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BAD END THEATER

NomnomNami · 2021-10-26

SteamGOGPlayStation Store

Simulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jul 10, 2025 (Nintendo Switch), Jul 10, 2025 (Xbox One), Oct 26, 2021 (Linux), Jul 10, 2025 (Xbox Series X|S), Jul 10, 2025 (PlayStation 4), Jul 10, 2025 (PlayStation 5)

select your protagonist and explore a variety of terrible fates!

9
playing now
98%
positive of 10k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
94/100
IGDB user rating (25 ratings)
2h
to beat · rushed 1h · completionist 2h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)

9 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 02:00 UTC (census sample)

Bad End Theater is a 2021 visual novel video game developed and published by indie developer NomnomNami. In the titular theater, the player controls the actions of four characters to explore different bad endings from the perspectives of each respective character. It was released for Windows on 26 October 2021 via Steam and for consoles on 10 July 2025 by Serenity Forge. Bad End Theater has received generally positive reviews, with reviewers praising the characters, gameplay, and story.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 9 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 766 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~96/week).
  • · Review velocity down 25% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 8% of 6,703 Simulation games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 200k–451k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 10,020 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$7.99-20%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$7.99-20%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.99 at Steam (2025-09-30) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 19 of 38 observed days · $3.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
61461420212026Week of 2021-10-01: 375 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 513 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 251 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 256 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 614 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 307 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 160 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 133 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 247 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 298 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 140 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 189 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 193 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 210 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 232 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 164 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 171 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 194 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 134 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 221 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 212 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 166 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 131 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 148 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 159 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 141 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 153 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 143 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 190 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 241 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 166 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1102026-08-07 00:00 — 4 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 8 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 6 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 6 players2026-08-08 08:00 — 4 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 11 players2026-08-09 00:00 — 5 players2026-08-09 08:00 — 5 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 6 players2026-08-10 00:00 — 7 players2026-08-10 08:00 — 2 players2026-08-10 17:00 — 5 players2026-08-11 01:00 — 3 players2026-08-11 09:00 — 3 players2026-08-11 17:00 — 4 players2026-08-13 00:00 — 5 players2026-08-14 08:00 — 6 players2026-08-15 16:00 — 10 players2026-08-17 00:00 — 7 players2026-08-18 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 15:00 — 7 players2026-08-20 22:00 — 9 players2026-08-22 06:00 — 3 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 8 players2026-08-24 21:00 — 3 players2026-08-26 05:00 — 2 players2026-08-27 13:00 — 4 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 4 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 9 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$4.992021-10-262026-08-302021-10-26 — best price $8.992022-01-27 — best price $7.992022-10-24 — best price $7.492022-12-23 — best price $7.492023-02-13 — best price $9.992023-03-23 — best price $9.992023-06-11 — best price $8.492023-07-17 — best price $7.492023-09-11 — best price $7.492023-11-13 — best price $7.492023-12-13 — best price $6.992024-01-25 — best price $6.992024-02-14 — best price $6.992024-03-20 — best price $6.992024-04-26 — best price $9.992024-06-15 — best price $9.992024-07-17 — best price $6.992024-08-26 — best price $6.992024-10-17 — best price $6.992024-11-27 — best price $6.992025-01-02 — best price $9.992025-03-03 — best price $8.992025-03-20 — best price $9.992025-05-19 — best price $9.992025-08-26 — best price $9.992025-10-07 — best price $6.492025-10-27 — best price $9.992026-01-03 — best price $9.992026-03-19 — best price $7.992026-04-14 — best price $7.992026-06-01 — best price $7.992026-07-09 — best price $9.992026-07-24 — best price $7.992026-08-28 — best price $7.992026-08-30 — best price $7.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

61102026-05-30 — 28 pageviews2026-06-02 — 29 pageviews2026-06-05 — 45 pageviews2026-06-08 — 37 pageviews2026-06-11 — 27 pageviews2026-06-14 — 13 pageviews2026-06-17 — 15 pageviews2026-06-20 — 33 pageviews2026-06-23 — 18 pageviews2026-06-26 — 41 pageviews2026-06-29 — 27 pageviews2026-07-02 — 26 pageviews2026-07-05 — 23 pageviews2026-07-08 — 33 pageviews2026-07-11 — 21 pageviews2026-07-14 — 61 pageviews2026-07-17 — 33 pageviews2026-07-20 — 38 pageviews2026-07-23 — 23 pageviews2026-07-26 — 21 pageviews2026-07-29 — 18 pageviews2026-08-01 — 18 pageviews2026-08-04 — 21 pageviews2026-08-07 — 27 pageviews2026-08-10 — 18 pageviews2026-08-13 — 27 pageviews2026-08-16 — 22 pageviews2026-08-19 — 33 pageviews2026-08-22 — 23 pageviews2026-08-25 — 23 pageviews2026-08-27 — 22 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

48
achievements tracked
97.3%
earned "WELCOME TO BAD END THEATER"
72.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportFamily Sharing2 DLC

24 supported languages: English, French, German, Korean, Russian, Spanish - Latin America, Portuguese - Brazil, Polish, Simplified Chinese, Swedish, Italian, Japanese…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,90464%48
PS5 (PlayStation)12480%48
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)11367%48
PS4 (PlayStation)1580%48
Switch (Nintendo)140%0

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

Player tags

CuteAnimeDemonsLGBTQ+FantasyRomanceColorfulStylizedSimulationStory Rich

Census log

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

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