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Lumencraft
Developer 2Dynamic Games
Lumencraft is a unique combination of a top-down, rogue-like shooter and base building with tower defense elements. Dig and light up dark halls of a fully destructible environment on procedurally generated maps and campaign levels to find precious Lumen - humanity's only chance for survival. From the Steam store page
185 reactions from 3 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon) · newest Sep 27, 2026 · last updated Oct 8, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
58
Mixed
104 positive · 76 negative
95% range 50–65%
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Steam's own rating
Mostly Positive
981 of 1,291 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What people are saying
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60 of 185 · most liked firstThere are other games to do the mine, defend loop better. Having to go into my inventory to switch between my drill and gun is annoying. The reviews say its a very slow burn and takes a long time to get the unlocks to build out base and that its about 80% drilling and 20% tower defense and that something you feel pretty quickly. I personally need a bit more action or at least other things to do for that other 80% of the game. I can see the appeal but it's not for me
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Buyer beware: The demo is more fun than the full game. In the demo you leap directly into play, digging right away and getting upgrades/building things. But the campaign is this very slow mismash of systems; you have a hub but apparently can't buy anything. Problems I found were mostly to do with pacing of the campaign: - You earn pink currency from missions but only as rewards; not what you actually mine in the missions. - You seemingly never earn brown currency which is needed for guns, so…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Right. I need to tell you about this game. And I need you to stop what you’re doing, because what I’m about to describe should not work. On paper, it is the gaming equivalent of a man walking into a Michelin-starred restaurant in tracksuit bottoms and ordering a full English. And yet. You are a person with a drill. That’s it. That is the entire pitch. You have a drill, there’s dirt everywhere, and somewhere underneath all that dirt is probably something worth having. It’s essentially what…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game to put it simply, is a diamond in the rough. it has an addictive and fun gameplay loop with its exploration and resource gathering mechanics. Most of the environment is destructible via the use of a drill, that you use to carve out tunnel systems and cave networks. you also use this for gathering your essential resources that you use for building a base, getting new gear, and also upgrades. You also have to fight off local hostile fauna (giant bugs) that attack you in waves with…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Overall the game seems fun, but the inventory management system is just way too complicated and while I may continue to play, I can't recommend this game to anyone until that's been overhauled. Plus while I've only seen three bugs, those I've encountered have been so disruptive that I don't understand why they're not addressed.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Don't get me wrong, it is fun. But the gameplay loop gets boring fast. You are going to do the exact same thing in every single map and the challenge is simply nonexistent. I have fallen asleep many times playing this and woke up to my base still standing despite no upkeep on defenses.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game is very fun and interesting however its over shadowed by the fact it keeps randomly crashing for no reason causing me to lose all my progress
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Abandoned in a very buggy state. Shame.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →What to expect: 2 hours frustration with learning curve, 6-8 hours enjoyment, then tediousness because of very poor pacing in game design. If the base-building aspect appeals to you, try playing "Against the Storm" instead. Review by numbers Control/Mechanics: 4/5 Graphics: 5/5 Sound 4/5 Pacing/Game Design 1/5 The pacing problem is the entire campaign is structured like a tutorial. Almost every level unlocks a new technology, including the last level. Accordingly, you never get to…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →game is fun but misleading about co-op, in video it says CO-OP not split screen. hopefully they add the option.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Really unstable, menu freezes, only playable in windowed mode, game crashes often.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →To the developers: there's a bug, where if you 'retry' a campaign, you "lose" all your upgrades. Have to go back to the "base" and then retry from there. Review: I played the demo when it came out pre-release. I liked it. I also got bored fast. I waited for a sale because I am cheap. Lumencraft is a game with few mechanics (dig 2 minerals [lumens and iron], build towers, fight bugs, and avoid the only environmental hazard of LaVaaAaaaA). It gets boring fast. Good to play in small…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Do you like mining minerals like in Terraria? Do you enjoy the Tower Defense genre? Do you also like the crafting aspect of the survival genre? Do you like base management? Well this game has them all as a jack of all trades but master of none. However, it all comes together to create a nice little gem that shines in what it does best. If you like all those things, then this game might just be right for you. It's like Terraria in that the game requires you to drill for minerals. Unlike…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I will change review to positive once Co-op will be properly implemented. Split screen is a joke.
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positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Not sure I can recommend it for £16.99. I didn't finish the campaign but got about 2/3 of the way through it and feel like I've seen everything and am now quite bored. The first hours were great but it becomes a very slow burn with not much different over the levels. Feels like it just needed more development and stuff added to it, really.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Not recommended Due to the simple fact the damage you do by comparison to the bullet sponge units are obnoxious. I've seen videos where you need 12 turrets, but a completely walled off base by wave 10 to survive upper level enemies or Heavies. I didn't look, but i'm gonna guess fully tiered turrets as well. I ran into a big guy on wave 7 so earlier. Pulled him to 2 turrets which were T3. The turrets struggled, my maxed pistol did nothing. When he finally died? He fell on me and I got a game…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I can't get through the demo without it randomly crashing. No error, in particular is happening. It just locks up and then closes.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I wish I could remember the streamer's name who said it, but they said this is the perfect podcast game, which I totally agree with. It's not overly complicated, and its simplicity is not such that it gets stale too quickly. I find myself constantly coming back to it when I want to play something that has both tower defense and RPG elements. Also, there's always the chance of finding a lumen gun in one of the randomly generated maps, which is not always guaranteed, but when found is a lot of…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Ignore all reviews that say the demo is better than the full game, its complete nonsense. The campaign gameplay is different to the demo gameplay, that is true. Just dont play the campaign, theres a very good random map generator that lets you play exactly what the demo showed off. You drop into a randomly generated map and instantly get to mining and progressing by advancing your base and research. It even lets you choose between different win conditions, with the default being surviving waves…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Co-op was promised, and it never came to be. For now it only has a 'shared screen' co-op. The game is abandoned with the devs disappearing without fulfilling their promise. Just skip this game.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is a cool concept, but sadly it just feels way too clunky. How they arrange the slots on your screen is not only a bit confusing at first, but they also disappear over time so you have no visual reminder about what item was in what slot. And only having hotkeys for four slots is way too little. Navigation feels like a chore at times, and the game doesn't satisfyingly communicate info to the player.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →the game freezes on every loading screen in borderless windowed mode, as a person with a multimonitor setup this makes the game not fun to interact with.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is awesome. for your first game i recommend you skip campaign and go strait to wave survival. its probably what you are looking for. and its really fun
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is close to a good game, but it's not. - Lava is annoying, no real way to deal with it - Bedrock walls are annoying to deal with, because they surround lava and resources, and you can't break it to your advantage. - Lack of enemies - Campaign detracts from the main genre of the game. We played 2 missions and was like wtf is this, and then did a base defense mission - Research is annoying and too random. There are too many "Good" "Useful" things hidden behind tech and the RNG of…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I understand not everyone enjoys the same flavour tea, but for me personally; Mining resources and building a fortified base with turrets to defend yourself from alien creatures in a dark cave is probably one of my favourite Genders. That being said; yes the gameplay loop can get boring real fast for some people. If you dont mind a repetitive gameplay loop and just enjoy the game for what it gives, then try out the demo and see for yourself. I myself got this game on sale for $3, i actually…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →i dont know i love the idea building and craft and upgrade but the control in the game is killing me
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I got this game when it was at a 75% sale and immediately refunded it. Bait and Switch, avoid. It's an okay game if you like base defense and tower defense, but it is nothing like the demo or the trailers. The developers will attempt to gaslight you into playing over 2 hours, Conniving jackasses
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The tutorial should have been a warning to me of what to expect; the game just presumes you know what an object/structure is without any kind of highlight/instruction, which is what you spend time going through the tutorial FOR. I'd had enough by the 5th mission. It's just unpleasant to play. The inventory management is a nightmare and the combination of time limits and labyrinthine levels mean progress hinges on trial and error rather than strategic use of the tools you're provided with.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A good 5-10 hrs of gameplay. I wish the campaign was better fleshed out with story content and needs to be condensed. Also wish the game had a turbo mode. But overall I really enjoyed my 20+ hrs, just feel tapped out. Might check back in a few years and see what content and changes have been made.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →6/10 at best, might be better with friends but cant force any friends to buy this with clear conscience Not a bad game per see, but not great either. It looks interesting in the beginning, kinda scratches that flash game itch, but quickly you realise that you do the same things you did early, but with more filler like extra turrets, guns and some extra buildings, fighting slightly different bugs, while core gameplay loop stays the same, which is what gets boring quickly especially on…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →game is fun, quite repetitive, but still fun, I tend to enjoy grinding achievements in many games however i have come to realise that achievements in this game are severely broken, after playing long enough they just stop tracking, i have been stuck on 99999/100000 lumen collected, 753 nuggets/clumps ground up, and x amount of enemies killed, and no matter how much more i mine grind or kill those numbers never change and i have tried playing both campaign and random gen maps including the other…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →1 word Tedious Takes WAY too long to do anything in this game. Progression is ridiculously slow. Not worth it.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I honestly see the potenzial of this game, but lack of coop (only split-screen). From my point of view this game it feel like incompleted and i dont think the developer will made a big upgrade, if they do pls put also a modern coop it will make the game more great on the preparation and even funnier when the insect raid you. my idea on a new mode is an another infinite raid but you dont need to protect the base but only yourself, and on coop we can make the game more hard and put it a revive…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Don't ever play this without a super computer. The pathing and tracing is super extensive and a massive drain on cpu power leading to low frame rates if you have to fight of huge swarms even when you dial everything down to just above null.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Got this one from a Humble Bundle with a bunch of other games for like 12,10€ Started playing with the Campaign, now looking back i feel like it was a mistake because i stopped playing quite quickly because of how slow everything was introduced - Glad i returned to the game later to play the ehh challenge scenarios i think(?) there is from my understanding 3 with the base building that were made by the developer and these were fun and challenging! Compared to the campaign they have no hand…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Game is fantastic! Especially in coop mode.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Terrible game. The tutorial was bad, and the controls/UI were clunky and terrible, especially switching between gun and drill, where to deposit minerals, etc. The game was also boring. I stopped after the tutorial.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Game is cool, but unfortunately is probably abandoned.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →loved the demo, thought i would buy the full game. But........ its nothing like the demo Refund!
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →fun game, cool graphics i love the rubble physics when digging, would love more adventure maps
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →You are Jerzy Cebula, the new miner in the Space Colombo Krieg Colony. Your mission? Gather resources and fortify your base to save the human race. Why are the monsters here? Well, the dwarves dug too deep in the mines of Moria and awakened ancient evil... Stara Cedeta. Mine enough lumen to survive. Slay the unholy creatures akin to Britney Spears. Do not let your shadow scare you... you're not trapped... they're trapped in here with you. I'm not gonna lie to you, I prefer this game over…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is a really solid tower defense game with excellent replayability. It's not crazy expensive, and the value for your gaming dollar is really incredible. It also supports changing the keyboard layout seamlessly (for COLEMAK or DVORAK users), which not all games do. It appears to have side-by-side play options for two people to play on the same screen, which is cool (although I have never played that way). (And there is no in-game currency with ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ pay-to-win, which is refreshing)
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Mining feels and plays great. But Dev forgot to explain the game in the "tutorial" (end air quotes). At the moment I have no idea how that "inventory" works, how to equip weapons, or the objective of, well, anything. I refuse to go to youtube or guides. The game needs to do that work, needs that quality of life. I will change my recommendation then. Mining really feels damn good. Playing on Steam Deck.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Needs a better balance, between mining, guns, and the enemy waves. some of the lvls feel waaaaaay to long.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The illustration picture is from #Lumencraft, an amazing Godot 3 game with shooter, mining, base building and tower defense elements. They just went out of Early Access and introduced the Story mode, perfect time to check it out! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1713810/Lumencraft/
unlabelledView post →While the game is a fun little tower defense, I can't recommend it because it frequently crashes at random.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It just randomly crashes, and it's not a once in a while sort of thing. I can't complete a single level without it crashing, it's terrible. There hasn't been a patch since June and the devs haven't even mentioned working on a fix or been active in the forums/news section since the June update. Save your money, abandoned crash-a-thon.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I loved this game. The feel of mining was very satifying, and the base defense was also quite enjoyable. I only wish the devs spent a few more months working on co-op and I would have liked a hard mode for the campaign. 8/10
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Amazing. Short, simple mechanics, grindy, and it really gets you to think about how to set up your base properly. lots of strategy involved.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Yeah .... no ? I can't really recommend it. It's not a bad game, but ... it just get somehow boring rather fast ? I didn't finish this game yet and will probably never do. It's basically just more of the same quickly, and the gameplay doesn't carry the whole thing on it's own. There is some good in it tho, worth a grab if on discount, maybe.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game doesn't work. I reached out to the game company, because Steam doesn't offer support, and could not get any help. I literally reached out for a period of two weeks, and still can't get an answer or a fix. Don't waste your money. Not even worth it if you got it for free.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I will start with the good: the game looks really nice, its got a good art style that makes you want to immerse yourself in it. thats it, now the bad I only played the tutorial and it was hairpullingly bad, when you have games like factorio, creeper world series, or fortresscraft with similar gameplay this falls vastly short in all aspects. The tutorial apparantly misses the damn plot on what its supposed to do and gives little to no instruction other than pointing in direction, you get bum…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Darkness yields to drills Light returns through sweat and steel Hope digs ever deep
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Controls are clunky. The gameplay is repetitive, and the exploration is not really satisfactory.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fun top down tower defense mixed with mining and upgrading defenses. Smart, challenging and fun. Just the right amount of difficult but not easy either.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fun little gem. Very addictive. Only "bad" thing is that it could use some faster progression for the main campaign.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →random need to spawn more metal. or you need to get more out of what you mine. or im just getting a ♥♥♥♥♥♥ map spawn that... I have to destroy 2 hives before I can get enough metal for 1 turret and just a turret... I'll try again later but being that unable just there isn't hardly any metal... kinda suck and makes you not want to even try again cause... honestly... it wasn't even giving me a chance... Was trying to get enough for a med bay but died cause... the 3rd hive had numbers and…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Looked fun watching it, wasn't fun to play. Control scheme (movement, attacking) is pretty horrible, and since this is what you do most of the time.. Also had a hard time figuring out what the tasks in the campaign meant and how to do things in general .. had to look up howto videos half the missions to not be stuck in progression.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fight bugs wave by wave. Really fun!
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