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Nephise Begins cover art

Nephise Begins

Tonguç Bodur · 2017-04-24

Steam

AdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Apr 24, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Nephise Begins tells the player what happened at the time before Nephise was an orb collector. The main setting is forest again, but this time without snow, instead a more sunny and foggy weather.

Nephise Begins is a $0.99 Adventure, Casual, Indie title released in 2017, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (62% of 1403 reviews).

4
playing now
62%
positive of 1.4k reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
48/100
IGDB user rating (6 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$0.99
steam price (US)

4 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 21:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 4 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 13 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 117% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 11% of 29,021 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 35k–84k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,403 total reviews — how this is computed.

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

12-month high $0.99 · on sale 22 of 31 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
9920172026Week of 2017-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

902026-09-15 22:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 06:00 — 2 players2026-09-18 14:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 21:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 05:00 — 2 players2026-09-22 12:00 — 2 players2026-09-23 20:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 03:00 — 3 players2026-09-26 11:00 — 3 players2026-09-27 18:00 — 2 players2026-09-29 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 09:00 — 1 players2026-10-01 17:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 00:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 08:00 — 1 players2026-10-05 16:00 — 5 players2026-10-07 00:00 — 3 players2026-10-08 07:00 — 2 players2026-10-09 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 22:00 — 3 players2026-10-12 06:00 — 4 players2026-10-13 13:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 21:00 — 4 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
450Apr 2017Aug 2026Apr 2017 — avg 1 · peak 6Jul 2017 — avg 1 · peak 5Oct 2017 — avg 0 · peak 4Jan 2018 — avg 0 · peak 4Apr 2018 — avg 0 · peak 3Jul 2018 — avg 0 · peak 2Oct 2018 — avg 0 · peak 2Jan 2019 — avg 0 · peak 2Apr 2019 — avg 0 · peak 2Jul 2019 — avg 0 · peak 2Mar 2020 — avg 29 · peak 473Jun 2020 — avg 3 · peak 8Sep 2020 — avg 2 · peak 9Dec 2020 — avg 2 · peak 7Mar 2021 — avg 2 · peak 8Jun 2021 — avg 17 · peak 214Sep 2021 — avg 1 · peak 4Dec 2021 — avg 20 · peak 229Mar 2022 — avg 15 · peak 227Jun 2022 — avg 2 · peak 6Sep 2022 — avg 11 · peak 54Dec 2022 — avg 10 · peak 443Mar 2023 — avg 7 · peak 38Jun 2023 — avg 9 · peak 66Sep 2023 — avg 4 · peak 26Dec 2025 — avg 2 · peak 21Mar 2026 — avg 2 · peak 51Jun 2026 — avg 1 · peak 3Aug 2026 — avg 2 · peak 4
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$1.99$0.492017-04-252026-08-172017-04-25 — best price $1.792017-10-26 — best price $0.992018-04-06 — best price $0.992018-11-21 — best price $0.992019-04-30 — best price $1.992019-09-05 — best price $1.992019-12-07 — best price $0.992020-02-28 — best price $0.992020-08-27 — best price $0.992020-12-01 — best price $1.992021-04-09 — best price $0.742021-06-25 — best price $0.492021-10-01 — best price $0.492021-10-29 — best price $0.722021-12-03 — best price $0.492022-01-14 — best price $0.542022-03-26 — best price $0.792022-06-25 — best price $0.722022-08-13 — 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 $0.722023-08-25 — best price $0.542024-01-25 — best price $0.722024-02-29 — best price $0.992024-07-11 — best price $0.992025-01-02 — best price $0.992025-04-03 — best price $0.742025-08-14 — best price $0.542026-01-07 — best price $0.792026-04-12 — best price $0.992026-05-30 — best price $0.792026-08-17 — best price $0.74
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

5
achievements tracked
22.4%
earned "360"
15.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing

2 supported languages: English, German

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,77773%5

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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