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Nihilumbra cover art

Nihilumbra

BeautiFun Games · 2013-10-25

Steam

AdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Oct 25, 2013 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 25, 2013 (Linux), Sep 29, 2016 (PlayStation 4), Jan 28, 2015 (PlayStation Vita), Jun 27, 2012 (iOS), Oct 25, 2013 (Mac)

Discover the beautiful world of Nihilumbra and join Born on his adventure to find himself whilst trying to escape from his inevitable curse. Born was created from the absolute nothingness: The Void. But somehow he separates himself from the black emptiness and appears in the world.

Nihilumbra is an Adventure, Casual, Indie game released in 2013, priced at $7.99, with an estimated 100,000 .. 200,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (88% of 3001 reviews).

2
playing now
88%
positive of 3.0k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (26 ratings)
7h
to beat · rushed 5h · completionist 14h
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$7.99
steam price (US)

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

Nihilumbra is a 2012 puzzle-platform game developed by Spanish video game developer BeautiFun Games. The game was first released for iOS in June 2012, and it has been translated to seven languages.

Trailer

Nihilumbra trailer thumbnail

Official Nihilumbra Launch Trailer

≈10,251 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 35 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4/week).
  • · Review velocity up 30% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 7% of 28,763 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 120k–240k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,001 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.20 at GreenManGaming (2019-04-02) · bundled 23×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $7.99 · on sale 21 of 41 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
262620182026Week of 2018-01-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

502026-09-15 00:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 08:00 — 2 players2026-09-17 15:00 — 1 players2026-09-18 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 06:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 14:00 — 2 players2026-09-22 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 05:00 — 2 players2026-09-25 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 04:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 11:00 — 2 players2026-09-30 19:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 02:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 10:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 18:00 — 2 players2026-10-06 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 16:00 — 2 players2026-10-10 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 15:00 — 1 players2026-10-13 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 14:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
401Oct 2013Apr 2024Oct 2013 — avg 22 · peak 57Feb 2014 — avg 9 · peak 25Jun 2014 — avg 8 · peak 25Oct 2014 — avg 3 · peak 17Feb 2015 — avg 24 · peak 68Jun 2015 — avg 15 · peak 57Oct 2015 — avg 8 · peak 23Feb 2016 — avg 13 · peak 44Jun 2016 — avg 6 · peak 19Oct 2016 — avg 4 · peak 18Feb 2017 — avg 4 · peak 14Jun 2017 — avg 7 · peak 22Oct 2017 — avg 9 · peak 34Feb 2018 — avg 8 · peak 28Jun 2018 — avg 7 · peak 26Oct 2018 — avg 2 · peak 10Feb 2019 — avg 3 · peak 14Jun 2019 — avg 2 · peak 8Oct 2019 — avg 2 · peak 8Feb 2020 — avg 2 · peak 8Jun 2020 — avg 3 · peak 12Oct 2020 — avg 2 · peak 9Feb 2021 — avg 2 · peak 6Jun 2021 — avg 2 · peak 10Oct 2021 — avg 1 · peak 4Feb 2022 — avg 1 · peak 6Jul 2022 — avg 2 · peak 6Feb 2023 — avg 2 · peak 6Jul 2023 — avg 2 · peak 5Nov 2023 — avg 2 · peak 9Apr 2024 — avg 1 · peak 4
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$9.99$0.202015-01-012026-09-072015-01-01 — best price $1.992015-06-22 — best price $7.992015-10-29 — best price $1.992016-01-05 — best price $9.992016-05-03 — best price $9.992016-09-26 — best price $2.392017-01-23 — best price $7.992017-10-26 — best price $2.392018-04-20 — best price $7.992019-02-11 — best price $2.402019-11-18 — best price $2.392020-04-01 — best price $6.612020-06-29 — best price $7.992020-08-14 — best price $7.992020-10-01 — best price $7.992020-11-04 — best price $7.092020-12-20 — best price $7.992021-02-14 — best price $7.992021-03-22 — best price $2.392021-05-02 — best price $6.692021-06-18 — best price $6.612021-11-02 — best price $6.612022-02-04 — best price $6.612022-07-08 — best price $6.282022-12-06 — best price $1.792023-04-27 — best price $6.282023-08-29 — best price $1.792024-02-05 — best price $7.992024-07-22 — best price $3.192024-12-10 — best price $2.402025-04-14 — best price $2.402025-11-04 — best price $7.992026-06-01 — best price $7.992026-09-07 — best price $2.39
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1402026-06-02 — 5 pageviews2026-06-06 — 5 pageviews2026-06-10 — 8 pageviews2026-06-14 — 7 pageviews2026-06-18 — 5 pageviews2026-06-22 — 7 pageviews2026-06-26 — 9 pageviews2026-06-30 — 6 pageviews2026-07-04 — 4 pageviews2026-07-08 — 8 pageviews2026-07-12 — 11 pageviews2026-07-16 — 6 pageviews2026-07-20 — 0 pageviews2026-07-24 — 9 pageviews2026-07-28 — 5 pageviews2026-08-01 — 4 pageviews2026-08-05 — 10 pageviews2026-08-09 — 12 pageviews2026-08-13 — 11 pageviews2026-08-17 — 6 pageviews2026-08-21 — 6 pageviews2026-08-25 — 9 pageviews2026-08-29 — 8 pageviews2026-09-02 — 13 pageviews2026-09-06 — 11 pageviews2026-09-10 — 3 pageviews2026-09-14 — 4 pageviews2026-09-18 — 3 pageviews2026-09-22 — 8 pageviews2026-09-26 — 9 pageviews2026-09-30 — 10 pageviews2026-10-04 — 6 pageviews2026-10-08 — 7 pageviews2026-10-11 — 3 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

24
achievements tracked
76.1%
earned "You are Born"
14.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

10 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Simplified Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)7,11110%24
PS Vita (PlayStation)4,31810%12
PS Vita (PlayStation)2,60011%12
PS Vita (PlayStation)52826%12
PS Vita (PlayStation)10383%12
PS4 (PlayStation)9912%12
Switch (Nintendo)50%0
Switch (Nintendo)0—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

2DIndieShortCasualPuzzleAdventureBeautifulDifficultNarrationPlatformer

Census log

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

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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