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Nidhogg cover art

Nidhogg

Messhof · 2014-01-13

SteamPlayStation Store

ActionIndieSports

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Oct 14, 2014 (PlayStation Vita), Jan 13, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 19, 2014 (Mac), Oct 14, 2014 (PlayStation 4)

Nidhogg is the epic award-winning game of fencing tug-of-war complete with flying giant worms.

Nidhogg is an Action, Indie, Sports game released in 2014, priced at $5.49, with an estimated 500,000 .. 1,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (90% of 7903 reviews).

53
playing now
90%
positive of 7.9k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
84/100
critic score (6 outlets, IGDB)
76/100
IGDB user rating (112 ratings)
4.46★
PlayStation Store rating (6,632 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$5.49
steam price (US)

53 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Nidhogg is a side-scrolling two-player fighting video game developed and published by Messhof. Players duel with swords in a pixelated environment. The game was commissioned for the New York University Game Center's annual multiplayer show, and was revised and demoed at private events over the next four years before its final release. It won Indiecade 2013's Game Design award and the 2011 Independent Games Festival's Nuovo Award. It was released for Microsoft Windows on January 13, 2014, and later ported to OS X, PlayStation 4, and PlayStation Vita. Critics praised the feel of the gameplay and its balance, but considered its single-player mode unsatisfying. Messhof released a sequel in 2017 with a higher resolution art style and additional weapons and arenas.

Trailer

Nidhogg trailer thumbnail

Nidhogg PS4 Trailer

≈255,158 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 53 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 114 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~14/week).
  • · Review velocity down 13% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 5% of 27,751 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 198k–476k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 7,926 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$3.49-65%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.49 at Steam (2015-06-12) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 15 of 27 observed days · $2.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
969620182026Week of 2018-01-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

5622026-09-15 12:00 — 4 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 15 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 4 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 9 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 13 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 5 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 3 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 3 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 14 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 3 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 10 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 12 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 5 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 12 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 41 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 19 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 17 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 12 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 16 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 8 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 13 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 12 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 53 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
2347Jan 2014Aug 2026Jan 2014 — avg 221 · peak 606May 2014 — avg 39 · peak 124Sep 2014 — avg 62 · peak 203Jan 2015 — avg 102 · peak 458May 2015 — avg 42 · peak 128Sep 2015 — avg 51 · peak 126Jan 2016 — avg 99 · peak 557May 2016 — avg 34 · peak 85Sep 2016 — avg 33 · peak 73Jan 2017 — avg 42 · peak 228May 2017 — avg 48 · peak 196Sep 2017 — avg 33 · peak 88Jan 2018 — avg 29 · peak 125May 2018 — avg 18 · peak 47Sep 2018 — avg 19 · peak 51Jan 2019 — avg 19 · peak 70May 2019 — avg 16 · peak 60Sep 2019 — avg 14 · peak 33Jan 2020 — avg 18 · peak 72May 2020 — avg 18 · peak 49Sep 2020 — avg 11 · peak 30Jan 2021 — avg 14 · peak 61May 2021 — avg 11 · peak 29Sep 2021 — avg 15 · peak 86Jan 2022 — avg 15 · peak 62May 2022 — avg 12 · peak 38Sep 2022 — avg 10 · peak 31Jan 2023 — avg 11 · peak 44May 2023 — avg 8 · peak 24Sep 2023 — avg 8 · peak 27Jan 2024 — avg 10 · peak 40May 2024 — avg 9 · peak 23Sep 2024 — avg 9 · peak 24Jan 2025 — avg 10 · peak 40May 2025 — avg 7 · peak 24Sep 2025 — avg 8 · peak 25Jan 2026 — avg 11 · peak 39May 2026 — avg 8 · peak 22Aug 2026 — avg 11 · peak 40
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$14.99$2.992015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $7.492015-05-22 — best price $4.492015-08-31 — best price $8.242016-01-29 — best price $14.992016-05-20 — best price $5.092016-11-23 — best price $5.242017-04-02 — best price $3.492017-06-22 — best price $3.992017-11-28 — best price $9.992018-05-24 — best price $9.992018-09-18 — best price $9.992019-03-11 — best price $9.992019-09-02 — best price $4.492019-11-22 — best price $3.992020-01-27 — best price $9.992020-07-09 — best price $9.992020-11-16 — best price $9.992021-02-01 — best price $4.992021-07-12 — best price $3.992021-12-01 — best price $9.992022-03-12 — best price $9.992022-07-18 — best price $9.992023-01-05 — best price $9.992023-05-01 — best price $9.992023-09-04 — best price $9.992023-12-11 — best price $4.492024-03-25 — best price $4.992024-07-25 — best price $9.992024-12-16 — best price $9.992025-06-26 — best price $3.792025-09-01 — best price $9.992026-02-05 — best price $9.992026-04-29 — best price $9.992026-07-20 — best price $9.992026-10-14 — best price $3.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

86292026-05-31 — 32 pageviews2026-06-04 — 42 pageviews2026-06-08 — 42 pageviews2026-06-12 — 42 pageviews2026-06-16 — 43 pageviews2026-06-20 — 46 pageviews2026-06-24 — 54 pageviews2026-06-28 — 40 pageviews2026-07-02 — 36 pageviews2026-07-06 — 79 pageviews2026-07-10 — 60 pageviews2026-07-14 — 59 pageviews2026-07-18 — 45 pageviews2026-07-22 — 39 pageviews2026-07-26 — 53 pageviews2026-07-30 — 46 pageviews2026-08-03 — 37 pageviews2026-08-07 — 37 pageviews2026-08-11 — 41 pageviews2026-08-15 — 61 pageviews2026-08-19 — 58 pageviews2026-08-23 — 56 pageviews2026-08-27 — 51 pageviews2026-08-31 — 72 pageviews2026-09-04 — 69 pageviews2026-09-08 — 64 pageviews2026-09-12 — 44 pageviews2026-09-16 — 63 pageviews2026-09-20 — 36 pageviews2026-09-24 — 45 pageviews2026-09-28 — 74 pageviews2026-10-02 — 86 pageviews2026-10-06 — 49 pageviews2026-10-09 — 63 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

12
achievements tracked
65.9%
earned "COMEBACK KID"
2.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPShared/Split Screen PvPShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsStats

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)24,0521%12
PS4, PS Vita (PlayStation)18,1031%12

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

2DPvPFunnyIndieActionSportsFightingSwordplay2D FighterFast-Paced

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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