The Game Census
Under Lock cover art

Under Lock

NioTum · 2021-01-12

Steam

ActionIndieEarly Access

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Jan 12, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Under Lock is a multiplayer asymmetrical PvP horror game for 5 players (4 survivors versus 1 monster). Take the role of a survivor with the goal to outsmart the monster and escape from lockdown. Or choose one from several unique monsters to hunt down and devour the victims.

71%
positive of 76 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 10 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 41% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (30 reviews).
  • · Top 73% of 10,936 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.5k–3.4k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 76 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $2.49 at Steam (2025-10-27) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 5 of 10 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
181820212026Week of 2021-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$9.99$2.492021-01-122026-03-262021-01-12 — best price $9.992021-04-05 — best price $9.992021-07-08 — best price $9.992021-11-01 — best price $9.992021-12-01 — best price $9.992022-02-03 — best price $9.992022-03-11 — best price $9.992022-06-20 — best price $9.992022-07-07 — best price $9.992022-07-25 — best price $9.992022-11-01 — best price $9.992022-11-29 — best price $9.992023-07-13 — best price $9.992023-11-02 — best price $9.992023-11-28 — best price $9.992023-12-11 — best price $9.992024-01-04 — best price $9.992024-03-21 — best price $9.992024-07-11 — best price $9.992025-01-02 — best price $9.992025-03-20 — best price $9.992025-07-10 — best price $9.992025-10-06 — best price $9.992025-11-03 — best price $9.992026-01-05 — best price $9.992026-02-16 — best price $9.992026-03-26 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPLAN PvPCo-opOnline Co-opLAN Co-opSteam AchievementsTracked Controller Support

4 supported languages: English, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Ukrainian

Player tags

VRPvPCo-opIndieHorrorSurvivalAdventureTeam-BasedExplorationMultiplayer

Census log

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

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