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Lumencraft

Lumencraft

Lumencraft is a unique combination of a top-down, rogue-like shooter and base building with tower defense elements. Dig and light up dark halls of a fully destructible environment on procedurally generated maps and campaign levels to find precious Lumen - humanity's only chance for survival.

Released Feb 28, 2023 Developer 2Dynamic Games Publisher Star Drifters, Surefire.Games Platforms Windows · Mac · Linux ExplorationActionAction RPGSandboxTower Defense
View on Steam ↗ $19.99 (US · as of 2026-07-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.

78.0%positive1,177 reviews
Recommended · 5 found this helpful

“Right. I need to tell you about this game. And I need you to stop what you’re doing, because what I’m about to describe should not work. On paper, it is the gaming equivalent of a man walking into a Michelin-starred restaurant in tracksuit bottoms and ordering a full English.…”

— a player, Steam review · 13 hrs played
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“Some of the maps are pretty challenging, but I like the gameplay. It's simple, and plays like an old arcade cabinet, but it adds to the charm. Likely abandoned at this point, last update was 2024, but still decent content plus workshop support too.”

— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs played
Not recommended · 0 found this helpful

“Game is great for about 20h. Then it gets repetitive quite quickly. Bugs are happening here and there, which may be frustrating. Also beware that achievements are based on a lot of pointless grinding which (i'm not kidding) will take you hundreds of hours.”

— a player, Steam review · 32 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-24 01:15 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

2playing at last check
824-hour peak
774all-time peak
0 250 500 2023 2024 2025 2026 294 avg · Apr 2022

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.

88achievements
4.5%median completion
0.2%rarest: Strong and independent soldier
57.4% of players 39.0% of players 34.3% of players 33.0% of players 33.0% of players 32.2% of players 31.1% of players 29.1% of players 29.1% of players 28.9% of players 28.3% of players 23.1% of players 22.1% of players 21.8% of players 18.9% of players 18.9% of players 17.9% of players 15.0% of players 14.8% of players 14.6% of players 13.7% of players 13.0% of players 12.9% of players 12.4% of players 11.0% of players 10.5% of players 10.1% of players 10.0% of players 9.8% of players 9.7% of players 9.4% of players 9.1% of players 8.8% of players 8.6% of players 8.6% of players 7.5% of players 7.3% of players 7.2% of players 7.0% of players 6.2% of players 5.4% of players 5.1% of players 4.9% of players 4.5% of players 4.5% of players 4.2% of players 4.2% of players 4.0% of players 3.0% of players 2.9% of players 2.9% of players 2.6% of players 2.4% of players 2.4% of players 2.3% of players 2.3% of players 2.3% of players 2.0% of players 1.8% of players 1.6% of players 57.4% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
57.4%Grasshopper — Complete the tutorial
39.0%Guns basically suck — Win a map without shooting
34.3%Scratcher — Shred a nugget or clump
Rarest badges of honor
0.2%Strong and independent soldier — Win a base defense map without placing any turrets
0.2%Wednesday — Hidden achievement
0.2%Master Shredder — Shred 5000 metal nuggets or Lumen clumps

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-25. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$19.99current · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
$19.99lowest since tracking began2026-07-25
US19.99 USD
EU19.99 EUR
UK16.99 GBP
Australia29.50 AUD
Canada25.99 CAD
Japan2,300 JPY
Brazil59.99 BRL
China59.00 CNY

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

China≈$8.7 Brazil Japan Canada US Australia UK EU≈$23

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-07-24). Relative comparison only.

Latest official news

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

Jul 25, 2024
Scorchlands 1.0 is OUT NOW!

Hi Scouts! We are proud to announce that the full release of our friend game Scorchlands is out now! After many months of development in Early Access, with 95% positive reviews on Steam, we’re more th

Jun 20, 2024
New Endless Mode Update!

Hi, Scouts! 👾👋 We’re back with a new update for our game and we have something really great for you… a NEW MODE! 🌀 New Endless Preset 🌀 Now, you can generate endless maps with our brand new Endless pr

Feb 29, 2024
Sign up for First Dwarf’s Playtests today!

Scouts! 👾 If you liked elements of Lumencraft focusing on building, strategy, gathering resources, exploring, tower defense and monster swarms… First Dwarf, a game from our partner, Star Drifters, may

Jan 22, 2024
Post Release Update #9 - New languages and short Q&A

Ciao! ¡Hola! Hallo! Why such an unusual greeting? Well, we're here with some incredibly exciting news! As you might have guessed, it's about languages! Lumencraft has just received a bunch of… New lan

Dec 11, 2023
We're in the TOP 100!

Hello Scouts! It's not every day that we come to you with such fantastic news about our games… Well, actually, it seems like we do it quite often ;), but each new recognition is a huge deal for us, a

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Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.

GenresAction, Indie, RPG, Simulation, Strategy
Player tagsExploration · Action · Action RPG · Sandbox · Tower Defense · Strategy · Thriller · Base-Building · Action Roguelike · Top-Down Shooter · Survival · Combat (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Multi-player · Co-op · Shared/Split Screen Co-op · Shared/Split Screen · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards
LanguagesEnglish, Polish, Simplified Chinese, Korean, Japanese, German, French, Spanish - Latin America, Russian, Ukrainian, Italian, Danish, Dutch, Indonesian, Portuguese - Brazil, Romanian, Swedish, Turkish, Hungarian, Slovak, …
ControllerFull support
Achievements88
Estimated owners50,000 – 100,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttps://lumencraft-game.com/
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system Processor: Dual Core CPU @3Ghz Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: Dedicated GPU 2 GB VRAM, OpenGL 3.3 support Storage: 4 GB available space