Lumines Arise

Lumines Arise

Steam Deck Verified

Enhance · Puzzle · Nov 11, 2025

Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.

It's at its lowest recorded price, $29.99.

94%
Very Positive
918 player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 102 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 96 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 75 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Performance: 14 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Crashes: 11 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 918 player reviews · updated 6 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
50% of themes are praise33% are divided17% are caveats
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
It was gonna take a lot for Enhance to screw this up with how perfect the gameplay loop of "Lumines" is.
102 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
Beautiful visuals and styles.
96 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
The controller blends in with the game's graphics and soundtrack to create that satisfying synesthesia effect.
75 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Steam Deck
Players who bring up Steam Deck mostly praise it.
I've also tried it on the Steam Deck where it runs fine at low settings (medium will work for some levels) and still looks impressive.
24 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
I would love for them to do so, such that I can turn this into a story of success, and verdict reversal, but even then, I found this severely-lacking in the charm I've come to expect from the series, leaving it a bit sterile-feeling to me.
19 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Controls
Players who bring up Controls mostly praise it.
The controller blends in with the game's graphics and soundtrack to create that satisfying synesthesia effect.
11 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love6 themes
Gameplay102 reviews
Graphics96 reviews
Audio75 reviews
Steam Deck24 reviews
Story and characters19 reviews
Controls11 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Multiplayer43 reviews
86%
Difficulty25 reviews
92%
Accessibility21 reviews
86%
Servers and matchmaking10 reviews
90%
Players complain% still recommend
Performance14 reviews
86%
Crashes11 reviews
91%

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Lowest ever recorded

Currently $29.99 (−25%). That's the lowest price we've ever recorded.

4 points recordedtoday · $29.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
94%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
45
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.