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Christmas Stories: Nutcracker Collector's Edition cover art

Christmas Stories: Nutcracker Collector's Edition

Elephant Games · BFG Entertainment · 2016-12-16

Steam

AdventureCasual

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Nov 30, 2012 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

A classic Christmas tale, with a whole new twist! Help the Nutcracker rescue the princess from the evil Rat King!

Christmas Stories: Nutcracker Collector's Edition is an Adventure, Casual game released in 2016, priced at $19.99, with an estimated 20,000 .. 50,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (90% of 62 reviews).

0
playing now
90%
positive of 62 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 09:00 UTC (census sample)

A classic Christmas tale, with a whole new twist! Help the Nutcracker rescue the princess from the evil Rat King in this memorable hidden-object puzzle adventure game. You might be too late for the Christmas Ball, but you're just in time for adventure! The Nutcracker needs your help, and there's an army of rats running rampant through the kingdom. Luckily, a few cute little sidekicks have got your back. Uncover the Rat King's evil plot - and find out what created the toothy little monster.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 12 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 40% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 49% of 28,739 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-02

Estimated sales: 1.6k–3.7k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 62 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2025-12-18)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 5 of 10 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
101020162026Week of 2016-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-15 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 09:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 00:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 15:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 01:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 09:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$0.992016-12-172026-07-092016-12-17 — best price $12.992017-07-05 — best price $9.992017-12-21 — best price $3.492018-07-05 — best price $9.992018-12-20 — best price $3.492019-02-11 — best price $9.992019-11-26 — best price $3.992020-01-02 — best price $9.992020-04-10 — best price $4.492020-07-09 — best price $9.992020-11-25 — best price $3.992021-01-05 — best price $9.992021-10-28 — best price $4.492021-12-01 — best price $9.992022-06-23 — best price $4.992022-11-29 — best price $9.992023-02-20 — best price $4.992023-03-23 — best price $9.992023-06-29 — best price $3.992023-08-28 — best price $9.992023-12-21 — best price $4.992024-07-11 — best price $9.992024-12-20 — best price $3.492025-03-20 — best price $9.992025-09-29 — best price $3.992026-01-05 — best price $9.992026-03-26 — best price $19.992026-06-25 — best price $1.992026-07-09 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

Player tags

CasualAdventureHidden Object

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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