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Nidhogg cover art

Nidhogg

Messhof · 2014-01-13

SteamPlayStation Store

ActionIndieSports

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

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.

33
playing now
90%
positive of 7.9k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
84/100
critic score (6 outlets, IGDB)
76/100
IGDB user rating (112 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$5.49
steam price (US)

33 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 02:00 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.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 33 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 13% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 198k–474k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 7,903 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$5.49-45%

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 29 observed days (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

3332026-08-06 22:00 — 21 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 5 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 6 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 16 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 11 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 7 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 12 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 13 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 3 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 8 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 11 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 5 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 16 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 10 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 4 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 15 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 7 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 7 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 13 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 6 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 4 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 14 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 17 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 5 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 13 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 19 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 7 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 19 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 33 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$2.992015-01-012026-08-242015-01-01 — 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 $9.992026-08-24 — best price $5.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

82282026-05-31 — 32 pageviews2026-06-03 — 48 pageviews2026-06-06 — 59 pageviews2026-06-09 — 45 pageviews2026-06-12 — 42 pageviews2026-06-15 — 44 pageviews2026-06-18 — 32 pageviews2026-06-21 — 55 pageviews2026-06-24 — 54 pageviews2026-06-27 — 70 pageviews2026-06-30 — 39 pageviews2026-07-03 — 40 pageviews2026-07-06 — 79 pageviews2026-07-09 — 54 pageviews2026-07-12 — 57 pageviews2026-07-15 — 66 pageviews2026-07-18 — 45 pageviews2026-07-21 — 47 pageviews2026-07-24 — 47 pageviews2026-07-27 — 52 pageviews2026-07-30 — 46 pageviews2026-08-02 — 46 pageviews2026-08-05 — 66 pageviews2026-08-08 — 36 pageviews2026-08-11 — 41 pageviews2026-08-14 — 47 pageviews2026-08-17 — 29 pageviews2026-08-20 — 59 pageviews2026-08-23 — 56 pageviews2026-08-26 — 74 pageviews2026-08-28 — 62 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.

Player tags

2DPvPFunnyIndieActionSportsFightingSwordplay2D FighterFast-Paced

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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