Limbus Company

Overview

Limbus Company is a turn-based strategy RPG video game and sequel to Library of Ruina The game was published by ProjectMoon and released on Steam and mobile devices on February 26th, 2023. It became notably prevalent online following its release, garnering mostly positive reviews and inspiring fan art and content.

History

On November 19th, 2021, the ProjectMoon YouTube channel posted the first trailer for Limbus Company, posting another trailer on September 21st, 2022 (shown below, left and right). ProjectMoon made numerous posts promoting the game on their Twitter^[1] page in the months leading up to the game's release. Limbus Company follows a free-to-play "gacha" model and is story-heavy.

On February 26th, 2023, Limbus Company was released on Steam^[2] and mobile devices, with ProjectMoon releasing a video showcasing gameplay a month earlier (shown below).

Online Presence

The /r/LimbusCompany^[3] subreddit opened in June 2021 to discuss the game and share fan content relating to it, including memes and artwork (popular examples shown below).

The game also became popular on Twitter. For example, on March 2nd, 2023, Twitter^[4] user @_sacchim posted fan art of two characters, garnering over 6,000 likes in four days (shown below).

Reception

The game received mostly positive reviews following its release, with a majority of "very positive" reviews on Steam and an average rating of 4 out of 5 stars on the Google Play store. On February 28th, 2023, YouTuber Maddmike posted a positive review of the game (shown below).

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