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Grim Nights cover art

Grim Nights

Edym Pixels · 2018-10-12

SteamGOGEpic Games Store

IndieStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Oct 12, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Your village must survive for 13 days! Gather resources, expand, explore the underground for riches, and train soldiers to defend against hordes of the undead.

Grim Nights is a $2.99 Indie and Strategy game released in 2018, estimated to have 100,000 .. 200,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (88% of 1550 reviews).— census verdict as of 2026-09-20

10
playing now
88%
positive of 1.6k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (2 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$2.99
steam price (US)

10 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 15:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 10 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 36 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~5/week).
  • · Review velocity down 38% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (159 reviews).
  • · Top 8% of 49,583 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 39k–93k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,550 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$1.99-33%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.59 at Steam (2025-05-15)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $2.99 · on sale 67 of 89 observed days · $1.40 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
14714720182026Week of 2018-10-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 147 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1002026-09-15 00:00 — 4 players2026-09-16 08:00 — 3 players2026-09-17 16:00 — 5 players2026-09-18 23:00 — 8 players2026-09-20 07:00 — 4 players2026-09-21 15:00 — 2 players2026-09-22 22:00 — 6 players2026-09-24 06:00 — 2 players2026-09-25 13:00 — 7 players2026-09-26 21:00 — 5 players2026-09-28 04:00 — 2 players2026-09-29 12:00 — 5 players2026-09-30 19:00 — 3 players2026-10-02 03:00 — 4 players2026-10-03 10:00 — 7 players2026-10-04 18:00 — 5 players2026-10-06 02:00 — 6 players2026-10-07 09:00 — 8 players2026-10-08 17:00 — 4 players2026-10-10 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 08:00 — 10 players2026-10-12 16:00 — 7 players2026-10-13 23:00 — 4 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 10 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1115Oct 2018Aug 2026Oct 2018 — avg 55 · peak 173Jan 2019 — avg 33 · peak 86Apr 2019 — avg 29 · peak 89Jul 2019 — avg 11 · peak 25Oct 2019 — avg 11 · peak 29Jan 2020 — avg 22 · peak 79Apr 2020 — avg 15 · peak 70Jul 2020 — avg 17 · peak 38Oct 2020 — avg 35 · peak 93Jan 2021 — avg 15 · peak 44Apr 2021 — avg 14 · peak 31Jul 2021 — avg 14 · peak 37Oct 2021 — avg 13 · peak 35Jan 2022 — avg 12 · peak 28Apr 2022 — avg 13 · peak 40Jul 2022 — avg 11 · peak 26Oct 2022 — avg 11 · peak 29Jan 2023 — avg 9 · peak 23Apr 2023 — avg 9 · peak 25Jul 2023 — avg 10 · peak 24Oct 2023 — avg 10 · peak 25Jan 2024 — avg 9 · peak 27Apr 2024 — avg 9 · peak 25Jul 2024 — avg 9 · peak 25Oct 2024 — avg 8 · peak 17Jan 2025 — avg 8 · peak 19Apr 2025 — avg 5 · peak 16Jul 2025 — avg 8 · peak 23Oct 2025 — avg 7 · peak 15Jan 2026 — avg 5 · peak 17Apr 2026 — avg 6 · peak 13Jul 2026 — avg 6 · peak 15Aug 2026 — avg 6 · peak 18
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$2.99$0.592018-10-122026-10-142018-10-12 — best price $2.992019-11-01 — best price $2.992020-05-04 — best price $2.992020-12-01 — best price $2.992021-07-08 — best price $2.992022-01-05 — best price $2.992022-08-08 — best price $2.992023-01-05 — best price $2.992023-06-12 — best price $2.002023-10-26 — best price $2.002024-01-18 — best price $1.492024-03-14 — best price $1.792024-05-20 — best price $2.992024-07-29 — best price $2.992024-09-17 — best price $2.002024-11-07 — best price $2.002025-01-02 — best price $2.992025-02-13 — best price $2.992025-04-14 — best price $2.992025-05-22 — best price $2.992025-07-18 — best price $2.992025-09-08 — best price $2.992025-10-06 — best price $2.992025-11-05 — best price $2.992025-12-18 — best price $2.002026-02-28 — best price $2.002026-03-26 — best price $2.992026-04-20 — best price $1.992026-06-02 — best price $1.992026-08-10 — best price $2.992026-08-30 — best price $1.992026-09-05 — best price $1.992026-09-11 — best price $2.992026-09-17 — best price $1.992026-09-23 — best price $1.992026-09-29 — best price $1.992026-10-05 — best price $1.992026-10-11 — best price $1.992026-10-14 — best price $1.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

30
achievements tracked
75.6%
earned "Poor things..."
6.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing1 DLC

2 supported languages: English, Simplified Chinese

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2019-02-08 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,2443%30

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

Player tags

2DRTSFantasyZombiesBuildingStrategySurvivalTacticalDifficultManagement

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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