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Living the Nightmare

Reanimate Games · 2020-09-08

Steam

ActionIndieRPGStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Sep 08, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Living the Nightmare is a fast-paced, turn-based, Horror Roguelike about a Slasher who just met his end. Be the Faceless, a Killer slain by a would-be victim and cast into a dark, purgatorial realm. There may be a way out... but there's a lot of monsters to turn inside out first.

Living the Nightmare is a $2.99 Action, Indie, RPG and Strategy game released in 2020, with an owner estimate of 50,000 .. 100,000 and a Positive review sentiment (95% of 20 reviews).

0
playing now
95%
positive of 20 reviews
Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
$2.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 20:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 7 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 12% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 76% of 27,701 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-03

All-time low: $0.49 at Steam (2022-11-22)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $2.99 · on sale 2 of 4 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
3320202024Week of 2020-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

002026-09-15 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 20:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$7.99$0.492020-09-082026-01-052020-09-08 — best price $7.192020-10-14 — best price $7.192020-10-29 — best price $4.792020-11-13 — best price $7.992020-12-01 — best price $7.992021-01-05 — best price $7.992021-02-12 — best price $3.192021-02-17 — best price $7.992021-10-28 — best price $1.192021-11-24 — best price $1.192021-12-22 — best price $1.192022-01-27 — best price $1.192022-05-02 — best price $0.792022-06-23 — best price $0.792022-08-19 — best price $0.792022-10-24 — best price $0.792022-11-01 — best price $2.992022-11-18 — best price $0.792022-11-29 — best price $2.992022-12-22 — best price $0.742023-01-20 — best price $0.792023-03-16 — best price $0.742023-05-05 — best price $0.952023-09-26 — best price $2.992023-10-16 — best price $0.742023-10-26 — best price $1.192023-11-06 — best price $0.742023-11-20 — best price $0.742023-11-28 — best price $2.992024-01-04 — best price $2.992024-11-04 — best price $2.992024-12-04 — best price $2.992025-01-02 — best price $2.992025-03-20 — best price $2.992025-07-10 — best price $2.992025-10-06 — best price $2.992025-11-03 — best price $2.992026-01-05 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

34
achievements tracked
76.2%
earned "Welcome to Lake Quincy"
15%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

Player tags

RPGHorrorStrategySurvivalDifficultAction RPGOpen WorldRogue-likeRogue-litePerma Death

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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