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Nightmare Frames

Postmodern Adventures · 2022-06-16

Steam

Adventure

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Jun 16, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Nightmare Frames is a supernatural thriller where you'll step into the shoes of Alan Goldberg, in the search for the scariest horror film of all time. An enthralling journey through the streets of the Hollywood of the 80s, a small haunted town, and even Hell itself.

98%
positive of 440 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$12.99
steam price (US)

Alan Goldberg is a frustrated slasher movie screenwriter in the Hollywood of 1985 who feels his career is at a standstill, but his luck is about to change: Helen Westmore, an eccentric millionaire, will grant him anything he could wish for if he is able to find genius horror director Edward Keller's last, unpublished work, which is said to be the scariest film of all time. Alan will find his way amongst B-films production companies, VFX workshops, religious cults, and a small haunted town called Serena, the dark reputation of which began when Keller was last seen there.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 97 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~12/week).
  • · Review velocity up 98% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 21% of 27,555 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 8.8k–20k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 440 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$12.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $7.79 at Steam (2025-06-27)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $12.99 · on sale 11 of 22 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
494920222026Week of 2022-06-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 8 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$12.99$7.792022-06-162026-10-082022-06-16 — best price $11.692022-08-01 — best price $11.692022-09-06 — best price $11.692022-10-25 — best price $11.692022-11-22 — best price $11.692022-12-22 — best price $11.692023-03-16 — best price $11.042023-06-12 — best price $10.392023-06-30 — best price $10.392023-10-26 — best price $10.392023-11-21 — best price $10.392023-12-21 — best price $10.392024-03-14 — best price $10.392024-04-04 — best price $12.992024-05-18 — best price $12.992024-07-11 — best price $12.992024-08-05 — best price $12.992024-09-18 — best price $12.992024-11-11 — best price $12.992024-12-04 — best price $12.992025-01-02 — best price $12.992025-01-20 — best price $12.992025-03-03 — best price $12.992025-03-20 — best price $12.992025-04-16 — best price $12.992025-05-30 — best price $12.992025-07-24 — best price $12.992025-09-07 — best price $12.992025-10-06 — best price $12.992025-11-03 — best price $12.992025-12-15 — best price $12.992026-01-05 — best price $12.992026-02-09 — best price $12.992026-03-26 — best price $12.992026-04-20 — best price $12.992026-06-01 — best price $12.992026-07-09 — best price $12.992026-07-27 — best price $12.992026-09-07 — best price $12.992026-10-08 — best price $12.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

14
achievements tracked
66.2%
earned "The Sun Always Shines on TV"
47%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing1 DLC

2 supported languages: English, Spanish - Spain

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2022-06-16 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)18050%14

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

Player tags

2DDarkGoreHorrorMysteryViolentAdventureStory RichAtmosphericSingleplayer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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