The Game Census
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The Land of Pain

Alessandro Guzzo · 2017-09-13

SteamEpic Games Store

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Sep 13, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Something strange appears in the woods. Lost in a dark and unknown place, survive an unrelenting enemy, solve puzzles, and uncover the ancient mystery that’s befallen this land in this Lovecraftian Cosmic Horror adventure.

0
playing now
74%
positive of 769 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
IGDB user rating (2 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$11.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 05:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 45 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~6/week).
  • · Review velocity down 25% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 34% of 11,362 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 19k–46k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 769 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.49 at Steam (2018-06-21) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $11.99 · on sale 21 of 37 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
141420182026Week of 2018-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-08-11 18:00 — 1 players2026-08-12 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 02:00 — 2 players2026-08-13 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 01:00 — 2 players2026-08-15 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 09:00 — 1 players2026-08-17 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 22:00 — 1 players2026-08-21 14:00 — 1 players2026-08-22 06:00 — 1 players2026-08-22 22:00 — 1 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 2 players2026-08-24 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 21:00 — 1 players2026-08-25 13:00 — 2 players2026-08-26 05:00 — 2 players2026-08-26 22:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 13:00 — 1 players2026-08-28 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 05:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$11.99$1.492017-09-132026-08-102017-09-13 — best price $9.592018-01-11 — best price $5.992018-05-10 — best price $4.992018-11-21 — best price $2.992019-02-15 — best price $6.792019-08-29 — best price $2.492020-01-02 — best price $9.992020-03-24 — best price $8.992020-08-03 — best price $3.992020-11-28 — best price $4.992021-02-08 — best price $9.992021-05-06 — best price $3.992021-08-06 — best price $9.992022-01-05 — best price $9.992022-06-20 — best price $9.992022-09-19 — best price $9.992022-12-02 — best price $5.992023-01-27 — best price $4.792023-04-20 — best price $11.992023-07-13 — best price $11.992023-09-24 — best price $11.992023-11-04 — best price $11.992023-12-18 — best price $11.992024-03-05 — best price $11.992024-05-06 — best price $11.992024-07-11 — best price $11.992024-09-19 — best price $11.992024-12-04 — best price $11.992025-02-10 — best price $11.992025-05-27 — best price $2.392025-08-07 — best price $2.392025-10-27 — best price $2.392026-02-10 — best price $2.392026-06-08 — best price $1.912026-08-10 — best price $11.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing1 DLC

8 supported languages: English, Italian, French, German, Russian, Spanish - Spain, Spanish - Latin America, Turkish

Player tags

DarkHorrorMysterySurvivalAdventureControllerStory RichAtmosphericExplorationFirst-Person

Census log

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

Recent updates

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