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Necesse cover art

Necesse

Fair Games ApS · 2025-10-16

Steam

ActionAdventureIndieRPG

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

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!

Necesse is a 2025 Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG game priced at $7.49, with a Very Positive sentiment (93% of 29,043 reviews) and an estimated 1,000,000 .. 2,000,000 owners.

589
playing now
93%
positive of 29k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
2
twitch viewers (latest)
2.0
viewers/channel (concentration)
80/100
IGDB user rating (19 ratings)
10
Nexus mods (2.5k downloads)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$7.49
steam price (US)

589 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 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)

Trailer

Necesse trailer thumbnail

Necesse - Official Version 1.0 Launch Trailer

≈20,317 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Cooling
  • · 589 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 3% of 27,667 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 586k–1.3M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 29,285 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 45 of 71 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

1.7k5892026-09-15 12:00 — 984 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 912 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 826 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 1,250 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 1,537 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 984 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 811 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 1,143 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 1,012 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 1,441 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 1,252 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 723 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 701 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 1,256 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 1,031 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 772 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 1,128 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 811 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 624 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 1,165 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 1,179 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 704 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 589 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
7.5k1Dec 2019Aug 2026Dec 2019 — avg 2 · peak 8Mar 2020 — avg 2 · peak 11Jun 2020 — avg 2 · peak 7Sep 2020 — avg 5 · peak 20Dec 2020 — avg 3 · peak 11Mar 2021 — avg 2 · peak 12Jun 2021 — avg 3 · peak 13Sep 2021 — avg 5 · peak 23Dec 2021 — avg 37 · peak 110Mar 2022 — avg 66 · peak 202Jun 2022 — avg 1,249 · peak 3,642Sep 2022 — avg 329 · peak 642Dec 2022 — avg 200 · peak 443Mar 2023 — avg 532 · peak 2,033Jun 2023 — avg 698 · peak 1,656Sep 2023 — avg 499 · peak 1,396Dec 2023 — avg 1,355 · peak 3,143Mar 2024 — avg 614 · peak 1,343Jun 2024 — avg 269 · peak 641Sep 2024 — avg 836 · peak 2,544Dec 2024 — avg 552 · peak 1,250Mar 2025 — avg 733 · peak 1,608Jun 2025 — avg 643 · peak 1,239Sep 2025 — avg 401 · peak 877Dec 2025 — avg 2,665 · peak 5,228Mar 2026 — avg 1,031 · peak 2,231Jun 2026 — avg 878 · peak 2,274Aug 2026 — avg 3,241 · peak 11,207
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
41412026-09-212026-10-142026-09-21: 41 new positive2026-09-21: 7 new negative2026-09-22: 8 new positive2026-09-22: 2 new negative2026-09-23: 6 new positive2026-09-23: 2 new negative2026-09-26: 5 new positive2026-09-26: 2 new negative2026-09-27: 11 new positive2026-09-28: 6 new positive2026-09-28: 4 new negative2026-09-29: 4 new positive2026-09-29: 1 new negative2026-09-30: 18 new positive2026-09-30: 3 new negative2026-10-01: 4 new positive2026-10-02: 8 new positive2026-10-02: 2 new negative2026-10-03: 6 new positive2026-10-03: 1 new negative2026-10-05: 9 new positive2026-10-05: 2 new negative2026-10-06: 9 new positive2026-10-06: 3 new negative2026-10-07: 4 new positive2026-10-08: 9 new positive2026-10-08: 2 new negative2026-10-09: 1 new positive2026-10-10: 3 new positive2026-10-10: 2 new negative2026-10-11: 4 new positive2026-10-11: 2 new negative2026-10-13: 6 new positive2026-10-14: 8 new positive
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

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

5602026-09-30 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 07:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-01 16:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 19:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-03 04:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-03 13:34 — 22 viewers2026-10-03 22:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-04 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-04 16:34 — 13 viewers2026-10-05 01:34 — 17 viewers2026-10-05 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 04:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-06 13:34 — 11 viewers2026-10-06 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 07:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-07 16:34 — 7 viewers2026-10-08 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 10:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-08 19:34 — 12 viewers2026-10-09 04:34 — 30 viewers2026-10-09 13:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-09 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 07:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-10 16:34 — 39 viewers2026-10-11 01:34 — 27 viewers2026-10-11 10:34 — 4 viewers2026-10-11 19:34 — 8 viewers2026-10-12 04:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-12 13:34 — 11 viewers2026-10-12 22:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 16:34 — 21 viewers2026-10-14 01:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-14 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 19:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-14 21:34 — 2 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…

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2024-06-08, latest 2025-10-16 (Steam store data)

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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