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Never Return

YeMuNetWork · Cyberisle · 2021-08-20

Steam

ActionAdventureIndieEarly Access

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Aug 20, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

"Never Return" is a 3D action adventure game with roguelike elements. There are various weapon types to choose from. Each Type has its own play style. With thousands of creative prefixes and a huge amount of skills, every player can easily create their own build.

Never Return is an Action, Adventure, Indie, and Early Access game released in 2021, priced at $13.99, with an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (73% of 1635 reviews).

1
playing now
73%
positive of 1.6k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$13.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 15:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 11 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 8% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (796 reviews).
  • · Top 12% of 27,751 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 33k–74k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,634 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $9.09 at Steam (2022-06-23)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
67167120212026Week of 2021-08-01: 671 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 125 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 215 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 16:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 12:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 11:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 18:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 16:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 07:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$13.99$9.092021-08-202023-11-282021-08-20 — best price $11.892021-10-28 — best price $11.892021-11-06 — best price $11.892021-11-24 — best price $11.892021-12-06 — best price $10.492021-12-23 — best price $10.492022-01-27 — best price $10.492022-05-02 — best price $10.492022-06-06 — best price $10.492022-06-23 — best price $9.092022-07-11 — best price $10.492022-09-19 — best price $9.092022-10-24 — best price $9.792022-11-22 — best price $9.092022-12-05 — best price $9.092022-12-22 — best price $9.092023-01-09 — best price $9.092023-02-13 — best price $9.792023-03-16 — best price $9.092023-03-27 — best price $9.092023-05-26 — best price $9.092023-06-30 — best price $9.092023-07-17 — best price $9.092023-08-28 — best price $9.092023-10-09 — best price $9.092023-11-21 — best price $9.092023-11-28 — best price $13.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

44
achievements tracked
85.7%
earned "Fisrt Blood"
25.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPShared/Split Screen PvPCo-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsPartial Controller SupportSteam Cloud

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)5950%44

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

Player tags

LootCo-opIndieActionCombatAdventureRogue-liteLocal Co-OpMultiplayerUnderground

Census log

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

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