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Necesse

Fair Games ApS · 2025-10-16

Steam

ActionAdventureIndieRPG

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Dec 12, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Dec 12, 2019 (Mac), Dec 12, 2019 (Linux)

Build, quest, and conquer across an infinite procedurally generated world. Play alone or with friends as you establish a settlement and explore deep dungeons, fight monsters and bosses, mine rare ores, craft magical equipment, recruit specialists for your colony, and more!

2,386
playing now
93%
positive of 29k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
28
twitch viewers (latest)
80/100
IGDB user rating (19 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$7.49
steam price (US)

2,386 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 17:00 UTC (census sample)

Start your adventure and explore the infinite procedural generated world of Necesse. Mine, fight and craft to gear up and conquer powerful enemies that drop unique items. Set sail to visit other islands containing villages, dungeons and other secrets or start your own settlement by building houses for settlers to move into.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Cooling
  • · 2,386 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 2,870 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~359/week).
  • · Review velocity down 61% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 6% of 10,903 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 571k–1.3M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 28,528 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $3.34 at AllYouPlay (2023-11-29) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 49 of 79 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
2.9k2.9k20192026Week of 2019-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 690 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1,023 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 437 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 358 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 220 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 164 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 244 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 139 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 362 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 311 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 368 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 550 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 454 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 456 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 496 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 255 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 242 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 749 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 318 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 664 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 477 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 189 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 285 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 139 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 144 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 142 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 653 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 291 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 291 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 309 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 272 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 500 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 358 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 255 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 220 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 142 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 249 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 217 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 136 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 2,681 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 317 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 2,938 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 150 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 789 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 91 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 527 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 69 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 233 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 246 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 223 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 167 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 171 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 186 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 472 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 53 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

6.1k1.0k2026-08-06 21:00 — 4,166 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 3,087 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 4,826 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 4,319 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 3,925 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 5,708 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 4,902 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 4,323 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 6,082 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 4,760 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 2,833 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 4,686 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 3,396 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 2,822 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 4,304 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 3,003 players2026-08-14 04:00 — 2,431 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 3,735 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 3,718 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 2,027 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 1,783 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 2,202 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 2,133 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 2,289 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 1,949 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 1,545 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 1,009 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 1,735 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 1,754 players2026-08-30 17:00 — 2,386 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$3.342019-12-122026-08-132019-12-12 — best price $8.992020-09-11 — best price $6.692021-02-11 — best price $7.492021-09-20 — best price $6.992022-01-27 — best price $6.992022-08-22 — best price $6.692022-12-22 — best price $6.692023-05-11 — best price $6.692023-07-24 — best price $6.692023-08-18 — best price $6.692023-09-07 — best price $6.692023-10-12 — best price $6.692023-11-03 — best price $6.692023-11-22 — best price $4.992023-12-21 — best price $4.992024-01-30 — best price $9.992024-02-17 — best price $9.992024-03-08 — best price $9.992024-06-28 — best price $10.042024-10-05 — best price $14.992024-11-13 — best price $14.992024-12-19 — best price $7.492025-01-18 — best price $14.992025-03-20 — best price $14.992025-05-28 — best price $9.742025-07-12 — best price $14.992025-09-13 — best price $14.992025-10-22 — best price $6.252025-11-20 — best price $8.222025-12-18 — best price $7.492026-02-09 — best price $7.492026-03-17 — best price $9.742026-04-13 — best price $7.492026-05-12 — best price $9.742026-06-25 — best price $8.182026-07-28 — best price $7.492026-08-13 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Twitch viewers

17402026-08-26 19:15 — 36 viewers2026-08-26 21:34 — 23 viewers2026-08-27 01:34 — 96 viewers2026-08-27 04:34 — 32 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 28 viewers2026-08-27 10:34 — 26 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 73 viewers2026-08-27 16:34 — 30 viewers2026-08-27 19:34 — 9 viewers2026-08-27 23:34 — 16 viewers2026-08-28 02:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-28 05:34 — 6 viewers2026-08-28 08:34 — 11 viewers2026-08-28 11:34 — 15 viewers2026-08-28 14:34 — 70 viewers2026-08-28 17:34 — 11 viewers2026-08-28 20:34 — 11 viewers2026-08-28 23:34 — 115 viewers2026-08-29 02:34 — 159 viewers2026-08-29 05:34 — 40 viewers2026-08-29 08:34 — 82 viewers2026-08-29 11:34 — 32 viewers2026-08-29 14:34 — 11 viewers2026-08-29 17:34 — 48 viewers2026-08-29 20:34 — 66 viewers2026-08-29 23:34 — 32 viewers2026-08-30 02:34 — 129 viewers2026-08-30 05:34 — 37 viewers2026-08-30 08:34 — 10 viewers2026-08-30 11:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-30 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 17:34 — 28 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

51
achievements tracked
90%
earned "Spelunker"
10.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPLAN PvPCo-opOnline Co-opLAN Co-opSteam AchievementsFull controller support2 DLC

22 supported languages: English, Russian, Portuguese - Brazil, German, Simplified Chinese, Czech, Japanese, Spanish - Spain, Spanish - Latin America, Traditional Chinese, French, Hungarian…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)27,6680%51

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

RPGCo-opIndieActionSandboxBuildingCraftingSurvivalAdventureOpen World

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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