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NecroWorm

postpunkpl · Walkabout · 2017-05-18

SteamEpic Games Store

ActionCasualIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: May 18, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Mar 26, 2020 (Nintendo Switch)

It's MIDNIGHT, you're DEAD, and got a bad case of THE MUNCHIES. Chew your way through 120 levels of addictive puzzle gameplay, where your only goal is to devour everything but your own wormy self. It's quick, tasty, and hard to resist. Just like a late-night snack.

NecroWorm is an Action, Casual, and Indie game released in 2017, priced at $4.99, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (43% of 345 reviews).

0
playing now
43%
positive of 345 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$4.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 22:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 3 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~0/week).
  • · Review velocity down 25% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 24% of 27,727 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 8.6k–21k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 345 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.37 at GamersGate (2021-04-08) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 61 of 84 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
7720172026Week of 2017-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 10:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 22:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$4.99$0.372017-05-192026-08-172017-05-19 — best price $2.392019-02-05 — best price $1.192020-11-25 — best price $0.492021-04-15 — best price $0.422021-06-04 — best price $4.992021-07-25 — best price $3.922021-10-29 — best price $3.922021-12-30 — best price $4.992022-03-04 — best price $3.922022-07-30 — best price $3.892022-11-28 — best price $0.372023-01-20 — best price $0.492023-03-16 — best price $0.492023-05-05 — best price $0.432023-06-23 — best price $0.492023-08-03 — best price $4.992023-09-22 — best price $3.832023-11-17 — best price $0.432023-12-25 — best price $0.442024-02-06 — best price $4.992024-03-26 — best price $0.992024-05-05 — best price $0.742024-07-15 — best price $3.922024-09-04 — best price $0.492024-11-09 — best price $3.922025-01-28 — best price $4.992025-05-19 — best price $3.992025-08-11 — best price $0.682025-10-16 — best price $0.642025-12-11 — best price $0.622026-02-23 — best price $3.892026-04-20 — best price $3.592026-07-27 — best price $3.892026-08-17 — best price $3.89
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

20
achievements tracked
14.5%
earned "Welcome to graveyard"
3.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing

13 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,17321%20
Switch (Nintendo)50%0

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

Player tags

2DFunnyIndieLogicRetroArcadeComedyHorrorPuzzleCartoon

Census log

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

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