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Nephise cover art

Nephise

Tonguç Bodur · 2017-03-14

Steam

AdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Mar 14, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Nephise is a short and atmospheric puzzle game with narration. It is a relaxing and mysterious experience especially with the help of its music.

70%
positive of 582 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
50/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$0.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 22 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity up 57% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 29% of 16,624 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 15k–35k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 582 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$0.79-20%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.33 at Steam (2023-07-28)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $0.99 · on sale 24 of 33 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
141420172026Week of 2017-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$1.99$0.492017-03-152026-09-102017-03-15 — best price $1.792017-09-25 — best price $0.992018-01-24 — best price $0.992018-10-30 — best price $0.992019-03-04 — best price $0.992019-07-10 — best price $1.992019-12-03 — best price $1.992020-01-23 — best price $0.992020-07-10 — best price $0.992020-11-25 — best price $0.992021-02-26 — best price $1.992021-06-18 — best price $0.992021-09-08 — best price $0.792021-10-28 — best price $0.492021-12-04 — best price $0.992022-02-02 — best price $0.992022-05-23 — best price $0.992022-08-13 — best price $0.722022-10-07 — best price $0.992022-12-04 — best price $0.792023-03-11 — best price $0.992023-06-19 — best price $0.722023-08-11 — best price $0.992023-12-20 — best price $0.792024-02-20 — best price $0.792024-06-27 — best price $0.742024-11-27 — best price $0.742025-02-10 — best price $0.992025-06-05 — best price $0.542025-12-18 — best price $0.542026-02-19 — best price $0.992026-05-07 — best price $0.542026-06-21 — best price $0.792026-09-10 — best price $0.79
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

3
achievements tracked
6.2%
earned "Hardest Boss Ever!"
6.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing

2 supported languages: English, Turkish

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)74793%3

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

Player tags

IndieShortCasualPuzzleMysteryRelaxingAdventureNarrationAtmosphericExploration

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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