The Game Census
Nightrunner cover art

Nightrunner

Planetary Gears · 2024-09-17

Steam

CasualIndieRacingSimulation

Modes: Single player

Releases: Sep 17, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 17, 2024 (Linux)

Buckle up in this minimalist retro arcade high score chaser.

Nightrunner is a $0.59 Casual, Indie, Racing and Simulation game released in 2024, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and a Positive review sentiment (93% of 15 reviews).

0
playing now
93%
positive of 15 reviews
Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
$0.59
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-11 03:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 84% of 30,440 Casual games in the census by review count.

All-time low: $0.49 at Steam (2024-11-27)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $0.99 · on sale 9 of 17 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
8820242026Week of 2024-06-21: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-26: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-02: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-10-03: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

002026-09-17 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 03:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$0.99$0.492024-06-182026-08-222024-06-18 — best price $0.992024-07-21 — best price $0.692024-08-04 — best price $0.992024-09-13 — best price $0.742024-09-15 — best price $0.992024-10-15 — best price $0.692024-10-22 — best price $0.992024-11-27 — best price $0.492024-12-04 — best price $0.992024-12-19 — best price $0.492025-01-02 — best price $0.992025-03-13 — best price $0.492025-03-20 — best price $0.992025-05-27 — best price $0.492025-06-10 — best price $0.992025-06-27 — best price $0.492025-07-10 — best price $0.992025-07-11 — best price $0.492025-07-25 — best price $0.992025-08-24 — best price $0.492025-09-07 — best price $0.992025-09-29 — best price $0.492025-10-06 — best price $0.992025-10-31 — best price $0.492025-11-14 — best price $0.992025-12-18 — best price $0.592026-01-05 — best price $0.992026-01-12 — best price $0.492026-01-26 — best price $0.992026-02-25 — best price $0.492026-03-11 — best price $0.992026-03-19 — best price $0.592026-03-26 — best price $0.992026-04-25 — best price $0.492026-05-08 — best price $0.992026-06-07 — best price $0.492026-06-09 — best price $0.992026-06-25 — best price $0.592026-07-23 — best price $0.992026-08-22 — best price $0.59
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerFull controller supportDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

2DNoir1980sRetro1990'sArcadeCasualRacingDrivingStylized

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.