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NightCry cover art

NightCry

Nude Maker · PLAYISM · 2016-03-28

Steam

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person, Side view

Releases: Mar 28, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jan 31, 2019 (PlayStation Vita)

NightCry is set on a cruise ship, and you have been invited along for the cruise of a (possibly short) lifetime. While your surroundings are luxurious and the guests are friendly, not everything is as it should be. The guests and the crew start to turn up dead, the victims of some foul murderer.

NightCry is a 2016 Adventure and Indie game priced at $24.99, with an estimated owner base of 100,000 .. 200,000 and a Mixed review sentiment (59% of 301 reviews).

0
playing now
59%
positive of 301 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
20/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
28/100
IGDB user rating (3 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$24.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 16:00 UTC (census sample)

NightCry is a graphic adventure survival horror video game developed by Nude Maker and published by Playism Games. NightCry is directed and written by Clock Tower series creator Hifumi Kono, and is considered a spiritual successor to the series. It was first released for Windows in March 2016, and later for the PlayStation Vita in January 2019. Ports for Android and iOS were also planned, but never released.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 10 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 9% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (34 reviews).
  • · Top 24% of 28,771 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 7.5k–18k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 301 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $7.49 at Steam (2024-02-01)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
212120162026Week of 2016-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2016-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2016-04-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2016-04-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2016-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2016-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2016-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek 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: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 05:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 03:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 01:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 09:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 16:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
160Mar 2016Feb 2024Mar 2016 — avg 6 · peak 89May 2016 — avg 5 · peak 15Jul 2016 — avg 2 · peak 7Sep 2016 — avg 1 · peak 6Nov 2016 — avg 1 · peak 7Jan 2017 — avg 1 · peak 6Mar 2017 — avg 1 · peak 6May 2017 — avg 1 · peak 8Jul 2017 — avg 1 · peak 5Sep 2017 — avg 1 · peak 6Nov 2017 — avg 1 · peak 4Jan 2018 — avg 1 · peak 6Mar 2018 — avg 1 · peak 4May 2018 — avg 0 · peak 3Jul 2018 — avg 1 · peak 5Sep 2018 — avg 1 · peak 4Nov 2018 — avg 1 · peak 5Jan 2019 — avg 1 · peak 6Mar 2019 — avg 1 · peak 4May 2019 — avg 1 · peak 6Jul 2019 — avg 0 · peak 4Sep 2019 — avg 0 · peak 3Nov 2019 — avg 0 · peak 2Jan 2020 — avg 1 · peak 3Apr 2020 — avg 1 · peak 4Jun 2020 — avg 1 · peak 3Aug 2020 — avg 1 · peak 3Oct 2020 — avg 1 · peak 3Mar 2023 — avg 1 · peak 3Feb 2024 — avg 2 · peak 5

▲ +1 avg players vs prior month — Feb 2024

Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$24.99$7.492016-03-292024-09-302016-03-29 — best price $24.992016-05-18 — best price $24.992016-07-04 — best price $24.992016-08-30 — best price $24.992016-11-01 — best price $24.992016-11-14 — best price $24.992016-11-29 — best price $24.992017-01-02 — best price $24.992017-01-23 — best price $24.992017-03-27 — best price $24.992017-05-31 — best price $24.992017-07-05 — best price $24.992017-09-04 — best price $24.992017-10-23 — best price $24.992017-11-01 — best price $24.992017-11-28 — best price $24.992018-01-04 — best price $24.992018-01-29 — best price $24.992018-07-05 — best price $24.992018-07-23 — best price $24.992018-09-24 — best price $24.992018-11-01 — best price $24.992018-11-27 — best price $24.992019-01-04 — best price $24.992019-01-28 — best price $24.992019-02-11 — best price $24.992019-04-01 — best price $24.992019-05-06 — best price $24.992019-05-24 — best price $24.992019-06-03 — best price $24.992019-07-09 — best price $24.992024-02-15 — best price $24.992024-09-30 — best price $24.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

110212026-05-31 — 33 pageviews2026-06-04 — 48 pageviews2026-06-08 — 45 pageviews2026-06-12 — 21 pageviews2026-06-16 — 40 pageviews2026-06-20 — 34 pageviews2026-06-24 — 36 pageviews2026-06-28 — 44 pageviews2026-07-02 — 35 pageviews2026-07-06 — 55 pageviews2026-07-10 — 49 pageviews2026-07-14 — 54 pageviews2026-07-18 — 41 pageviews2026-07-22 — 52 pageviews2026-07-26 — 29 pageviews2026-07-30 — 48 pageviews2026-08-03 — 41 pageviews2026-08-07 — 33 pageviews2026-08-11 — 50 pageviews2026-08-15 — 43 pageviews2026-08-19 — 108 pageviews2026-08-23 — 108 pageviews2026-08-27 — 57 pageviews2026-08-31 — 55 pageviews2026-09-04 — 110 pageviews2026-09-08 — 75 pageviews2026-09-12 — 50 pageviews2026-09-16 — 62 pageviews2026-09-20 — 60 pageviews2026-09-24 — 51 pageviews2026-09-28 — 64 pageviews2026-10-02 — 50 pageviews2026-10-06 — 63 pageviews2026-10-09 — 71 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

16
achievements tracked
75.8%
earned "The Nightmare Begins"
25.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing3 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Post-launch support: 3 DLC released, first 2016-03-29 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)3967%16
PS Vita (PlayStation)38553%16

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

Player tags

3DCasualDemonsHorrorPuzzleStealthSurvivalStory RichExplorationDark Fantasy

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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