Diary of Lucie

Diary of Lucie

Fair · Roguelike · 2023

Steam Deck Unsupported

The verdict

NO RUSH.

Fair at $12.99. Buy it if you want it.

Length
7.2h
Value
$1.80/hr
Reviews
88% of 444 positive
Reviews or length hold it below the tiers even at a deep discount.
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.

Buy now or wait

Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 11 days ago.

Next sale
Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4

Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.

What drives the score

How to read this

Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work

Holding it back
Reviews88% positive
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones Scored as 86% after the small-sample adjustment
Reach35K+ owners
How many own it and play it, by SteamSpy's estimates (an old snapshot), the biggest driver for a game with no ending
For context
Value$1.80/hr
Price per hour of game. This genre scores on player counts instead
MonetizationNot known
No monetization record for this game, so nothing is assumed either way
Refunds1 of 350 reviews
Steam-purchase reviews sampled whose writer refunded the game. Nothing is docked
AI contentNone disclosed
From the developer's own Steam disclosure. No disclosure is not proof of none, so it does not move the score

About the game

Diary of Lucie is action-roguelite game made with RPG Maker. In addition to simply avoiding the enemy's barrage, strategically use the enemy's bullet to make the battle situation advantageous!
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 1 GB of memory, nVidia GTS 450 or better, 1 GB of storage. Windows only.

The value story

46 discounts in the 6 years on record, a median of 50 percent off across all of them, roughly 6 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.

Value puts it in the top 31 percent of the games it competes with. It is better reviewed than 69 percent of its genre. Among the games that feel like it, UnderMine ($6.99, scores 76) beats it on value, while it beats Overture ($4.99, scores 40).

More about Diary of Lucie

1 of the 350 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here comes from a buyer who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written December 2020 to April 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 92 percent of the 109 reviews written there were positive, against 88 percent overall, and those are 26 percent of everything written about it.

The drop-off

67% start to 30% finish
050100rarestfirst achievement

A game like this has no single ending, so its score does not use the finish rate. The curve shows where players stop. Steam global achievements

What players say

Diary of Lucie is a challenging action roguelite that blends bullet-hell combat, randomized character building, weapon experimentation, and persistent progression into a surprisingly substantial adventure. Developed and published by Parange Project, it immediately stands apart from more conventional RPG Maker productions by focusing on fast real-time action rather than traditional turn-based encounters. Its...
xxadonisxxRecommendedafter 10h2 found this helpfulRead on Steam
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
Fun game, but some details are less clear than they need to be, such as specifics for what different stats do. Most likely a translation issue, as occasionally you'll see parts that are either worded strangely or which are not translated at all. That problem is rare enough that it doesn't interfere with an english speakers ability to understand the story, and honestly - kind of fits in a weird way IMO considering...
GaboomRecommendedafter 6.2hApr 2023Read on Steam
Somewhat fun roguelike game, but it didn't last long due to various bugs and issues. Story To be honest, I didn't see the whole story. Based on hidden achievements, I never see the true/actual ending despite having cleared both Easy (green) and Normal (yellow) difficulty. But from what I've seen, the story feels barebone where I don't feel invested. Gameplay What I like + The core gameplay is simple to learn and...
Potato PCNot recommendedafter 11h3 found this helpfulRead on Steam

Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.

No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).

Cite this score

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Diary of Lucie scores 62/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1454010/diary-of-lucie
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Reviews set the ceiling, and the size of the player base moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 29, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.

Tags

Steam user tags as SteamSpy recorded them

Details

DeveloperParange Project
PublisherParange Project
GenreRoguelike
Released2023
Players35Kowners, SteamSpy estimate
Achievements30