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Neverending Nightmares cover art

Neverending Nightmares

Infinitap Games · 2014-09-26

SteamGOGPlayStation Store

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: May 03, 2016 (PlayStation 4), Jul 22, 2020 (Nintendo Switch), Sep 26, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 26, 2014 (Ouya), Sep 26, 2014 (Mac), Sep 26, 2014 (Linux)

Experience true psychological horror as you explore nightmares inspired by the creator's struggles with depression and OCD. The defenseless protagonist must avoid monstrous manifestations of what haunts his subconscious in his quest to wake up into reality.

0
playing now
76%
positive of 3.0k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
67/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
63/100
IGDB user rating (40 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$14.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 05:00 UTC (census sample)

Neverending Nightmares is a video game developed by Infinitap Games. It is a horror game drawing inspiration from the lead designer Matt Gilgenbach's personal struggles with obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD) and depression; in an interview, he stated that he was "trying to create that feeling [of bleakness and hopelessness] in Neverending Nightmares".

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 80 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~10/week).
  • · Review velocity down 16% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 21% of 10,903 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 76k–182k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,037 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$14.99
lowest across shops (ITAD)$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.25 at Fanatical (2020-03-29) · bundled 7×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 32 of 55 observed days · $12.74 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
232320182026Week of 2018-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-08-11 17:00 — 1 players2026-08-12 09:00 — 1 players2026-08-13 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 17:00 — 2 players2026-08-14 08:00 — 2 players2026-08-15 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 00:00 — 1 players2026-08-17 16:00 — 2 players2026-08-18 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 15:00 — 1 players2026-08-20 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-21 14:00 — 1 players2026-08-22 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 22:00 — 1 players2026-08-23 14:00 — 2 players2026-08-24 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 13:00 — 1 players2026-08-26 06:00 — 1 players2026-08-26 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 14:00 — 1 players2026-08-28 06:00 — 1 players2026-08-28 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 05:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$2.992015-01-012026-08-302015-01-01 — best price $8.992015-08-31 — best price $14.992016-02-22 — best price $14.992016-10-20 — best price $7.502017-07-03 — best price $3.742018-01-11 — best price $3.742018-10-22 — best price $3.742019-03-11 — best price $3.742019-10-14 — best price $14.992020-03-17 — best price $11.802020-06-21 — best price $14.992020-08-01 — best price $13.392020-09-01 — best price $13.392020-10-04 — best price $13.392020-11-06 — best price $14.992020-12-14 — best price $14.992021-01-25 — best price $3.742021-03-05 — best price $13.392021-04-18 — best price $13.392021-05-30 — best price $13.392021-09-06 — best price $14.992021-12-15 — best price $11.012022-02-28 — best price $3.742022-06-20 — best price $14.992022-10-19 — best price $11.802023-01-10 — best price $11.012023-05-16 — best price $11.012023-09-27 — best price $11.012024-01-15 — best price $3.742024-04-04 — best price $14.992024-07-11 — best price $14.992024-09-25 — best price $3.742024-12-16 — best price $14.992025-03-13 — best price $3.742025-05-28 — best price $3.742025-09-02 — best price $11.802026-01-03 — best price $14.992026-05-25 — best price $3.892026-08-30 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

4
achievements tracked
30.3%
earned "Final Descent"
23.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsCaptions availableSteam CloudRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing

15 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Finnish, Turkish, Swedish, Russian…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,78849%4
PS4, PS Vita (PlayStation)1,79776%4
Switch (Nintendo)10%0
Switch (Nintendo)0—0

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

Player tags

2DGoreBloodIndieShortActionHorrorAdventureHand-drawnAtmospheric

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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