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Touhou Luna Nights cover art

Touhou Luna Nights

Team Ladybug · WSS playground · 2019-02-25

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Dec 16, 2020 (Nintendo Switch), Feb 25, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 03, 2020 (Xbox One), Jan 25, 2024 (PlayStation 4), Jan 25, 2024 (PlayStation 5)

Touhou Luna Nights is a Metroidvania title with a heavy emphasis on exploration and action.　 Developed by Team Ladybug, creators of multiple fantastic action games thus far.

19
playing now
97%
positive of 15k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
88/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
74/100
IGDB user rating (54 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$17.99
steam price (US)

19 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 01:00 UTC (census sample)

Touhou Luna Nights is a Metroidvania action video game developed by Team Ladybug and published by Active Gaming Media brand Playism. Based on the Touhou Project series and licensed by the series' developer Team Shanghai Alice, Touhou Luna Nights follows Sakuya Izayoi, the head maid of the Scarlet Devil Mansion in the realm of Gensokyo, as she is sent to a parallel universe and ventures to escape to her homeland.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 19 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 520 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~65/week).
  • · Review velocity down 6% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 9% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 373k–896k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 14,928 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$17.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $9.59 at Steam (2018-08-20)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $17.99 · on sale 6 of 13 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
82782720182026Week of 2018-08-01: 542 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 165 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 290 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 216 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 170 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 149 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 531 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 684 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 158 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 827 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 574 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 156 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 604 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 298 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 193 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 229 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 263 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 147 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 246 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 137 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 205 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 175 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 138 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 177 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 179 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 236 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 185 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 225 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 253 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 221 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 235 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 140 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 146 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 135 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2462026-08-06 22:00 — 19 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 12 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 15 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 11 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 16 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 16 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 14 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 13 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 24 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 16 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 16 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 21 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 9 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 13 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 23 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 13 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 6 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 16 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 14 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 15 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 15 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 11 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 14 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 13 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 13 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 11 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 18 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 9 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 19 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$17.99$9.592018-08-202026-08-262018-08-20 — best price $9.592018-11-21 — best price $9.592019-02-04 — best price $9.592019-04-30 — best price $14.392019-06-14 — best price $13.492019-10-14 — best price $13.492019-11-10 — best price $13.492019-12-19 — best price $13.492020-03-12 — best price $13.492020-05-19 — best price $13.492020-08-24 — best price $17.992020-09-28 — best price $17.992020-11-09 — best price $17.992021-01-05 — best price $17.992021-02-15 — best price $17.992021-05-06 — best price $17.992021-05-27 — best price $17.992021-07-08 — best price $17.992021-09-28 — best price $12.052021-11-01 — best price $17.992021-12-01 — best price $17.992022-05-17 — best price $14.392022-06-23 — best price $16.192022-09-12 — best price $14.392022-11-22 — best price $14.392022-12-22 — best price $16.192023-03-09 — best price $16.192023-06-29 — best price $16.192023-09-10 — best price $13.492023-12-02 — best price $13.492024-03-14 — best price $12.592024-06-27 — best price $12.592024-09-18 — best price $10.792024-12-06 — best price $10.792025-01-15 — best price $10.792025-09-15 — best price $10.792026-02-09 — best price $10.792026-04-04 — best price $10.792026-08-26 — best price $17.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

201132026-05-24 — 43 pageviews2026-05-27 — 32 pageviews2026-05-30 — 30 pageviews2026-06-02 — 29 pageviews2026-06-05 — 29 pageviews2026-06-08 — 46 pageviews2026-06-11 — 54 pageviews2026-06-14 — 52 pageviews2026-06-17 — 34 pageviews2026-06-20 — 38 pageviews2026-06-23 — 201 pageviews2026-06-26 — 57 pageviews2026-06-29 — 43 pageviews2026-07-02 — 43 pageviews2026-07-05 — 38 pageviews2026-07-08 — 40 pageviews2026-07-11 — 38 pageviews2026-07-14 — 35 pageviews2026-07-17 — 41 pageviews2026-07-20 — 34 pageviews2026-07-23 — 45 pageviews2026-07-26 — 27 pageviews2026-07-29 — 37 pageviews2026-08-01 — 51 pageviews2026-08-04 — 32 pageviews2026-08-07 — 25 pageviews2026-08-10 — 13 pageviews2026-08-13 — 19 pageviews2026-08-16 — 39 pageviews2026-08-19 — 39 pageviews2026-08-21 — 33 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

22
achievements tracked
86.8%
earned "Welcome to Luna Nights"
19%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudRemote Play on PhoneRemote Play on TabletFamily Sharing1 DLC

6 supported languages: English, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Korean, French, German

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox One, Windows (Xbox)13,7765%21
Steam (Steam)8,70411%22
PS5 (PlayStation)80732%22
PS4 (PlayStation)22342%22
Switch (Nintendo)1190%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

2DRPGAnimeActionDifficultControllerPlatformerBullet HellExplorationMetroidvania

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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