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Angry Video Game Nerd I & II Deluxe cover art

Angry Video Game Nerd I & II Deluxe

FreakZone Games · Retroware · 2020-10-29

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventure

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Oct 29, 2020 (Linux), Oct 29, 2020 (Mac), Oct 30, 2020 (Nintendo Switch), Oct 30, 2020 (PlayStation 4), Oct 30, 2020 (Xbox One), Oct 29, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Control "The Nerd" in a retro-inspired action platformer! It's two games in one, remixed and rebalanced to bring you the ultimate experience of Nerd Rage. Featuring stylized pixel art inspired by classic games, a highly energetic soundtrack, and challenging levels -- plus a special NEW chapter!

95%
positive of 799 reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
72/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
76/100
IGDB user rating (5 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$7.99
steam price (US)

The Angry Video Game Nerd has been sucked into Game Land! It's up to you to guide him through three terrible and treacherous retro game worlds! Angry Video Game Nerd Adventures and Angry Video Game Nerd II: Assimilation come together for the ultimate Nerd experience! This is the definitive way to play the series... and more!(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 63 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~8/week).
  • · Review velocity down 5% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 27% of 16,312 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 16k–36k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 799 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $5.99 at Epic Game Store (2022-11-22) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 0 of 1 observed days · $4.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
12712720202026Week of 2020-10-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Completion

20
achievements tracked
74.4%
earned "No! YOU listen!!"
24.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportFamily Sharing1 DLC

7 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2023-07-18 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4 (PlayStation)1,54026%21
Xbox One (Xbox)1,2297%20
Steam (Steam)9277%20
Switch (Nintendo)860%0

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

Player tags

GoreBloodFunnyRetroActionArcadeComedyViolentAdventureDifficult

Census log

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

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