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NERVE

Gunfish Games · 2021-02-16

Steam

ActionIndieRacing

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Jul 21, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Hurtle through beautiful unforgiving worlds, where every frame is enthralling, every moment is exhilarating, every death is deserved, and every success is earned. RACE | DODGE | DIE | REPEAT

NERVE is an Action, Indie and Racing game released in 2021, priced at $9.99, with an owner estimate of 0 .. 20,000 and a review sentiment of Very Positive (92% of 51 reviews).

92%
positive of 51 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$9.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 9 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 72% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 51% of 27,656 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.0k–2.3k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 51 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $2.49 at Steam (2025-03-18)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 1 of 2 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
9920202026Week of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$18.99$2.492018-05-292026-01-052018-05-29 — best price $4.992018-07-05 — best price $13.992018-11-29 — best price $13.992019-01-06 — best price $13.992020-11-02 — best price $13.992020-12-01 — best price $13.992021-01-05 — best price $13.992021-04-12 — best price $11.392021-06-24 — best price $11.392021-08-16 — best price $11.992021-08-30 — best price $11.992021-11-01 — best price $11.992021-12-20 — best price $11.992022-01-05 — best price $11.992022-02-14 — best price $11.992022-05-30 — best price $11.992022-07-07 — best price $11.992024-01-29 — best price $11.992024-07-11 — best price $11.992025-03-18 — best price $2.492025-12-18 — best price $4.992026-01-05 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing1 DLC

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2021-02-16 (Steam store data)

Player tags

3DIndieActionArcadeRacingRhythmRunnerAbstractDifficultFast-Paced

Census log

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

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