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Angry Video Game Nerd Adventures

FreakZone Games · Retroware · 2013-09-20

Steam

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: TBD (Nintendo 3DS), Dec 10, 2015 (Wii U), Sep 20, 2013 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

"The most rewarding game of 2013!" Influenced by retro classics Mega Man and Castlevania, Angry Video Game Nerd Adventures features the AVGN and friends as they blast their way through 10 levels of fun, fast paced 2D action based on the AVGN's adventures in his online series.

Angry Video Game Nerd Adventures is an Action, Adventure, Indie game released in 2013, priced at $4.99, with an estimated 100,000 .. 200,000 owners and Very Positive (88% of 3168 reviews).

1
playing now
88%
positive of 3.2k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
77/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
61/100
IGDB user rating (27 ratings)
16h
to beat · rushed 7h
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$4.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 06:00 UTC (census sample)

The Angry Video Game Nerd Adventures is a 2013 platformer video game developed by FreakZone Games and published by ScrewAttack Entertainment. The game is based on the web series Angry Video Game Nerd by James Rolfe, a series dedicated to humorous reviews of low-quality retro games. Made in a retro style, AVGN Adventures parodies the games Rolfe reviewed and contains numerous references to both episodes of the show and the games themselves.

Trailer

Angry Video Game Nerd Adventures trailer thumbnail

Angry Video Game Nerd Adventures - Official Gameplay Trailer

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 24 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 9% of 28,039 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 127k–254k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,172 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.99 at Humble Store (2014-09-20) · bundled 6×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 8 of 17 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
191920182026Week of 2018-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-15 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 00:00 — 1 players2026-09-18 07:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 22:00 — 2 players2026-09-22 06:00 — 2 players2026-09-23 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 21:00 — 2 players2026-09-26 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 18:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 02:00 — 1 players2026-10-05 10:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 01:00 — 2 players2026-10-09 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 07:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-15 06:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$1.002015-01-012026-08-102015-01-01 — best price $9.992015-10-15 — best price $9.992016-03-01 — best price $9.992016-09-08 — best price $2.952017-01-02 — best price $9.992017-08-18 — best price $3.992018-01-25 — best price $7.992020-01-10 — best price $3.992020-05-11 — best price $4.992020-06-08 — best price $4.492020-06-25 — best price $2.492020-07-30 — best price $4.492020-08-17 — best price $4.492020-09-13 — best price $4.492020-10-04 — best price $4.492020-10-22 — best price $4.492020-11-09 — best price $4.992020-12-02 — best price $4.992020-12-21 — best price $4.992021-01-09 — best price $4.992021-01-29 — best price $4.992021-02-15 — best price $4.992021-03-09 — best price $4.992021-03-27 — best price $4.992021-04-17 — best price $4.992021-05-06 — best price $4.992021-05-25 — best price $4.992021-07-01 — best price $4.142021-10-29 — best price $3.892022-01-28 — best price $3.662022-12-09 — best price $4.492023-05-22 — best price $4.992024-01-04 — best price $4.992024-07-14 — best price $4.992024-11-27 — best price $3.492025-05-12 — best price $4.992025-10-20 — best price $4.992026-05-18 — best price $4.992026-08-10 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

6522026-06-01 — 5 pageviews2026-06-05 — 8 pageviews2026-06-09 — 6 pageviews2026-06-13 — 12 pageviews2026-06-17 — 3 pageviews2026-06-21 — 10 pageviews2026-06-25 — 6 pageviews2026-06-29 — 7 pageviews2026-07-03 — 8 pageviews2026-07-07 — 6 pageviews2026-07-11 — 7 pageviews2026-07-15 — 4 pageviews2026-07-19 — 65 pageviews2026-07-23 — 42 pageviews2026-07-27 — 23 pageviews2026-07-31 — 18 pageviews2026-08-04 — 21 pageviews2026-08-08 — 37 pageviews2026-08-12 — 37 pageviews2026-08-16 — 30 pageviews2026-08-20 — 28 pageviews2026-08-24 — 45 pageviews2026-08-28 — 30 pageviews2026-09-01 — 19 pageviews2026-09-05 — 38 pageviews2026-09-09 — 24 pageviews2026-09-13 — 19 pageviews2026-09-17 — 25 pageviews2026-09-21 — 36 pageviews2026-09-25 — 31 pageviews2026-09-29 — 26 pageviews2026-10-03 — 22 pageviews2026-10-07 — 36 pageviews2026-10-11 — 22 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

19
achievements tracked
50.1%
earned "ASS!"
6.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing1 DLC

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2016-06-20 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)5,3771%19

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

2DFunnyIndieMemesRetroActionComedySatireAdventureDifficult

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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