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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.

The Land of Pain is an Adventure and Indie game released in 2017, priced at $11.99, with an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 owners and a Mostly Positive sentiment (74% of 788 reviews).

1
playing now
74%
positive of 788 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
1,919
twitch viewers (latest)
1919.0
viewers/channel (concentration)
60/100
IGDB user rating (2 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$11.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 07:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 1 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 15% of 29,028 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 20k–47k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 788 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 19 of 32 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

802026-09-15 16:00 — 5 players2026-09-17 01:00 — 4 players2026-09-18 08:00 — 5 players2026-09-19 16:00 — 8 players2026-09-20 23:00 — 3 players2026-09-22 07:00 — 2 players2026-09-23 14:00 — 5 players2026-09-24 22:00 — 2 players2026-09-26 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 13:00 — 3 players2026-09-28 20:00 — 2 players2026-09-30 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 11:00 — 2 players2026-10-02 19:00 — 3 players2026-10-04 03:00 — 2 players2026-10-05 11:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 18:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 02:00 — 2 players2026-10-09 09:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 17:00 — 3 players2026-10-12 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 08:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 1 players2026-10-15 07:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
120Jul 2017Apr 2024Jul 2017 — avg 0 · peak 2Sep 2017 — avg 6 · peak 43Nov 2017 — avg 1 · peak 6Jan 2018 — avg 2 · peak 12Mar 2018 — avg 1 · peak 4May 2018 — avg 12 · peak 57Jul 2018 — avg 3 · peak 13Sep 2018 — avg 2 · peak 7Nov 2018 — avg 2 · peak 8Jan 2019 — avg 1 · peak 7Mar 2019 — avg 1 · peak 7May 2019 — avg 1 · peak 5Jul 2019 — avg 1 · peak 5Sep 2019 — avg 1 · peak 6Nov 2019 — avg 1 · peak 3Jan 2020 — avg 1 · peak 4Mar 2020 — avg 1 · peak 5May 2020 — avg 2 · peak 8Jul 2020 — avg 1 · peak 4Sep 2020 — avg 1 · peak 3Nov 2020 — avg 1 · peak 10Jan 2021 — avg 1 · peak 5Apr 2021 — avg 1 · peak 5Oct 2021 — avg 3 · peak 10Dec 2021 — avg 1 · peak 6Apr 2023 — avg 2 · peak 8Apr 2024 — avg 2 · peak 17
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

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

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2021-12-06 (Steam store data)

Player tags

DarkHorrorMysterySurvivalAdventureControllerStory RichAtmosphericExplorationFirst-Person

Census log

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

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