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Under Lock

NioTum · 2021-01-12

Steam

ActionIndieEarly Access

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Virtual Reality

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.

Under Lock is an Action, Indie, and Early Access game released in 2021, priced at $9.99, with a Mostly Positive review sentiment (71% of 76 reviews) and an estimated owner base of 0 .. 20,000.

71%
positive of 76 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$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 44% of 27,656 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 4 of 8 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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