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Nefarious cover art

Nefarious

· 2017-01-23

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Mar 15, 2017 (Linux), Oct 04, 2018 (Nintendo Switch), Sep 12, 2018 (PlayStation 4), Jan 23, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Mar 15, 2017 (Mac), Sep 14, 2018 (Xbox One)

Play as the villain in Nefarious! An action platformer where you globe hop between several kingdoms kidnapping princesses who alter gameplay in unique ways. Then thwart various heroes in reverse boss fights, recreated iconic battles where you control the boss.

85%
positive of 417 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
67/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
59/100
IGDB user rating (5 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$14.99
steam price (US)
Nefarious is an action platform game developed by StarBlade. Players control Crow, a supervillain who captures princesses to power his doomsday device. The game subverts typical video game boss fights by allowing the player to take the role of the boss against archetypical hero characters.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 10 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 17% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (89 reviews).
  • · Top 44% of 12,355 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 10k–25k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 417 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $9.74 at Steam (2020-06-25)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 2 of 5 observed days · $5.25 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
707020172026Week of 2017-01-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2017-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$14.99$9.742017-01-232026-09-052017-01-23 — best price $13.492017-01-30 — best price $14.992017-06-05 — best price $11.992017-06-13 — best price $14.992017-06-22 — best price $10.042017-07-05 — best price $14.992017-10-02 — best price $12.742017-10-09 — best price $14.992017-10-26 — best price $12.742017-11-01 — best price $14.992018-01-29 — best price $11.692018-02-05 — best price $14.992018-12-10 — best price $11.242018-12-17 — best price $14.992019-06-26 — best price $9.892019-07-09 — best price $14.992020-06-25 — best price $9.742020-07-09 — best price $14.992024-01-29 — best price $9.742024-02-05 — best price $14.992024-12-19 — best price $11.992025-01-02 — best price $14.992025-03-13 — best price $9.742025-03-20 — best price $14.992025-07-02 — best price $9.742025-07-10 — best price $14.992026-04-05 — best price $9.742026-04-12 — best price $14.992026-06-25 — best price $9.742026-07-09 — best price $14.992026-09-05 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2912026-06-07 — 10 pageviews2026-06-10 — 6 pageviews2026-06-13 — 17 pageviews2026-06-16 — 10 pageviews2026-06-19 — 7 pageviews2026-06-22 — 11 pageviews2026-06-25 — 17 pageviews2026-06-28 — 11 pageviews2026-07-01 — 12 pageviews2026-07-04 — 5 pageviews2026-07-07 — 12 pageviews2026-07-10 — 8 pageviews2026-07-13 — 6 pageviews2026-07-16 — 7 pageviews2026-07-19 — 1 pageviews2026-07-22 — 6 pageviews2026-07-25 — 8 pageviews2026-07-28 — 8 pageviews2026-07-31 — 15 pageviews2026-08-03 — 2 pageviews2026-08-06 — 19 pageviews2026-08-09 — 9 pageviews2026-08-12 — 8 pageviews2026-08-15 — 7 pageviews2026-08-18 — 13 pageviews2026-08-21 — 6 pageviews2026-08-24 — 15 pageviews2026-08-27 — 13 pageviews2026-08-30 — 10 pageviews2026-09-02 — 7 pageviews2026-09-04 — 13 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

44
achievements tracked
94.9%
earned "Feeling Punchy"
32.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox One (Xbox)5721%44
PS4 (PlayStation)5685%45
Steam (Steam)4861%44
Switch (Nintendo)90%0

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

Player tags

2DIndieActionAdventurePlatformerVillain Protagonist

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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