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Nightmare Reaper

Blazing Bit Games · 2022-03-28

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ActionIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: May 18, 2023 (Nintendo Switch), May 18, 2023 (PlayStation 4), May 18, 2023 (PlayStation 5), May 18, 2023 (Xbox One), May 18, 2023 (Xbox Series X|S), Jul 16, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Blast through a cursed nightmare solo or with up to 3 friends. A retro-inspired FPS where looter shooter weapons meets boomer shooter chaos and rogue-lite elements.

Nightmare Reaper is a 2022 Action and Indie title priced at $24.99, with an estimated 200,000 to 500,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (93% of 3788 reviews).

9
playing now
93%
positive of 3.8k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
75/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
65/100
IGDB user rating (7 ratings)
3
Nexus mods (23 downloads)
4.63★
PlayStation Store rating (368 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$24.99
steam price (US)

9 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Trailer

Nightmare Reaper trailer thumbnail

Nightmare Reaper - Official Launch Trailer

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 9 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 137 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~17/week).
  • · Review velocity up 46% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (570 reviews).
  • · Top 8% of 27,667 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 76k–170k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,788 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$24.99
Microsoft Store$29.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $7.22 at GreenManGaming (2022-06-20) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 57 of 82 observed days · $17.77 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
53053020192026Week of 2019-07-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 198 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 530 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 235 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3352026-09-14 22:00 — 9 players2026-09-16 06:00 — 5 players2026-09-17 14:00 — 6 players2026-09-18 21:00 — 23 players2026-09-20 05:00 — 22 players2026-09-21 12:00 — 9 players2026-09-22 20:00 — 31 players2026-09-24 03:00 — 22 players2026-09-25 11:00 — 11 players2026-09-26 18:00 — 23 players2026-09-28 02:00 — 21 players2026-09-29 09:00 — 9 players2026-09-30 17:00 — 17 players2026-10-02 00:00 — 22 players2026-10-03 08:00 — 13 players2026-10-04 16:00 — 23 players2026-10-06 00:00 — 28 players2026-10-07 07:00 — 10 players2026-10-08 15:00 — 13 players2026-10-09 22:00 — 16 players2026-10-11 06:00 — 18 players2026-10-12 13:00 — 11 players2026-10-13 21:00 — 19 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 9 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
3683Jul 2019Aug 2026Jul 2019 — avg 31 · peak 84Oct 2019 — avg 4 · peak 15Jan 2020 — avg 4 · peak 16Apr 2020 — avg 4 · peak 12Jul 2020 — avg 5 · peak 15Oct 2020 — avg 7 · peak 163Jan 2021 — avg 22 · peak 56Apr 2021 — avg 11 · peak 26Jul 2021 — avg 15 · peak 37Oct 2021 — avg 8 · peak 20Jan 2022 — avg 9 · peak 35Apr 2022 — avg 368 · peak 1,134Jul 2022 — avg 64 · peak 138Oct 2022 — avg 31 · peak 76Jan 2023 — avg 47 · peak 112Apr 2023 — avg 56 · peak 120Jul 2023 — avg 30 · peak 67Oct 2023 — avg 20 · peak 59Jan 2024 — avg 24 · peak 53Apr 2024 — avg 21 · peak 62Jul 2024 — avg 17 · peak 38Oct 2024 — avg 16 · peak 37Jan 2025 — avg 15 · peak 40Apr 2025 — avg 12 · peak 28Jul 2025 — avg 14 · peak 31Oct 2025 — avg 10 · peak 28Jan 2026 — avg 11 · peak 24Apr 2026 — avg 32 · peak 83Jul 2026 — avg 17 · peak 39Aug 2026 — avg 13 · peak 30
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$24.99$7.222019-07-172026-10-142019-07-17 — best price $16.142019-12-19 — best price $16.142020-04-08 — best price $16.142020-09-07 — best price $18.992021-01-05 — best price $18.992021-06-24 — best price $16.142021-11-26 — best price $17.092022-02-10 — best price $24.992022-06-20 — best price $7.222022-08-01 — best price $24.992022-11-01 — best price $24.992023-01-03 — best price $24.992023-03-16 — best price $17.492023-05-31 — best price $24.992023-08-28 — best price $14.992023-11-28 — best price $24.992024-02-05 — best price $24.992024-03-21 — best price $24.992024-05-14 — best price $12.492024-07-26 — best price $12.502024-09-23 — best price $24.992024-11-13 — best price $24.992025-01-03 — best price $24.992025-03-14 — best price $24.992025-06-04 — best price $9.992025-09-23 — best price $14.992025-11-05 — best price $24.992026-03-05 — best price $12.492026-06-14 — best price $24.992026-08-27 — best price $9.992026-09-06 — best price $9.992026-09-16 — best price $9.992026-09-26 — best price $7.492026-10-06 — best price $7.492026-10-14 — best price $24.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
95.9%
earned "A real weapon"
68.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPLAN PvPCo-opOnline Co-opLAN Co-opSteam AchievementsFull controller support1 DLC

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2022-03-28 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)4,7181%149
PS5 (PlayStation)2166%51
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)1343%50
PS4 (PlayStation)363%51
Switch (Nintendo)70%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

FPSLootRetroActionHorrorShooterViolentOld SchoolRogue-liteAtmospheric

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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