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Nightmare Boy

The Vanir Project · BadLand Publishing · 2017-10-25

SteamPlayStation StoreAmazonMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Oct 25, 2017 (PlayStation 4), Jan 16, 2018 (Nintendo Switch), Oct 25, 2017 (Xbox One), Oct 25, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Nightmare Boy is a metroidvania, action/adventure 2D game where you'll meet weird and unique friends and foes. But tread carefully: Quirky characters and their reactions can have game-changing consequences. Be prepared to collect rare items, vanquish enemies, and eventually face your deepest fears.

Nightmare Boy is an Action, Adventure, and Indie game released in 2017, priced at $9.99, with an estimated owner base of 0 .. 20,000 and a Mixed review sentiment (61% of 41 reviews).— census verdict as of 2026-10-01

61%
positive of 41 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
$9.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 7 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 22% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 56% of 27,942 Action games in the census by review count.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$12.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

12-month high $12.99 · on sale 0 of 3 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
4420172024Week of 2017-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing1 DLC

4 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2017-12-21 (Steam store data)

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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