Lumino City

Lumino City

Fair · Narrative · 2014

Steam Deck Playable

The verdict

NO RUSH.

Winter Sale 2026 Dec 17
cut in 4 of 8 sales

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

Cost per hour▼
$2.60/hr
Reviews▼
87% of 1,403
Critics
70 players 17 higher
Genre rank
Top 18% Narrative

Holding it back: Cost per hour, Reviews

Why
It needs 63% off ($4.78) to be worth it, though reviews keep it under BANGER.
Watch this gameOne alert at $4.78 or less.

Time and effort

Main story
5h
To 100%
6h 1.2x the story

Price and sales

Sales
36 on record
Typical cut
70% off
Steam low
$2.39 June 2026
Sale every
79d last October 2026
Lowest now on Steamall-time low $1.94 on IsThereAnyDeal

Players and genre

Online
0 now
Cheaper than
25% of its genre
Better reviewed
84% of its genre
Price and player charts
The value story

The value story

It has never been cheaper than $2.39. That was June 2026. 36 discounts in the 12 years on record, a median of 70 percent off across all of them, roughly 11 weeks apart.

Its score puts it in the top 18 percent of the games it competes with. It is pricier than 75 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 84 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Thimbleweed Park™ ($19.99, scores 71) beats it on value, while it beats Broken Age ($14.99, scores 42).

More about Lumino City

The press gave it 70; the people who bought it give it 87 percent. A 17-point gap in the buyer's favour.

Of the 223 Steam-purchase reviews this site sampled, none come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written March 2020 to October 2026.

Buy now or wait

Buy now or wait

Discounted in 4 of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last discount ended 31 days ago.

Next sale
Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4

Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.

What drives the score

Grades: S best, D weakest

S is the best grade and D the weakest, judged as a buyer. ▲ raises the score, ▼ lowers it, ? is an input we do not have, • is a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work

Holding it back
Cost per hour$2.60/hr
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set
Reviews
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones. Scored as 86% after the small-sample adjustment
For context
MonetizationNot known
No monetization record for this game, so nothing is assumed either way
Refunds0 of 223 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

What players say

This game looks amazing! It takes a certain kind of crazy to choose to make a game like this and insane talent to actually pull it off! It's so incredibly impressive what these guys were able to pull off! The sets look great and are full of so much creativity! I can't believe just how much work went into this! The actual puzzles are pretty tricky throughout so bring a big brain along with you!!
thdorkmagnetRecommendedafter 5.1h1 found this helpfulRead on Steam
1 more review
One Sentence Reviewer How the creator made this game is hands down extremely impressive.
AlligottiRecommendedafter 2.0hMar 2026Read on Steam

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

About the game

The BAFTA award winning handmade puzzle adventure game made entirely by hand. Explore the city and use your ingenuity to piece together puzzling mechanisms and bring back power to this unique world. Three years in the making, it's handmade entirely out of paper, card, miniature lights and motors.
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory. Runs on Windows, macOS.

No data upstream: achievement curve (Steam global achievements).

Cite this score

BANG Score badge
Lumino City scores 54/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/205020/lumino-city
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Reviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Nov 1, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.

Critics vs players+17
Critics70
Players87
Player favorite. The critics underrated it.
Metacritic critics · 1,403 Steam player reviews

Details

DeveloperState of Play
PublisherState of Play
GenreNarrative
Released2014
Players350Kowners, SteamSpy estimate