Steam market intelligence
LISA: The First
83% positive · 466 Steam reviews · released Mar 20, 2024 · by Dingaling Productions
What it likely sold — estimate, stated as a range on purpose
No estimate for this title — free-to-play games have no unit-sales model here. That's the honest answer, not a gap.
Player voice — measured shares of Steam thumbs, never a model
Story & writing69% positive · 58 mentions
“LISA: The First is a prelude to the story of LISA: The Painful. Its one of those pieces of internet freeware RPG history, standing alongside other titles like Yume Nikki. The story itself told well, fed in bits to the player through text…”Recommended · Steam review · Feb 2026 · 2 h played
Visuals & audio70% positive · 30 mentions
“There is no combat, no clear objective, just the unsettling experience of navigating Lisa’s subconscious. The grotesque figures she encounters are not just enemies. They are manifestations of something far worse, distorted echoes of abuse…”Recommended · Steam review · Mar 2025 · 1 h played
Gameplay & mechanics59% positive · 29 mentions
“There is no combat, no clear objective, just the unsettling experience of navigating Lisa’s subconscious. The grotesque figures she encounters are not just enemies. They are manifestations of something far worse, distorted echoes of abuse…”Recommended · Steam review · Mar 2025 · 1 h played
Performance & stability57% positive · 14 mentions
“don't play the steam version. i played the original back when it came out several times and it was never this buggy. download it from itch.io or something”Recommended · Steam review · Sep 2025 · 0 h played
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Game DNA — store facts, community tag votes, labeled AI inference
How you play together
Single-player
Business model
Free to play
Sources: Valve store fields · community tag votes · AI-inferred values are marked and drawn from a fixed vocabulary.