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LA-MULANA is an “Archaeological Ruin Exploration Action Game,” bringing the classic appeal of adventure with the punishing difficulty of retro-inspired gaming. Search inside ancient ruins, seeking out the “Secret Treasure of Life” – which sleeps in the sprawling ruins of “LA-MULANA” and is said to be the beginning of all civilization.

Release DateApr 15, 2013
Price$ 14.99  Top 15%
Steam Rating (Steam Purchases / All)80.4% (positive) / 80.3%
Steam DB Rating (Steam Purchases / All)77.3% Top 30% / 77.4%  Top 30%
Reviews (Steam Purchases / All)1.8K  Top 10% / 2.3K  Top 10%
Curators143 reviews  Top 4%
Median Play Time30.7 hours  Top 4%
Play Time per Dollar2.1 hours  Top 10%
Followers7.6K  Top 10%
Owners± 377.6K  Top 10%
Copies Sold± 219K  Top 10%
Gross Revenue ($)± 1M  Top 10%

Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
  

Chart showing the monthly evolution of La-Mulana steam rating, positive and negative reviews.

This chart shows La-Mulana's Steam rating and reviews from April 2013 to December 2023. Steam's rating is in a range going from 100% (April 2013) to 80.2% (December 2023).

With 2.3K reviews Top 10%, La-Mulana is an AAA level success. There are peaks that suggests major updates or discounts.

Review Languages
 

Donut graph showing review languages for La-Mulana and the proportion of players they represent.

This donut graph displays the languages of La-Mulana's Steam reviews. The most popular language is English (72%), followed by Japanese (5%). There is a nice diversity in the reviews, with 23 languages represented. The game is translated in 4 languages. Considering that, unless the game is text-heavy, adding translations is not a lot of work compared to making a game, it is often a good idea to translate the game in many languages.

Time Played

Chart displaying La-Mulana percentiles of time played for positive, negative, and early access reviews.

This chart displays the number of hours played in La-Mulana, comparing positive and negative reviews. The time played is great, reaching 68 hours in the 80th percentile.

The negative reviews play time is 9 times lower than the positive reviews median play time.

Players' Feedback

Game's StrengthsGame's Weaknesses
  • Amazing soundtrack
  • Interesting setting
  • Rewarding progress
  • Satisfying platforming
  • Dedicated jump arcs
  • Epic experience
  • Traditional metroidvania
  • Multiple platforming enhancements
  • Big selection of unique weapons
  • Resource management in combat
  • Cryptic exploration
  • Terrible design of some parts
  • Worst controls since NES
  • Useless and arbitrary items
  • Horribly designed bosses
  • Arbitrary and badly designed puzzles
  • Too much backtracking
  • Impossible without guide
  • Repetitive gameplay
  • Artificially inflated difficulty

It's important to understand that this list of positives and negatives is not an unbiased evaluation of the game. Its purpose is to support developers in understanding what their players want. The game's 80.4% rating should be factored in during their evaluation.

Please keep in mind that this list was AI-generated with only a statistical sample of La-Mulana's review data that Steam provides. Additionally, remember that not all issues need to be fixed, sometimes the best approach is to communicate better to manage the player's expectations.

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