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NightmareZ

Anamik Majumdar · 2016-09-08

Steam

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Sep 08, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

NightmareZ is a side-scrolling platform action game with multiple enemies, lots of fancy features and retro visuals. This is a retro styled platform and action game which will immerse you in a unique world full of good and evil demons.

NightmareZ is an Action and Indie game released in 2016, priced at $3.99, with an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (47% of 62 reviews).

0
playing now
47%
positive of 62 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$3.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 19:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 8 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 33% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 47% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-02

Estimated sales: 1.6k–3.7k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 62 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.67 at Steam (2025-01-02) · bundled 10×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $3.99 · on sale 14 of 24 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
2220162026Week of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 19:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$3.99$0.672015-04-172026-07-302015-04-17 — best price $2.992016-09-09 — best price $3.592016-11-29 — best price $3.992017-06-22 — best price $1.192018-02-15 — best price $0.992018-05-14 — best price $3.992018-09-10 — best price $0.792018-12-20 — best price $0.792019-05-20 — best price $0.792019-10-21 — best price $0.792020-01-23 — best price $0.792020-06-25 — best price $0.792020-08-24 — best price $3.992020-10-19 — best price $0.792020-12-01 — best price $3.992021-01-05 — best price $3.992021-02-01 — best price $3.992021-02-25 — best price $2.862021-06-16 — best price $3.992021-07-19 — best price $0.792021-10-05 — best price $2.932021-12-01 — best price $3.992022-03-07 — best price $0.792022-05-29 — best price $2.932022-08-01 — best price $2.932022-11-14 — best price $3.992023-02-06 — best price $3.992023-05-29 — best price $3.992023-10-30 — best price $3.992024-02-13 — best price $2.932024-07-12 — best price $3.992024-11-21 — best price $3.992025-03-13 — best price $0.672025-07-17 — best price $0.672025-10-13 — best price $0.672026-02-25 — best price $0.672026-05-26 — best price $2.942026-07-30 — best price $3.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

12
achievements tracked
3.2%
earned "First_Dealth"
2.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

2DIndieRetroActionDifficultPlatformerSingleplayerPixel Graphics

Census log

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

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