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Billy's Nightmare cover art

Billy's Nightmare

Insomnia Interactive · 2023-10-26

Steam

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen

Releases: Oct 26, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

A roguelike game where you use abilities & items based on child logic to help Billy fight his nightmare. Poison bullies with a pair of Stinky Socks, set creepy toys on fire with a Magnifying Glass or make them step on some painful Pego Bricks!

98%
positive of 51 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 12 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 59% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 76% of 11,691 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.0k–2.3k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 51 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2025-10-25)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 5 of 10 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
161620232026Week of 2023-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$9.99$0.992023-10-262026-07-092023-10-26 — best price $9.992023-12-14 — best price $6.992023-12-28 — best price $9.992024-03-07 — best price $5.992024-03-21 — best price $9.992024-06-20 — best price $4.992024-07-04 — best price $9.992024-11-27 — best price $2.492024-12-04 — best price $9.992024-12-20 — best price $2.492025-01-02 — best price $9.992025-02-10 — best price $2.492025-02-17 — best price $9.992025-03-13 — best price $2.492025-03-20 — best price $9.992025-06-26 — best price $2.492025-07-10 — best price $9.992025-10-01 — best price $2.492025-10-06 — best price $9.992025-10-25 — best price $0.992025-10-27 — best price $9.992025-12-18 — best price $0.992026-01-05 — best price $9.992026-03-19 — best price $0.992026-03-26 — best price $9.992026-06-25 — best price $0.992026-07-09 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opLAN Co-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

2DCo-opActionShooterTop-DownAdventureControllerRogue-likeLocal Co-OpPerma Death

Census log

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

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