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Irony Of Nightmare cover art

Irony Of Nightmare

Steppe Hare Studio · 2017-12-12

Steam

IndieEarly Access

Modes: Single player

Releases: Dec 12, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

In the Irony of Nightmare things aren't always as they seem. Those who decide to solve all puzzles of the game, not only will unravel true secret of house, but also will open completely different ending of the story.

0
playing now
87%
positive of 706 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
IGDB user rating (2 ratings)
1h
time to beat (IGDB)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$1.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 30% of 18,104 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 18k–42k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 706 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$1.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.49 at Steam (2018-04-09) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $1.99 · on sale 11 of 22 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

002026-08-12 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 18:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 11:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$1.99$0.492017-12-142026-08-172017-12-14 — best price $0.992018-02-19 — best price $0.992018-07-05 — best price $0.992018-11-01 — best price $0.992019-01-03 — best price $0.992019-03-25 — best price $0.992019-07-09 — best price $0.992019-10-21 — best price $0.992020-01-02 — best price $0.992020-03-16 — best price $0.992020-07-09 — best price $0.992020-11-02 — best price $0.992021-01-05 — best price $0.992021-07-08 — best price $0.992021-11-01 — best price $0.992022-01-05 — best price $0.992022-07-07 — best price $0.992022-11-01 — best price $0.992023-01-05 — best price $0.992023-03-23 — best price $0.992023-05-29 — best price $0.992023-08-21 — best price $0.992024-03-14 — best price $0.992024-05-06 — best price $0.992024-06-27 — best price $0.992024-09-09 — best price $0.992024-11-27 — best price $0.992024-12-19 — best price $0.992025-03-03 — best price $0.992025-04-14 — best price $0.992025-06-27 — best price $0.992025-09-01 — best price $0.992025-10-13 — best price $0.992025-12-18 — best price $0.992026-03-19 — best price $0.992026-05-11 — best price $0.992026-08-10 — best price $0.992026-08-17 — best price $1.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing

2 supported languages: English, Russian

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)61256%7

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

Player tags

GoreIndieHorrorViolentAdventureCyberpunkDetectiveStory RichAtmosphericEarly Access

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.