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NightSky cover art

NightSky

Nicalis, Inc. · 2011-03-01

Steam

CasualIndieStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Oct 25, 2012 (Nintendo 3DS), Feb 02, 2011 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jul 26, 2013 (Android), Feb 02, 2011 (Mac), Feb 02, 2011 (Linux), Mar 14, 2013 (iOS)

Nominated as a IGF Seamus McNally Finalist, NightSky is an ambient action-puzzle game that offers a gameplay experience unlike any other—cerebral challenges fill uniquely designed picturesque worlds. The player must maneuver a sphere by using realistic physics to advance; each of these worlds is broken into different areas.

NightSky is a Casual, Indie, and Strategy game released in 2011 for $9.99, estimated to have 200,000 to 500,000 owners and a Very Positive sentiment from 89% of 1,036 reviews.

0
playing now
89%
positive of 1.0k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
86/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (15 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 05:00 UTC (census sample)

NightSky is an indie puzzle-platformer video game developed by Nifflas and published by Nicalis. It was released on March 1, 2011 for Windows, followed by a September 1, 2012 release for MacOS and Linux, an October 25, 2012 release for the Nintendo 3DS eShop, and a March 14, 2013 release on iOS. The game largely consists of silhouette graphics, and the player controls a sphere to advance, using realistic physics to navigate each area. The game was positively received by critics, who praised its graphics and music, but were more mixed on the design of its gameplay.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 16 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 167% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 8% of 29,255 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 41k–83k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,037 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2013-07-11) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 3 of 6 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
6620172026Week of 2017-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 23:00 — 1 players2026-09-18 06:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 21:00 — 1 players2026-09-22 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 12:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 09:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 00:00 — 1 players2026-10-09 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 15:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-15 05:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$0.992015-01-012026-07-092015-01-01 — best price $4.992015-05-01 — best price $9.992015-06-11 — best price $1.992015-11-02 — best price $9.992015-12-22 — best price $1.992016-02-12 — best price $9.992016-06-23 — best price $2.492016-11-01 — best price $9.992016-12-22 — best price $2.492017-07-05 — best price $9.992017-11-22 — best price $7.992017-12-04 — best price $9.992018-02-15 — best price $4.992018-07-05 — best price $9.992018-11-21 — best price $4.992019-01-03 — best price $9.992019-06-26 — best price $3.292019-11-01 — best price $9.992019-12-19 — best price $4.892020-01-27 — best price $9.992020-10-29 — best price $4.992020-12-01 — best price $9.992021-02-11 — best price $0.992021-04-14 — best price $9.992021-11-27 — best price $4.992022-01-05 — best price $9.992022-06-23 — best price $1.992022-11-29 — best price $9.992023-03-17 — best price $6.692023-07-13 — best price $9.992024-03-14 — best price $0.992024-07-11 — best price $9.992024-12-19 — best price $0.992025-03-20 — best price $9.992025-09-30 — best price $7.492026-01-05 — best price $9.992026-06-25 — best price $0.992026-07-09 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3972026-06-01 — 16 pageviews2026-06-05 — 10 pageviews2026-06-09 — 20 pageviews2026-06-13 — 24 pageviews2026-06-17 — 14 pageviews2026-06-21 — 18 pageviews2026-06-25 — 16 pageviews2026-06-29 — 25 pageviews2026-07-03 — 18 pageviews2026-07-07 — 15 pageviews2026-07-11 — 12 pageviews2026-07-15 — 16 pageviews2026-07-19 — 17 pageviews2026-07-23 — 18 pageviews2026-07-27 — 11 pageviews2026-07-31 — 12 pageviews2026-08-04 — 20 pageviews2026-08-08 — 14 pageviews2026-08-12 — 13 pageviews2026-08-16 — 17 pageviews2026-08-20 — 7 pageviews2026-08-24 — 22 pageviews2026-08-28 — 17 pageviews2026-09-01 — 16 pageviews2026-09-05 — 12 pageviews2026-09-09 — 8 pageviews2026-09-13 — 10 pageviews2026-09-17 — 10 pageviews2026-09-21 — 20 pageviews2026-09-25 — 19 pageviews2026-09-29 — 20 pageviews2026-10-03 — 18 pageviews2026-10-07 — 12 pageviews2026-10-11 — 13 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

22
achievements tracked
14.3%
earned "Prologue"
3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,49317%22

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

Player tags

2DIndieShortCasualPuzzlePhysicsRelaxingStrategyPlatformerAtmospheric

Census log

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

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