Lost Ruins Hits $5.99 on Steam, Its Lowest Price Yet

Lost Ruins, a 2D survival action game from South Korean studio ALTARI GAMES, just hit $5.99 on Steam in a 70% off deal that runs through June 24, 2026. The $5.99 price is the lowest the game has been listed at on Steam, per the deal listing.

The discount lands on a title that holds an 85% positive rating on Steam, placing it in the platform’s ‘Very Positive’ band. ALTARI GAMES developed the game and DANGEN Entertainment published it in May 2021, and it runs on Windows, macOS, and Linux. At $5.99, the price is lower than the game’s previous recorded low of $6.99 from June 26, 2025. The promotion runs through June 24, 2026, and applies globally on the Steam storefront.

The Deal at $5.99, 70% Off Through June 24

Steam’s current promotion cuts Lost Ruins from its $19.99 base price down to $5.99, a 70% discount that runs through June 24, 2026. The deal is listed on the game’s official store page, where ALTARI GAMES’ anime-styled survival action game is published by DANGEN Entertainment. It is the first time the title has dropped this low, per the deal listing.

• Current price: $5.99
• Discount: 70% off
• Deal ends: June 24, 2026

The previous recorded low for Lost Ruins on Steam was $6.99, set during a -65% promotion on June 26, 2025. The current $5.99 price is lower than that and sets a new floor for the title. DANGEN Entertainment is running the promotion as part of a wider catalogue sale, with other titles from the publisher also at their deepest discounts. The game has been on Steam since May 2021 and has never been priced this low before the current promotion.

The game supports Windows, macOS, and Linux, with the deal applying across all three platforms. The promotion runs through June 24, 2026, and the discount is visible on the store page for all regional Steam storefronts.

What 85% Positive on Steam Means

Lost Ruins holds an 85% positive rating on its Steam store page, placing it in the platform’s ‘Very Positive’ band, which covers titles between 80% and 89% positive. The rating has held steady since launch in 2021, and the game has never dropped below the ‘Very Positive’ threshold. Steam’s ‘Very Positive’ label is one tier below ‘Overwhelmingly Positive,’ which requires 95% or higher. The 85% figure is drawn from the user reviews displayed on the Steam store page for the title, and it is the same band that covers most well-regarded indie action games on the platform.

The price history tracker for Lost Ruins shows a slightly different live figure, with a current rating of 82.67% across roughly 5,000 total reviews. The gap between the two numbers reflects how Steam’s user-rating display updates over time as new reviews arrive, and both figures point in the same direction: the game is well-liked by the players who have finished it. Third-party trackers also show the active promotion at $5.99, matching the deal listing on the Steam store page, and the price history confirms the $5.99 figure is a new low for the title.

The current deal is part of a wider DANGEN Entertainment catalogue promotion in which the publisher’s titles are listed at their deepest discounts. Lost Ruins sits alongside other DANGEN-published indie games in the same sale window, with the publisher’s full catalogue marked down for the duration of the promotion.

Steam’s review system updates in real time, and the percentage can shift by a fraction of a point each week as new reviews arrive. Both the 85% and 82.67% figures place Lost Ruins in the ‘Very Positive’ band. The discrepancy is not large enough to change the game’s overall reception, and both numbers support the same conclusion about how players have rated the title since its 2021 launch.

Why the Metroidvania Label Doesn’t Fit

Steam tags Lost Ruins as a Metroidvania, and the game is shelved under that label on most store pages, but the tag overpromises what the game actually delivers. A traditional Metroidvania is defined by ability-gating: you pick up a double jump, a wall climb, or a new dash move, and previously unreachable areas of the map suddenly open up. Lost Ruins does not work that way. You move through its dungeons in a fairly linear order, with most rooms accessible from the moment you enter a new zone. The gating that does exist tends to be about item durability and damage thresholds rather than new traversal abilities, and the game’s progression is closer to a survival action game than a true Metroidvania.

The combat system is where Lost Ruins commits hardest to its own identity, and it is also where the Metroidvania label starts to feel like a stretch. Instead of building a character through permanent ability upgrades, you swap weapons, spells, tonics, and accessories in real time during fights. A sword might be replaced by a fire wand; a healing tonic might be swapped for an ice scroll. The depth comes from what you carry in your bag, not from a skill tree, and harder difficulty modes are available for players who want a punishing run, with multiple difficulty settings that change enemy health and damage.

The Combat System Built Around Your Inventory

A 2021 pixel art and combat breakdown from GamingOnLinux opened on the art style, calling the pixel art ‘excellent’ and noting its blend of ‘tons of modern touches,’ including lighting effects that make the dungeons feel three-dimensional rather than flat. The review compared the visual presentation to Dead Cells and Noita, two games known for blending retro pixel art with modern lighting and physics. The pixel art in Lost Ruins draws on the same lineage, with warm lantern glow and shimmering spell effects layered over hand-drawn sprite work, and the art direction is the most consistent praise the game has received across its five years on Steam.

It has some excellent pixel art, blended together with tons of modern touches. There’s lots of fancy lighting effects, giving it a feel a bit like Dead Cells, with the shiny glow of something like Noita.

The review ran on GamingOnLinux in May 2021 and covered both the Windows and Linux builds, with the writer noting the Linux version ran well at launch. Combat is built around inventory management, and the system rewards players who think through their loadout before a fight. Weapons include swords, axes, and assorted medieval gear, each with a timer that limits swing speed and forces you to commit to each attack. Spells come through wands, tonics, and scrolls, while accessories add a second layer of strategy with effects like fire protection or poison healing, and the right combination of accessories can turn a losing fight around.

Flammable liquids ignite when they touch a lit lantern. Ice magic freezes bodies of water, turning a floor hazard into a platform or a weapon. Electricity conducts through puddles, and the deeper you go, the more the dungeon itself becomes part of your arsenal, with environmental traps that can be triggered against enemies with the right spell.

You play a young woman who wakes up in a dungeon with no memory of who she is, and a mysterious mage named Beatrice guides her toward answers. The 2021 GamingOnLinux review called the setup ‘the very much tried, tested and somewhat tired amnesia element.’

A South Korean Studio and a Niche Publisher

ALTARI GAMES is a South Korean studio that developed Lost Ruins, and the game is its most visible English-language release on Steam. DANGEN Entertainment, a publisher that has brought Japanese and Korean indie titles to Western PC storefronts, handled the publishing and holds the trademark for the game. The game launched on May 13, 2021, and has been continuously available on Steam since then, with patches that smoothed out the input timing on slower weapons and fixed early balance issues. It runs on the Unity Engine, per the Steam database listing, and the game has received post-launch updates since its 2021 release, per the GamingOnLinux review.

Lost Ruins supports Windows, macOS, and Linux out of the box, which puts it ahead of most Unity-based indies that skip Mac and Linux support. The Steam deal applies across all three platforms with no regional restrictions noted on the store page. DANGEN Entertainment is listed as the publisher on both the Steam store page and the SteamDB entry for the title, and the game’s store page links to the publisher’s site at lostruins.dangenentertainment.com for additional information.

Frequently Asked Questions

How long is Lost Ruins?

A full playthrough runs roughly 5-7 hours depending on how long boss fights take you and whether you chase the side quests that unlock alternate endings.

Is Lost Ruins a real Metroidvania?

Steam tags Lost Ruins as a Metroidvania, and the developer lists it under that genre on the store page, but the game lacks the ability-gating and interconnected map design that define the genre. The combat system is built around inventory-swapping, not ability progression, which places it closer to a survival action game with Metroidvania visual cues. The 2021 GamingOnLinux review made the same observation, calling the story setup ‘the very much tried, tested and somewhat tired amnesia element.’

When does the 70% off deal end?

The promotion runs through June 24, 2026.

Is $5.99 the lowest the game has been?

Yes. The previous recorded low was $6.99 during a June 2025 promotion, and the current $5.99 price is lower.

Can you play Lost Ruins on Mac or Linux?

Yes. The game supports Windows, macOS, and Linux, and the Steam deal applies across all three platforms.

Buyers have until June 24, 2026, to grab Lost Ruins at $5.99 on Steam.