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The Lords of the Earth Flame

Rhino Games · 2016-09-02

Steam

ActionAdventureIndieRPGSimulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Text

Releases: Sep 02, 2016 (Mac), Sep 02, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

The Lords of The Earth Flame is a novel game created in the best traditions of interactive fiction and text-based role-playing. Non-linear structure, rich text core, and the “analog” feel of times past are certain to provide unforgettable gaming experience for hours on end.

The Lords of the Earth Flame is a 2016 Action, Adventure, Indie, and RPG game priced at $9.99, with an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (67% of 259 reviews).

0
playing now
67%
positive of 259 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 19:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 3 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~0/week).
  • · Review velocity down 25% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (21 reviews).
  • · Top 26% of 27,914 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 6.5k–16k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 259 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.51 at Humble Store (2017-09-07) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 1 of 2 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
141420162026Week of 2016-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2016-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2016-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2016-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 19:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$0.512016-09-032026-01-052016-09-03 — best price $4.992016-10-10 — best price $4.992016-11-23 — best price $1.492016-12-23 — best price $1.142017-01-12 — best price $0.992017-02-06 — best price $1.992017-06-22 — best price $1.492017-09-21 — best price $1.992017-11-16 — best price $0.592017-12-21 — best price $0.892018-01-18 — best price $9.992018-05-24 — best price $1.992018-08-30 — best price $0.592018-11-01 — best price $9.992018-11-27 — best price $1.992019-01-10 — best price $0.592019-02-11 — best price $9.992019-06-26 — best price $0.992019-11-01 — best price $9.992019-12-03 — best price $1.992020-01-23 — best price $1.992020-03-06 — best price $9.992020-08-28 — best price $0.992020-11-02 — best price $9.992020-12-01 — best price $1.992021-02-11 — best price $2.992021-07-08 — best price $9.992021-11-24 — best price $4.992022-01-05 — best price $9.992022-06-23 — best price $4.992022-11-29 — best price $9.992023-03-16 — best price $4.992023-07-13 — best price $9.992023-12-22 — best price $0.992024-07-11 — best price $9.992024-12-19 — best price $1.992025-03-20 — best price $9.992025-09-29 — best price $4.992026-01-05 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

13
achievements tracked
4.7%
earned "Newbie"
3.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing1 DLC

4 supported languages: English, French, German, Russian

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2016-09-02 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)88268%13

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

RPGIndieActionCasualFantasyAdventureSimulationVisual NovelBased On A NovelInteractive Fiction

Census log

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

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