Lucius II

Lucius II

Skip · Action · 2015

Steam Deck Playable

The verdict

SKIP IT.

Winter Sale 2026 Dec 17
cut in 6 of 8 sales

It scores 8, under the fair line, at $19.99.

Cost per hour▼
$3.22/hr
Reviews▼
62% of 2,342
Critics
48 players 14 higher
Genre rank
Top 92% Action

Holding it back: Reviews, Cost per hour

Why
Reviews or length hold it below the tiers even at a deep discount.
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.

Time and effort

Main story
6.2h
To 100%
10.6h 1.7x the story
Finish
17% reach the ending
Achievements
65

Price and sales

Sales
110 on record
Typical cut
85% off
Steam low
$1.99 March 2017
Sale every
32d last October 2026
Lowest now $14.69 at Fanaticalall-time low $1.00 on IsThereAnyDeal

Players and genre

Online
3 now
Cheaper than
6% of its genre
Better reviewed
7% of its genre
Price and player charts

The drop-off

64% start to 17% finish
050100rarestfirst achievement

A normal fall-off for a game this long. Steam global achievements

The value story

The value story

110 discounts in the 12 years on record, a median of 85 percent off across all of them, roughly 5 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 5 days ago.

It is pricier than 94 percent of its genre, and less well reviewed than 93 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Lucius ($9.99, scores 52) beats it on value, while it beats Lucius III ($19.99, scores 0).

More about Lucius II

48 from critics against 62 percent from players, and the player number comes from people who own the game.

Steam's global achievement data puts about 17 percent of players at this game's ending achievement. On a 6.2-hour game, the hours short of it still count in its price per hour. 3 of the 605 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written March 2020 to November 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 37 percent of the 424 reviews written there were positive, against 62 percent overall, and those are 22 percent of everything written about it.

Buy now or wait

Buy now or wait

Discounted in 6 of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last discount ended 5 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

Raising the score
Engagement17% finish
How far players get (achievements). It can only add points
Holding it back
Cost per hour$3.22/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
For context
MonetizationNot known
No monetization record for this game, so nothing is assumed either way
Refunds3 of 605 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

Man I just can't bring myself to start this up again. Big fan of the first Lucius. It was like a fun little horror homage to the Hitman series. Kind of linear but at least it all kind of worked and had a fun spirit. This sequel is just one big broken sandbox of tedium. Buggy rinse and repeat level after buggy rinse and repeat level. The only challenge in the game is getting Lucius to perform the actions you're...
A Steam playerNot recommendedafter 3.0hSep 2026Read on Steam
2 more reviews, 2 not recommended
*MY ADVICE* Play LUCIUS 1 instead of 2. 1) TUTORIAL They forced a horrendously long cinematic intro just to show a 360° view of Lucius… non-skippable... WHY make me sit through a 30s meaningless scene? The tutorial itself is confusing. And I accidentally skipped part of it. WHY make it so easy to skip? (Don't press X on an Xbox controller or you'll skip the tutorial.) 2) GAMEPLAY So repetitive. You kill a bunch of...
A Steam playerNot recommendedafter 2.9hAug 2026Read on Steam
The worst game I've ever played. Hate it, hate it. (I say it as a fan of the first game)
A Steam playerNot recommendedafter 6.9hJul 2026Read on Steam

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

About the game

Lucius is taken to the psychiatric ward of St. Benedict’s Hospital by unsuspecting caretakers. The Book of Revelation predicts the birth of a child that would end up ruling the world with an iron rod. The first part of this prophecy has been fulfilled. It is time to take care of the rest.
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX 275 or better, 5 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, Linux.

Cite this score

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Lucius II scores 8/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/296830/lucius-ii
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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 Oct 17, price as of Nov 7. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.

Critics vs players+14
Critics48
Players62
Player favorite. The critics underrated it.
Metacritic critics · 2,342 Steam player reviews

Details

DeveloperShiver Games
PublisherShiver Games
GenreAction
Released2015
Players350Kowners, SteamSpy estimate
Achievements65