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Mary Skelter: Nightmares

Idea Factory · Ghostlight LTD · 2018-07-19

SteamGOGAmazon

Sexual ContentAdventureRPGStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Sep 19, 2017 (PlayStation Vita), Jul 19, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

The "Jail" suddenly appeared a number of years ago, sinking the city deep into the ground. There, this impenetrable living prison 666 metres beneath the surface, held power over eerie creatures called "Marchens." Within the prison was a boy named Jack - living a life of suffering...

83%
positive of 598 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
83/100
critic score (5 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (5 ratings)
56h
time to beat (IGDB)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$6.24
steam price (US)
Mary Skelter: Nightmares is a dungeon crawler role-playing video game for the PlayStation Vita, developed and published by Compile Heart and Idea Factory in collaboration with Dengeki Bunko under the brand name "DenPile". It was released on October 13, 2016 in Japan, September 19, 2017 in North America, and September 22, 2017 in Europe. It was followed by two games: its prequel, Mary Skelter 2, which included Nightmares as a bonus remake with a new "true ending" unlocked by clearing the second game's own true end, and its climax Mary Skelter Finale.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 28 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4/week).
  • · Review velocity up 27% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 1% of 56 Sexual Content games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 15k–36k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 598 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$6.24-75%
GOG$6.25-75%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $6.24 at Steam (2020-10-29)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 27 of 43 observed days · $0.01 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
686820182026Week of 2018-07-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-10-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$24.99$6.242018-07-192026-10-082018-07-19 — best price $14.992018-12-10 — best price $24.992019-02-11 — best price $24.992019-05-20 — best price $24.992019-11-01 — best price $24.992020-01-24 — best price $9.992020-04-17 — best price $14.992020-10-26 — best price $7.492021-01-04 — best price $24.992021-03-22 — best price $7.492021-11-03 — best price $24.992022-01-27 — best price $6.242022-06-28 — best price $24.992022-11-30 — best price $6.242023-02-14 — best price $24.992023-06-29 — best price $6.242023-09-19 — best price $24.992023-12-21 — best price $6.242024-04-11 — best price $24.992024-07-18 — best price $6.242024-10-28 — best price $6.242025-01-02 — best price $24.992025-03-06 — best price $6.242025-05-01 — best price $6.242025-08-11 — best price $24.992025-09-29 — best price $6.242025-11-17 — best price $6.242026-03-03 — best price $24.992026-04-14 — best price $6.492026-07-09 — best price $24.992026-09-21 — best price $24.992026-10-08 — best price $6.25
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

92192026-07-10 — 31 pageviews2026-07-13 — 42 pageviews2026-07-16 — 35 pageviews2026-07-19 — 47 pageviews2026-07-22 — 41 pageviews2026-07-25 — 44 pageviews2026-07-28 — 58 pageviews2026-07-31 — 29 pageviews2026-08-03 — 40 pageviews2026-08-06 — 30 pageviews2026-08-09 — 64 pageviews2026-08-12 — 34 pageviews2026-08-15 — 55 pageviews2026-08-18 — 26 pageviews2026-08-21 — 28 pageviews2026-08-24 — 35 pageviews2026-08-27 — 33 pageviews2026-08-30 — 49 pageviews2026-09-02 — 31 pageviews2026-09-05 — 32 pageviews2026-09-08 — 43 pageviews2026-09-11 — 33 pageviews2026-09-14 — 35 pageviews2026-09-17 — 74 pageviews2026-09-20 — 55 pageviews2026-09-23 — 50 pageviews2026-09-26 — 19 pageviews2026-09-29 — 25 pageviews2026-10-02 — 45 pageviews2026-10-05 — 35 pageviews2026-10-07 — 27 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

34
achievements tracked
82.7%
earned "Awakening"
18.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,42611%34
PS Vita (PlayStation)1,27829%34
PS Vita (PlayStation)73942%34

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

Player tags

RPGJRPGAnimeHorrorStrategyLore-RichDating SimStory RichTurn-BasedExploration

Census log

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

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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