The Game Census
Niffelheim cover art

Niffelheim

Ellada Games · 2018-09-26

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventureIndieRPGSimulation

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: May 18, 2021 (iOS), Sep 19, 2019 (Nintendo Switch), Sep 26, 2018 (Linux), Sep 26, 2018 (Mac), Sep 20, 2019 (PlayStation 4), Sep 25, 2022 (Android)

Your avatar is a brave warrior who has fallen in battle. But instead of well-deserved peace in Asgard, his soul is trapped in the harsh world of Niffelheim. Survive in this hostile world, ransack the neighbor lands, explore dangerous dungeons and find your way to Valhalla

5
playing now
71%
positive of 2.3k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
74/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
69/100
IGDB user rating (7 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

5 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 5 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 30 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4/week).
  • · Review velocity up 30% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (121 reviews).
  • · Top 24% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 58k–140k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,337 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$19.99
Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.00 at Fanatical (2021-01-05) · bundled 7×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 10 of 25 observed days · $18.99 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
868620172026Week of 2017-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

502026-08-12 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 16:00 — 1 players2026-08-13 08:00 — 2 players2026-08-14 00:00 — 3 players2026-08-14 15:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 08:00 — 2 players2026-08-15 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-16 15:00 — 5 players2026-08-17 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-17 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 15:00 — 3 players2026-08-19 07:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 22:00 — 1 players2026-08-20 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 22:00 — 2 players2026-08-22 13:00 — 1 players2026-08-23 05:00 — 1 players2026-08-23 21:00 — 1 players2026-08-24 13:00 — 1 players2026-08-25 05:00 — 2 players2026-08-25 21:00 — 4 players2026-08-26 13:00 — 3 players2026-08-27 05:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 03:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 19:00 — 3 players2026-08-30 11:00 — 5 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$1.002016-04-282026-08-302016-04-28 — best price $17.992017-06-22 — best price $9.992018-02-05 — best price $9.992019-01-07 — best price $9.992019-05-20 — best price $19.992019-11-18 — best price $5.992020-01-27 — best price $19.992020-08-08 — best price $17.882020-09-21 — best price $4.992020-10-22 — best price $17.882020-11-19 — best price $17.882020-12-16 — best price $4.992021-02-01 — best price $19.992021-03-22 — best price $3.992021-04-26 — best price $19.992021-06-05 — best price $19.992021-07-20 — best price $17.882021-10-11 — best price $14.692021-11-22 — best price $17.882022-01-07 — best price $17.882022-02-07 — best price $4.992022-04-20 — best price $17.882022-06-21 — best price $19.992022-08-16 — best price $19.992022-10-18 — best price $17.882023-01-05 — best price $17.882023-03-19 — best price $17.882023-05-23 — best price $19.992023-07-31 — best price $2.992023-12-11 — best price $17.882024-02-29 — best price $14.692024-04-18 — best price $19.992024-07-15 — best price $3.992024-10-15 — best price $17.882025-01-10 — best price $17.882025-04-01 — best price $14.692025-07-17 — best price $14.692026-03-19 — best price $1.992026-08-30 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

33
achievements tracked
48.9%
earned "Workman"
8.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading Cards3 DLC

14 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Portuguese - Brazil, Polish, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Italian, Korean, Turkish…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)3,4845%33
Xbox One (Xbox)2434%35
PS4 (PlayStation)23920%36
PS4 (PlayStation)8916%36
Switch (Nintendo)50%0

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

Player tags

2DRPGCo-opSandboxCraftingSurvivalAdventureMythologyOpen WorldSimulation

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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