Lucius is a horror adventure video game developed by Finnish studio Shiver Games and published by Lace Mamba Global for Microsoft Windows. The game is centered on the six-year-old-boy Lucius, the son of Lucifer, who murders members of his household, using powers of telekinesis and mind control to orchestrate deadly accidents that lead to the deaths of multiple residents of Dante Manor. A sequel, Lucius II: The Prophecy, was released in 2015. A second sequel, Lucius III, was released in 2018.

On the night of June 6, 1966, Lucius Wagner is born. Born into wealth, he spends his childhood in the luxurious manor house on the private estate of his father, Charles Wagner and his wife, Nancy. Unbeknownst to him, his family's wealth stems from his grandfather Fabius's previous ties to the mafia. After celebrating on night of his sixth birthday, he is visited by Lucifer, who instructs him to lock a maid in the freezer after everyone else has gone to bed. While Lucius is asleep, he is once again visited by Lucifer, who promises Lucius great power. The next morning, a detective, McGuffin, and a deputy are sent to investigate the death.

Over the following months, Lucius carefully picks off the manor's inhabitants using household appliances and his newly acquired supernatural abilities. Following the death of Charle's campaign manager, word of mouth about the deaths reaches the press. McGuffin continues to investigate, but briefly retreats after the death of Lucius's uncle Tom. Fabius refuses to attend Tom's funeral and suggests his involvement to Charles. Having earlier made a pact with Satan to pull the antichrist from his bloodline, he realizes that Lucius is responsible for the deaths. One night, he sneaks him into the ritual room to perform a ritual on a journalist that had tried to break in. Lucius betrays Fabius by stabbing him the back with the blade meant for the ritual and dispatches the journalist with his newfound pyrokinetic abilities.

Lucius continues to cull the members of his house until only Charles and Nancy are left. An increasingly disturbed Charles begins to suspect Lucius may be cursed. While attempting to prove this to a mentally unstable Nancy, he is mind-controlled into killing her with a nearby nailgun. McGuffin and his deputy arrive as this takes place. Charles accuses Lucius as he flees the scene. Lucius is put into the care of McGuffin's deputy, who he manages to decapitate with a ceiling fan. Setting the house ablaze with his powers, Lucius is confronted by Charles and priests. After Charles is killed—either by Lucius or McGuffin, depending on the player's choice—Lucius leaves the burning manor with McGuffin.

Lucius received "mixed or average" reviews according to review aggregator Metacritic.^[1] Gaming website GameSpot said "the biggest problem is a lack of information; tips are given [...] but the core aspects of the game are not explained well".^[4] In a negative review, Adventure Gamers stated that "much of the writing and voice acting is mediocre at best".^[2] RPGFan said in a review that playing the game felt "like testing a gameplay idea rather than a fully finished title".^[5]

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