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Before The Night

Uneducated Game Studio · 2022-07-14

Steam

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Jul 14, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 28, 2023 (Nintendo Switch)

Before The Night is a horror action adventure game based on a macabre twist to a fable. Survive in the tiny, cute animal village! Your animal friends will literally turn rabid at night! Uncover the secrets of the world where animals keep human pets. Join the cute pet human "Lisa" on her adventure!

94%
positive of 497 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$13.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 18 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 14% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (90 reviews).
  • · Top 29% of 18,912 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 9.9k–22k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 497 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $3.35 at Steam (2025-10-27)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
888820222026Week of 2022-07-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerFull controller supportFamily Sharing

8 supported languages: English, Korean, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Portuguese - Brazil, Traditional Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)10726%7
Switch (Nintendo)10%0

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

Player tags

2DCatsCuteMagicActionHorrorPuzzleMysteryCartoonyAdventure

Census log

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

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