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Battle Chasers: Nightwar cover art

Battle Chasers: Nightwar

Airship Syndicate · THQ Nordic · 2017-10-03

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IndieRPG

Modes: Single player

Releases: Oct 03, 2017 (Xbox One), Aug 01, 2019 (iOS), Oct 03, 2017 (PlayStation 4), May 28, 2018 (Linux), Oct 03, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 01, 2019 (Android)

Battle Chasers: Nightwar is an RPG inspired by the classic console greats, featuring deep dungeon diving, turn-based combat presented in a classic JRPG format, and a rich story driven by exploration of the world.

25
playing now
87%
positive of 7.4k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
78/100
critic score (11 outlets, IGDB)
79/100
IGDB user rating (58 ratings)
68h
to beat · completionist 75h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$29.99
steam price (US)

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

Battle Chasers: Nightwar is a turn-based role-playing video game developed by Airship Syndicate and published by THQ Nordic. It was released in October 2017 for Microsoft Windows, macOS, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, and in May 2018 for Nintendo Switch and Linux. Based on the Battle Chasers fantasy comic book series by Joe Madureira, the game involves the cast of that series being marooned on an island and being forced to stop the plans of an evil sorceress in order to escape.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 25 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 105 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~13/week).
  • · Review velocity down 2% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 7% of 17,990 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 184k–442k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 7,374 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$29.99
lowest across shops (ITAD)$29.99
Microsoft Store$29.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.98 at MacGameStore (2024-05-16) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 85 of 122 observed days · $27.01 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
22722720182026Week of 2018-01-01: 227 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 140 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

59102026-08-06 23:00 — 16 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 10 players2026-08-07 15:00 — 24 players2026-08-07 23:00 — 22 players2026-08-08 07:00 — 23 players2026-08-08 15:00 — 30 players2026-08-08 23:00 — 23 players2026-08-09 07:00 — 26 players2026-08-09 15:00 — 59 players2026-08-09 23:00 — 31 players2026-08-10 07:00 — 21 players2026-08-10 15:00 — 31 players2026-08-10 23:00 — 25 players2026-08-11 07:00 — 15 players2026-08-11 16:00 — 44 players2026-08-12 23:00 — 27 players2026-08-14 07:00 — 13 players2026-08-15 15:00 — 57 players2026-08-16 23:00 — 36 players2026-08-18 06:00 — 15 players2026-08-19 14:00 — 42 players2026-08-20 21:00 — 21 players2026-08-22 05:00 — 22 players2026-08-23 12:00 — 38 players2026-08-24 20:00 — 25 players2026-08-26 04:00 — 28 players2026-08-27 12:00 — 29 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 23 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 25 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$33.47$4.992017-06-012026-08-302017-06-01 — best price $26.952017-12-18 — best price $29.992018-03-09 — best price $29.992018-05-29 — best price $14.992018-08-21 — best price $29.992018-11-21 — best price $9.892019-01-29 — best price $9.902019-04-22 — best price $27.282019-07-29 — best price $29.992019-10-08 — best price $7.492019-12-16 — best price $29.992020-02-20 — best price $7.492020-05-11 — best price $7.492020-08-15 — best price $8.992020-12-22 — best price $7.492021-03-24 — best price $7.492021-07-11 — best price $5.992021-09-24 — best price $7.492021-12-29 — best price $29.992022-03-26 — best price $21.992022-07-08 — best price $26.992022-09-27 — best price $21.992023-01-06 — best price $21.992023-04-25 — best price $7.492023-07-20 — best price $7.492023-11-01 — best price $7.492024-02-05 — best price $29.992024-05-15 — best price $4.992024-09-02 — best price $7.492024-12-16 — best price $7.482025-03-21 — best price $29.992025-07-10 — best price $29.992025-10-20 — best price $7.492026-02-16 — best price $24.992026-05-08 — best price $5.992026-08-01 — best price $7.492026-08-30 — best price $29.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

104182026-05-30 — 34 pageviews2026-06-02 — 33 pageviews2026-06-05 — 30 pageviews2026-06-08 — 41 pageviews2026-06-11 — 23 pageviews2026-06-14 — 37 pageviews2026-06-17 — 37 pageviews2026-06-20 — 22 pageviews2026-06-23 — 33 pageviews2026-06-26 — 43 pageviews2026-06-29 — 34 pageviews2026-07-02 — 35 pageviews2026-07-05 — 25 pageviews2026-07-08 — 22 pageviews2026-07-11 — 36 pageviews2026-07-14 — 45 pageviews2026-07-17 — 55 pageviews2026-07-20 — 44 pageviews2026-07-23 — 25 pageviews2026-07-26 — 43 pageviews2026-07-29 — 70 pageviews2026-08-01 — 26 pageviews2026-08-04 — 33 pageviews2026-08-07 — 51 pageviews2026-08-10 — 55 pageviews2026-08-13 — 49 pageviews2026-08-16 — 37 pageviews2026-08-19 — 52 pageviews2026-08-22 — 34 pageviews2026-08-25 — 104 pageviews2026-08-27 — 59 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

48
achievements tracked
88.1%
earned "Survivors"
19.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing1 DLC

10 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4 (PlayStation)11,66314%49
Steam (Steam)11,4254%48
Xbox One (Xbox)11,3443%48
Switch (Nintendo)500%0
Switch (Nintendo)10%0

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

Player tags

RPGJRPGIndieFantasyFishingIsometricComic BookStory RichTurn-BasedAtmospheric

Census log

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

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