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Nick cover art

Nick

Firstborn Games · 2017-12-01

Steam

ActionFree To PlayIndieStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Dec 27, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Nick is a free wave defense survival game—all in virtual reality. Built in Unreal engine, this first-person, room-scale VR experience lets users take control of a variety of weapons and tools to fight off endless waves of evil robotic elves.

Nick is a free-to-play Action, Free To Play, Indie, Strategy game released in 2017, with an estimated 50,000 .. 100,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (81% of 91 reviews).

0
playing now
81%
positive of 91 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Free
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 19:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 11 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 10% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 40% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
101020162026Week of 2016-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-15 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 10:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 17:00 — 1 players2026-09-27 01:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 08:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 16:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 23:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 07:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 14:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 23:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 14:00 — 2 players2026-10-08 21:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 05:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 12:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 20:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 19:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
20Jan 2017Aug 2023Jan 2017 — avg 2 · peak 8Mar 2017 — avg 0 · peak 4May 2017 — avg 0 · peak 4Jul 2017 — avg 0 · peak 3Sep 2017 — avg 0 · peak 3Nov 2017 — avg 0 · peak 2Jan 2018 — avg 1 · peak 5Mar 2018 — avg 0 · peak 3May 2018 — avg 0 · peak 2Jul 2018 — avg 0 · peak 3Sep 2018 — avg 0 · peak 1Nov 2018 — avg 0 · peak 4Jan 2019 — avg 0 · peak 2Mar 2019 — avg 0 · peak 3May 2019 — avg 0 · peak 2Jul 2019 — avg 0 · peak 12Sep 2019 — avg 0 · peak 1Nov 2019 — avg 1 · peak 2Sep 2020 — avg 0 · peak 3Jul 2022 — avg 1 · peak 2Sep 2022 — avg 1 · peak 2Nov 2022 — avg 1 · peak 2Jan 2023 — avg 1 · peak 2May 2023 — avg 1 · peak 2Jul 2023 — avg 1 · peak 2Aug 2023 — avg 1 · peak 2

No change (0) in avg players vs prior month — Aug 2023

Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Completion

1
achievements tracked
36.4%
earned "Locked and Loaded"
36.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsTracked Controller SupportVR OnlySteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing

Player tags

VRIndieActionHorrorStrategyFree to Play

Census log

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

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