The Game Census
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Necrosphere

Cat Nigiri · 2017-08-31

SteamPlayStation Store

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jul 02, 2017 (Android), Nov 09, 2019 (iOS), TBD (Xbox One), Sep 01, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 01, 2017 (Linux), Sep 01, 2017 (Mac)

A full-blown adventure played with only two buttons. Become the recently deceased agent Terry Cooper and escape the underworld while facing the toughest, meanest and most difficult obstacles ever devised.

90%
positive of 144 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
73/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (2 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$7.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 5 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 25% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (56 reviews).
  • · Top 38% of 23,042 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 3.6k–8.6k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 144 total reviews — how this is computed.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
555520172026Week of 2017-09-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Completion

13
achievements tracked
62%
earned "Spandex"
8.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing

10 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian

Player tags

2DIndieActionDifficultPlatformerMetroidvaniaPixel GraphicsGreat SoundtrackPrecision Platformer

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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