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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

Niffelheim is a 2018 Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG game priced at $19.99, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (71% of 2337 reviews).

3
playing now
71%
positive of 2.3k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
74/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
69/100
IGDB user rating (7 ratings)
4.02★
PlayStation Store rating (215 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

3 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 21:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 3 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 10% of 27,727 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 67 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

602026-09-15 06:00 — 2 players2026-09-16 14:00 — 4 players2026-09-17 22:00 — 2 players2026-09-19 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 13:00 — 6 players2026-09-21 20:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 04:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 11:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 19:00 — 3 players2026-09-27 02:00 — 4 players2026-09-28 10:00 — 3 players2026-09-29 17:00 — 5 players2026-10-01 01:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 08:00 — 2 players2026-10-03 16:00 — 6 players2026-10-05 00:00 — 2 players2026-10-06 08:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 15:00 — 2 players2026-10-08 23:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 06:00 — 2 players2026-10-11 14:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 21:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 05:00 — 5 players2026-10-14 21:00 — 3 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1110Feb 2016Jul 2026Feb 2016 — avg 1 · peak 5Jun 2016 — avg 18 · peak 60Oct 2016 — avg 5 · peak 19Feb 2017 — avg 11 · peak 37Jun 2017 — avg 8 · peak 43Oct 2017 — avg 14 · peak 46Feb 2018 — avg 29 · peak 110Jun 2018 — avg 6 · peak 24Oct 2018 — avg 76 · peak 305Feb 2019 — avg 16 · peak 58Jun 2019 — avg 11 · peak 52Oct 2019 — avg 21 · peak 65Feb 2020 — avg 12 · peak 53Jun 2020 — avg 24 · peak 68Oct 2020 — avg 15 · peak 58Feb 2021 — avg 14 · peak 34Jun 2021 — avg 14 · peak 46Oct 2021 — avg 15 · peak 63Feb 2022 — avg 9 · peak 30Jun 2022 — avg 9 · peak 34Oct 2022 — avg 9 · peak 36Feb 2023 — avg 8 · peak 29Jun 2023 — avg 5 · peak 18Oct 2023 — avg 4 · peak 21Feb 2024 — avg 4 · peak 12Jun 2024 — avg 5 · peak 16Oct 2024 — avg 4 · peak 12Feb 2025 — avg 4 · peak 11Jul 2025 — avg 4 · peak 14Nov 2025 — avg 3 · peak 10Mar 2026 — avg 3 · peak 9Jul 2026 — avg 3 · peak 11
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$1.002016-04-282026-10-142016-04-28 — best price $17.992017-08-28 — best price $11.992018-08-13 — best price $9.992019-04-26 — best price $19.992019-11-18 — best price $5.992020-03-30 — best price $19.992020-09-07 — best price $19.992020-10-16 — best price $17.882020-11-19 — best price $17.882021-01-04 — best price $19.992021-02-23 — best price $17.882021-04-20 — best price $17.882021-06-05 — best price $19.992021-08-02 — best price $3.792021-10-27 — best price $3.992021-12-15 — best price $14.692022-02-07 — best price $4.992022-05-06 — best price $4.992022-08-01 — best price $3.992022-10-05 — best price $14.692023-01-05 — best price $17.882023-03-25 — best price $19.992023-06-29 — best price $4.992023-11-22 — best price $19.992024-02-29 — best price $14.692024-05-16 — best price $17.882024-08-30 — best price $14.692024-12-19 — best price $2.992025-04-01 — best price $14.692025-08-16 — best price $17.882026-06-25 — best price $3.992026-09-13 — best price $19.992026-10-03 — best price $19.992026-10-14 — 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…

Post-launch support: 3 DLC released, first 2018-07-26, latest 2020-04-20 (Steam store data)

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.

Where its players are

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

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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