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The Luminist

Lucid Dream · DigiPen Institute of Technology · 2019-07-26

Steam

ActionFree To PlayIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Jul 26, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

An inconvenient electrical failure turns into an unspeakable nightmare as Dietrich becomes trapped in an abandoned subterranean mining town full of horrid creatures.

The Luminist is an Action, Free To Play, and Indie game released in 2019, free-to-play, with an owner estimate of 50,000 .. 100,000 and a Very Positive review sentiment (88% of 56 reviews).

0
playing now
88%
positive of 56 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
1h
to beat · rushed 1h
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Free
steam price (US)

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

The subterranean mining city of Bravst is vast. It has flourished under the rule of its authoritarian governing body known as The Order. The Order has fostered an industrial and scientific revolution by harvesting a powerful resource from oil rich mushrooms which grow deep underground. Dietrich, an engineer, is trapped in a long-abandoned district of the city after a freak accident. Completely alone with only intermittent contact with the city via radio, he must traverse the ruins to escape. As he navigates the dark tunnels and abandoned dwellings he discovers clues leading to a revelation as (Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 10 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 9% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 49% of 27,908 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-02

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
5520192026Week of 2019-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

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Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

Player tags

DarkIndieShortActionHorrorAtmosphericUndergroundFree to PlaySingleplayerThird-Person Shooter

Census log

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

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