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Never give up!

Salamandra88 · 7DOTS · 2016-12-29

Steam

CasualIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Text

Releases: Dec 29, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Dec 29, 2016 (Mac), Dec 29, 2016 (Linux)

Someone is killing half-bloods (half-elves, half-humans) in a small city. The protagonist, a young half-blood girl called Mia Silverlight, falls into a whirlpool of events.

Never give up! is a $3.99 Casual and Indie game released in 2016, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (77% of 151 reviews).

0
playing now
77%
positive of 151 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
$3.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 08:00 UTC (census sample)

Someone is killing half-bloods (half-elves, half-humans) in a small city. The police believe that it's nothing more than a regular maniac obsessed with racial purity. But detective Blackwood and magician Silverlight have their own opinion about this case. They think that the killer is a necromancer going after the souls of half-bloods, who wants to use them for some horrible ritual. The protagonist, a young half-blood girl called Mia Silverlight, falls into a whirlpool of events. Will she be able to avoid getting caught by the killer, find true love, and discover the secret her uncle is hiding(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 7 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 17% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 25% of 29,056 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 3.8k–9.1k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 151 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.89 at Steam (2019-06-26) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $3.99 · on sale 9 of 18 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
7720162026Week of 2016-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

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

Price history

$3.99$0.892016-12-302026-07-272016-12-30 — best price $2.242017-06-22 — best price $1.192017-11-02 — best price $1.942018-02-15 — best price $2.392018-06-21 — best price $2.092018-10-29 — best price $2.092018-12-20 — best price $1.492019-04-23 — best price $1.492019-10-04 — best price $1.192019-12-19 — best price $1.492020-03-03 — best price $1.492020-06-25 — best price $1.192020-11-25 — best price $1.192021-01-25 — best price $1.192021-05-10 — best price $0.892021-10-11 — best price $1.192021-12-06 — best price $1.042022-02-07 — best price $1.492022-06-23 — best price $1.492022-09-26 — best price $1.642022-12-05 — best price $1.492023-02-13 — best price $1.492023-05-08 — best price $1.492023-08-28 — best price $3.992023-12-11 — best price $3.992024-03-04 — best price $3.992024-06-03 — best price $3.992024-09-16 — best price $3.992024-12-16 — best price $3.992025-03-10 — best price $3.992025-06-02 — best price $3.992025-09-15 — best price $3.992025-12-15 — best price $3.992026-03-26 — best price $3.992026-07-09 — best price $3.992026-07-27 — best price $3.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

10
achievements tracked
27%
earned "Perfect ending."
20.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsCommentary availableFamily Sharing

2 supported languages: English, Russian

Player tags

IndieOtomeCasualFantasyRomanceSingleplayerVisual NovelFemale Protagonist

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.