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N++ (NPLUSPLUS) cover art

N++ (NPLUSPLUS)

Metanet Software Inc. · 2016-08-25

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Action

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Aug 25, 2016 (Mac), Aug 25, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 25, 2016 (Linux), Oct 04, 2017 (Xbox One), Jul 28, 2015 (PlayStation 4), May 24, 2018 (Nintendo Switch)

N++ is a fast-paced, momentum-based platformer about darting around obstacles, narrowly evading enemies and collecting gold in a beautiful minimalist landscape.

31
playing now
94%
positive of 3.6k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
83/100
critic score (10 outlets, IGDB)
88/100
IGDB user rating (32 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$14.99
steam price (US)

31 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 UTC (census sample)

N is a freeware video game developed by Metanet Software. It was inspired in part by Lode Runner, Soldat, and other side-scrolling games. It was the first of the N series, followed by N+ and N++. N won the audience choice award in the downloadables category of the 2005 Independent Games Festival.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 31 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 162 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~20/week).
  • · Review velocity down 24% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 19% of 10,862 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 89k–214k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,572 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.00 at Fanatical (2022-04-15) · bundled 8×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 5 of 11 observed days · $13.99 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
616120182026Week of 2018-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

41112026-08-06 23:00 — 29 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 22 players2026-08-07 15:00 — 22 players2026-08-07 23:00 — 31 players2026-08-08 07:00 — 18 players2026-08-08 15:00 — 18 players2026-08-08 23:00 — 29 players2026-08-09 07:00 — 24 players2026-08-09 15:00 — 25 players2026-08-09 23:00 — 24 players2026-08-10 07:00 — 17 players2026-08-10 15:00 — 23 players2026-08-10 23:00 — 23 players2026-08-11 07:00 — 15 players2026-08-11 15:00 — 22 players2026-08-12 23:00 — 24 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 11 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 21 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 23 players2026-08-18 06:00 — 11 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 15 players2026-08-20 21:00 — 20 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 21 players2026-08-23 12:00 — 20 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 24 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 17 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 21 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 25 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 31 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$1.002016-08-262026-08-272016-08-26 — best price $11.992016-11-21 — best price $14.992017-01-02 — best price $14.992017-04-23 — best price $14.992017-07-29 — best price $14.992017-11-28 — best price $14.992018-07-05 — best price $14.992019-06-25 — best price $7.492019-11-20 — best price $7.492019-12-19 — best price $7.492020-03-22 — best price $4.952020-10-29 — best price $7.492020-12-22 — best price $7.492021-03-25 — best price $7.492021-10-13 — best price $14.992021-12-01 — best price $14.992022-02-07 — best price $14.992022-05-20 — best price $14.992022-11-29 — best price $14.992023-03-23 — best price $14.992023-07-31 — best price $14.992023-11-28 — best price $14.992024-02-19 — best price $14.992024-05-21 — best price $14.992024-09-02 — best price $14.992024-12-04 — best price $14.992025-02-17 — best price $14.992025-07-10 — best price $14.992026-01-05 — best price $14.992026-03-26 — best price $14.992026-08-27 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

269242026-05-29 — 38 pageviews2026-06-01 — 34 pageviews2026-06-04 — 37 pageviews2026-06-07 — 154 pageviews2026-06-10 — 101 pageviews2026-06-13 — 62 pageviews2026-06-16 — 50 pageviews2026-06-19 — 24 pageviews2026-06-22 — 52 pageviews2026-06-25 — 35 pageviews2026-06-28 — 35 pageviews2026-07-01 — 37 pageviews2026-07-04 — 61 pageviews2026-07-07 — 32 pageviews2026-07-10 — 47 pageviews2026-07-13 — 37 pageviews2026-07-16 — 36 pageviews2026-07-19 — 35 pageviews2026-07-22 — 34 pageviews2026-07-25 — 33 pageviews2026-07-28 — 31 pageviews2026-07-31 — 36 pageviews2026-08-03 — 30 pageviews2026-08-06 — 47 pageviews2026-08-09 — 28 pageviews2026-08-12 — 42 pageviews2026-08-15 — 25 pageviews2026-08-18 — 45 pageviews2026-08-21 — 31 pageviews2026-08-24 — 41 pageviews2026-08-26 — 46 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

33
achievements tracked
83.2%
earned "You Suck But That's Okay"
3.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPShared/Split Screen PvPCo-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading Cards

12 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America, Traditional Chinese

Player tags

IndieNinjaActionParkourColorfulDifficultFast-PacedMinimalistLocal Co-OpLevel Editor

Census log

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

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