193 · peak 494Aug 2025 — avg 160 · peak 350Sep 2025 — avg 129 · peak 427Oct 2025 — avg 164 · peak 449Nov 2025 — avg 132 · peak 494Dec 2025 — avg 114 · peak 351Jan 2026 — avg 104 · peak 338Feb 2026 — avg 118 · peak 318Mar 2026 — avg 106 · peak 342Apr 2026 — avg 337 · peak 1,418May 2026 — avg 133 · peak 407Jun 2026 — avg 107 · peak 296Jul 2026 — avg 116 · peak 277Aug 2026 — avg 93 · peak 211
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$9.99$5.292024-04-232026-10-142024-04-23 — best price $7.992024-06-27 — best price $7.992024-08-01 — best price $7.892024-10-25 — best price $6.392024-11-27 — best price $7.492024-12-20 — best price $7.492025-01-22 — best price $9.992025-03-13 — best price $7.492025-04-19 — best price $9.992025-05-19 — best price $7.992025-06-20 — best price $7.992025-07-23 — best price $7.092025-08-11 — best price $9.992025-09-04 — best price $7.192025-09-29 — best price $6.792025-11-03 — best price $5.792025-11-30 — best price $9.992026-01-08 — best price $6.992026-02-04 — best price $6.992026-02-24 — best price $7.342026-03-19 — best price $6.792026-04-13 — best price $5.442026-05-18 — best price $5.442026-06-04 — best price $6.992026-07-14 — best price $9.992026-08-14 — best price $6.292026-09-01 — best price $9.992026-09-09 — best price $9.992026-09-17 — best price $6.992026-09-25 — best price $9.992026-10-03 — best price $9.992026-10-11 — best price $6.992026-10-14 — best price $6.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

9502026-05-29 — 8 pageviews2026-06-02 — 4 pageviews2026-06-06 — 7 pageviews2026-06-10 — 4 pageviews2026-06-14 — 3 pageviews2026-06-18 — 5 pageviews2026-06-22 — 10 pageviews2026-06-26 — 95 pageviews2026-06-30 — 7 pageviews2026-07-04 — 3 pageviews2026-07-08 — 8 pageviews2026-07-12 — 2 pageviews2026-07-16 — 4 pageviews2026-07-20 — 5 pageviews2026-07-24 — 8 pageviews2026-07-28 — 2 pageviews2026-08-01 — 2 pageviews2026-08-05 — 3 pageviews2026-08-09 — 5 pageviews2026-08-13 — 7 pageviews2026-08-17 — 6 pageviews2026-08-21 — 0 pageviews2026-08-25 — 5 pageviews2026-08-29 — 9 pageviews2026-09-02 — 8 pageviews2026-09-06 — 5 pageviews2026-09-10 — 2 pageviews2026-09-14 — 16 pageviews2026-09-18 — 5 pageviews2026-09-22 — 5 pageviews2026-09-26 — 2 pageviews2026-09-30 — 5 pageviews2026-10-04 — 10 pageviews2026-10-08 — 1 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

16
achievements tracked
65.3%
earned "Ending: Killed by the Cat"
44.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing2 DLC

7 supported languages: Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, English, Japanese, French, Italian, Ukrainian

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2024-04-30, latest 2025-04-23 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,39944%16
Switch (Nintendo)30%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

RPGCuteDarkAnimeDramaCookingRomanceAdventureWord GameDating Sim

Census log

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

Recent updates

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