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LiDAR Exploration Program

LiDAR Exploration Program

LiDAR Exploration Program is a relaxing atmospheric game with light horror elements, where you explore in complete darkness using a scanner to reveal the world around you.

Released Apr 2, 2025 Developer KenForest Platforms Windows AdventureHorrorAtmosphericPsychological HorrorExploration
View on Steam ↗ $5.99 (US · as of 2026-09-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-02 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-18.

90.1%positive312 reviews
Recommended · 1 found this helpful

“Having 'exploration' in the title is a promise not all games deliver on, but Lidar Exploration Program succeeds at capturing the feeling of exploration with its fresh approach and variety of tools to encourage you to take your time and enjoy the ride. I went through areas…”

— a player, Steam review · 6 hrs played
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“This is a very pretty tech demo! It's not really for anyone looking for a game but perfect for relaxing exporation. Love hearing water flowing and the darkness, the colors and that you see through everything. I am missing some tiny high value details such as not getting…”

— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs played
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“A solid, moody exploration experience. There's no timer, no threats, just a relaxing aesthetic journey that you can go at your own pace.”

— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs played
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Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-26.

30achievements
39.5%median completion
6.1%rarest: Blindly
98.5% of players 94.4% of players 85.6% of players 81.5% of players 74.9% of players 63.3% of players 62.4% of players 58.1% of players 57.4% of players 51.5% of players 47.0% of players 46.4% of players 45.7% of players 42.0% of players 40.7% of players 39.5% of players 38.0% of players 36.8% of players 33.8% of players 32.7% of players 32.0% of players 25.4% of players 24.5% of players 22.0% of players 12.6% of players 12.3% of players 10.5% of players 6.9% of players 6.9% of players 6.1% of players 98.5% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
98.5%What's on this disc? — Start the game.
94.4%1.000.000 — Create 1 million dots.
85.6%Small Traveler — Walk 1 kilometer.
Rarest badges of honor
6.1%Blindly — Complete any level with less than 200,000 dots.
6.9%Complete Zoologist — Find all the animals.
6.9%Lord of the Geese — Hidden achievement

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-08-13. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$5.99current · sampled 2026-09-26 21:12 UTC
$2.99lowest since tracking began2026-08-23
US5.99 USD
EU5.89 EUR
UK4.99 GBP
Australia8.79 AUD
Canada7.79 CAD
Japan700 JPY
Brazil20.49 BRL
China22.10 CNY

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

China≈$3.3 Brazil Japan Canada US Australia UK EU≈$6.7

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-09-25). Relative comparison only.

$0 $5 $10 08-13 08-21 08-31 09-08 09-17 09-26

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Apr 08, 2025
Patch v1.0.5

Fixed a bug where changing settings during gameplay caused scanned objects to become "Unknown Object". Fixed the FPS slider not updating its label text. Fixed a bug where the small scan pattern wouldn

Apr 06, 2025
Patch v1.0.3

A unstuck button has been added to the pause menu, it returns you to the starting point. Fixed a bug where the sliders in the settings menu in the pause screen were applied only when pressing the Esca

Apr 04, 2025
Patch v1.0.2

Many objects now have a convex collider, which should significantly reduce issues with getting stuck. Added SFX Volume slider. Scan radius adjustment on the controller is now much smoother.

Apr 03, 2025
Patch v1.0.1

Two new options have been added to the Gameplay tab in the settings, allowing you to disable map markers and the object frame when scanning. Fixed a bug where the mouse was inverted when using detaile

Apr 02, 2025
LiDAR Exploration Program is NOW AVAILABLE!

Hey everyone! LiDAR Exploration Program is finally out! I’m really excited to share it with you and hope you enjoy playing. If you try it out, I’d really appreciate it if you leave a review—it helps a

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Screenshots

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Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-18.

GenresAdventure, Indie
Player tagsAdventure · Horror · Atmospheric · Psychological Horror · Exploration · Walking Simulator · First-Person · 3D · Indie · Linear · Singleplayer · Hidden Object (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish, Russian
ControllerFull support
Achievements30
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS: 64 bit OS. Windows 10 or Greater Processor: Intel Core i5 4460 or Equivalent Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: GeForce GTX 970 or Equivalent DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 500 MB available space