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NAIRI: Tower of Shirin

HomeBearStudio · 2018-11-29

SteamEpic Games Store

Adventure

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person, Text

Releases: Nov 29, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 29, 2018 (Nintendo Switch)

A hand-drawn adventure blending visual novel storytelling with point-and-click puzzles. Explore a vibrant yet dangerous oasis city where humans and animals live side by side. Meet unforgettable characters, trade and combine quirky items, and solve challenging puzzle-dungeons filled with mystery.

NAIRI: Tower of Shirin is an Adventure game released in 2018, priced at $9.99, with an owner estimate of 50,000 .. 100,000 and a Very Positive review sentiment (84% of 550 reviews).

0
playing now
84%
positive of 550 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
78/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
84/100
IGDB user rating (9 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$9.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 18:00 UTC (census sample)

NAIRI: Tower of Shirin is a point-and-click adventure game and visual novel, developed by the Dutch indie game developer HomeBearStudio and published by Hound Picked Games. The game was released on November 29, 2018 for the Windows and Nintendo Switch platforms.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 2 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~0/week).
  • · Review velocity down 85% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (12 reviews).
  • · Top 18% of 28,796 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 14k–33k copies

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

All-time low: $0.36 at GameBillet (2025-06-03) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 77 of 80 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
121220182026Week of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

502026-09-15 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 11:00 — 2 players2026-09-17 19:00 — 4 players2026-09-19 02:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 10:00 — 2 players2026-09-21 18:00 — 2 players2026-09-23 01:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 16:00 — 4 players2026-09-27 00:00 — 4 players2026-09-28 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 15:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 13:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 21:00 — 3 players2026-10-06 05:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 12:00 — 2 players2026-10-08 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 03:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 19:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
110Dec 2018Aug 2026Dec 2018 — avg 2 · peak 9Jan 2019 — avg 1 · peak 5Feb 2019 — avg 1 · peak 5Mar 2019 — avg 0 · peak 3Apr 2019 — avg 1 · peak 6May 2019 — avg 0 · peak 2Jun 2019 — avg 0 · peak 4Jul 2019 — avg 11 · peak 51Aug 2019 — avg 4 · peak 13Sep 2019 — avg 3 · peak 9Oct 2019 — avg 2 · peak 13Nov 2019 — avg 2 · peak 8Dec 2019 — avg 2 · peak 10Jan 2020 — avg 2 · peak 9Feb 2020 — avg 2 · peak 9Mar 2020 — avg 2 · peak 6Apr 2020 — avg 2 · peak 6May 2020 — avg 2 · peak 7Jun 2020 — avg 2 · peak 7Jul 2020 — avg 2 · peak 6Aug 2020 — avg 2 · peak 6Sep 2020 — avg 1 · peak 4Oct 2020 — avg 2 · peak 12Nov 2020 — avg 1 · peak 8Dec 2020 — avg 1 · peak 5Jan 2021 — avg 1 · peak 5Feb 2021 — avg 1 · peak 4Mar 2021 — avg 1 · peak 4Apr 2021 — avg 1 · peak 4May 2021 — avg 1 · peak 3Jun 2021 — avg 1 · peak 3Jul 2021 — avg 1 · peak 4Aug 2023 — avg 1 · peak 4Aug 2026 — avg 2 · peak 7
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$9.99$0.392018-07-202026-08-172018-07-20 — best price $9.992019-07-15 — best price $9.992020-01-02 — best price $4.992020-11-25 — best price $1.992021-07-09 — best price $4.992021-09-21 — best price $3.922021-11-17 — best price $2.092021-12-22 — best price $1.402022-04-21 — best price $3.992022-07-08 — best price $1.762022-09-18 — best price $3.892022-12-23 — best price $0.872023-02-16 — best price $4.992023-03-25 — best price $4.992023-05-23 — best price $4.992023-07-11 — best price $0.742023-08-14 — best price $1.242023-09-23 — best price $4.992023-11-14 — best price $1.002023-12-21 — best price $1.242024-02-08 — best price $1.042024-03-23 — best price $3.892024-04-30 — best price $3.892024-06-28 — best price $0.752024-08-03 — best price $3.922024-09-13 — best price $0.492024-11-09 — best price $3.892024-12-11 — best price $4.992025-02-10 — best price $0.402025-03-31 — best price $3.792025-06-02 — best price $0.392025-08-04 — best price $0.392025-09-30 — best price $4.992025-11-26 — best price $4.992026-01-02 — best price $4.992026-03-19 — best price $0.492026-04-23 — best price $4.992026-06-04 — best price $9.992026-08-17 — best price $4.04
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

802026-06-03 — 0 pageviews2026-06-07 — 0 pageviews2026-06-11 — 0 pageviews2026-06-15 — 0 pageviews2026-06-19 — 4 pageviews2026-06-23 — 2 pageviews2026-06-27 — 2 pageviews2026-07-01 — 0 pageviews2026-07-05 — 2 pageviews2026-07-09 — 0 pageviews2026-07-13 — 2 pageviews2026-07-17 — 1 pageviews2026-07-21 — 1 pageviews2026-07-26 — 7 pageviews2026-07-30 — 5 pageviews2026-08-03 — 1 pageviews2026-08-07 — 3 pageviews2026-08-11 — 5 pageviews2026-08-15 — 3 pageviews2026-08-19 — 0 pageviews2026-08-23 — 4 pageviews2026-08-27 — 2 pageviews2026-08-31 — 1 pageviews2026-09-04 — 0 pageviews2026-09-08 — 3 pageviews2026-09-12 — 0 pageviews2026-09-16 — 3 pageviews2026-09-20 — 0 pageviews2026-09-24 — 6 pageviews2026-09-28 — 3 pageviews2026-10-02 — 8 pageviews2026-10-06 — 4 pageviews2026-10-10 — 2 pageviews2026-10-13 — 1 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

20
achievements tracked
71.9%
earned "The Runaway"
32.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing2 DLC

9 supported languages: English, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Latin America, Portuguese - Brazil

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2018-12-14 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,30542%20
Switch (Nintendo)50%0

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

Player tags

2DCuteIndieCasualComedyColorfulAdventureHand-drawnStory RichSingleplayer

Census log

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

Recent updates

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