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Nicole cover art

Nicole

Winter Wolves · 2014-07-25

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

AdventureCasualSimulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Text

Releases: Nov 24, 2020 (PlayStation Vita), Oct 17, 2013 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 17, 2013 (Mac), Oct 17, 2013 (Linux), Jul 29, 2020 (Xbox One), Jul 28, 2020 (PlayStation 4)

Excited to join her first choice school, Nicole discovers a disturbing series of disappearances on campus upon moving into the university dorms. Three girls have vanished, and she might be next, deviating from her ideal college experience.

68%
positive of 125 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
3.89★
PlayStation Store rating (55 ratings)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$4.74
steam price (US)
Celso Riva is an Italian independent video game designer of several critically acclaimed games, including The Goalkeeper, Universal Boxing Manager, Magic Stones, the Heileen and Vera Blanc series, Bionic Heart, and the Loren the Amazon Princess.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 7 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 12% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 46% of 19,448 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 3.1k–7.5k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 125 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$18.99
Microsoft Store$18.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.98 at Steam (2026-06-25) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $18.99 · on sale 8 of 16 observed days · $15.01 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
5520142026Week of 2014-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2014-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2014-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2014-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2014-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2014-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2014-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2014-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2015-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2015-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$999.99$3.982015-01-012026-09-212015-01-01 — best price $9.492015-06-11 — best price $9.492015-12-01 — best price $18.992016-02-22 — best price $12.342016-05-30 — best price $18.992016-11-07 — best price $9.492017-01-02 — best price $18.992017-09-25 — best price $12.342017-11-28 — best price $18.992018-06-21 — best price $4.742018-11-01 — best price $18.992019-02-04 — best price $16.142019-07-09 — best price $18.992019-10-28 — best price $9.492019-12-16 — best price $18.992020-02-24 — best price $5.692020-04-20 — best price $18.992020-10-29 — best price $9.492021-01-05 — best price $18.992021-09-13 — best price $12.342021-12-01 — best price $18.992022-04-11 — best price $12.342022-07-07 — best price $18.992022-12-22 — best price $9.492023-03-23 — best price $18.992023-08-07 — best price $4.742023-11-28 — best price $18.992024-03-14 — best price $4.742024-06-17 — best price $18.992024-10-28 — best price $4.742025-01-02 — best price $18.992025-04-14 — best price $4.742025-07-28 — best price $18.992025-11-03 — best price $4.742026-03-26 — best price $18.992026-07-27 — best price $4.742026-09-21 — best price $18.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1202026-06-24 — 2 pageviews2026-06-27 — 1 pageviews2026-06-30 — 6 pageviews2026-07-03 — 7 pageviews2026-07-06 — 2 pageviews2026-07-09 — 3 pageviews2026-07-12 — 1 pageviews2026-07-15 — 4 pageviews2026-07-18 — 2 pageviews2026-07-21 — 2 pageviews2026-07-24 — 2 pageviews2026-07-27 — 4 pageviews2026-07-30 — 0 pageviews2026-08-02 — 6 pageviews2026-08-05 — 0 pageviews2026-08-08 — 3 pageviews2026-08-11 — 2 pageviews2026-08-14 — 1 pageviews2026-08-17 — 0 pageviews2026-08-20 — 1 pageviews2026-08-23 — 0 pageviews2026-08-26 — 2 pageviews2026-08-29 — 4 pageviews2026-09-01 — 1 pageviews2026-09-04 — 3 pageviews2026-09-07 — 0 pageviews2026-09-10 — 2 pageviews2026-09-13 — 3 pageviews2026-09-16 — 1 pageviews2026-09-19 — 4 pageviews2026-09-21 — 3 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

13
achievements tracked
28%
earned "Laboratory Assistant"
14%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2014-07-25 (Steam store data)

Player tags

AnimeOtomeHorrorMysteryRomanceThrillerDating SimSimulationSingleplayerVisual Novel

Census log

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

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