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Angry Video Game Nerd 8-bit cover art

Angry Video Game Nerd 8-bit

Retroware · 2025-10-22

SteamPlayStation Store

ActionAdventure

Modes: Single player

Releases: Oct 23, 2025 (Nintendo Switch), Oct 23, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 23, 2025 (PlayStation 4), Oct 23, 2025 (Xbox One), Oct 23, 2025 (Nintendo Entertainment System), Oct 23, 2025 (PlayStation 5)

The Angry Video Game Nerd is back in 8-bits! Battle through frantic platforming levels, defeat classic AVGN bosses, and save all of gaming, or test your skills in Endless Challenge mode!

84%
positive of 137 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
82/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
3.86★
PlayStation Store rating (351 ratings)
2h
to beat · rushed 1h · completionist 4h
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 15 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 50% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (45 reviews).
  • · Top 60% of 12,474 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 2.7k–6.2k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 137 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $15.99 at Steam (2025-12-08)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 8 of 18 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
383820252026Week of 2025-10-23: 38 positiveWeek of 2025-10-23: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-10-30: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-10-30: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-06: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-11-06: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-13: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-11-20: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-11-20: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-27: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-04: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-11: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-18: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-18: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-25: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-25: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-08: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-12: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-19: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-26: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-12: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-19: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-26: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-02: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-09: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-23: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-07: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-14: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-14: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-21: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-25: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-02: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-02: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-16: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-23: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-30: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-06: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-27: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$19.99$15.992025-10-232026-08-102025-10-23 — best price $17.992025-11-05 — best price $19.992025-12-08 — best price $15.992025-12-15 — best price $19.992025-12-18 — best price $15.992026-01-05 — best price $19.992026-02-09 — best price $15.992026-02-16 — best price $19.992026-03-19 — best price $15.992026-03-26 — best price $19.992026-03-30 — best price $15.992026-04-06 — best price $19.992026-05-11 — best price $15.992026-05-18 — best price $19.992026-06-25 — best price $15.992026-07-09 — best price $19.992026-08-03 — best price $15.992026-08-10 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

19
achievements tracked
49.8%
earned "Defeat Speziman"
19.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportCustom Volume ControlsAdjustable DifficultyGamepad RecommendedKeyboard Only OptionPlayable without Timed InputDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller Support1 DLC

12 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Spanish - Latin America, Traditional Chinese, Russian

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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