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Niktophobia

OldYacht · 2025-03-20

Steam

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: First person, Virtual Reality

Releases: Mar 20, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Mar 20, 2025 (SteamVR)

NIKTOPHOBIA - sci-fi horror for 1-4 players. The team arrives at the space station to extract alien bio-samples. Players will use various tools and manipulate the station's energy to get out of trouble together.

64%
positive of 73 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$7.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 11 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 79% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (40 reviews).
  • · Top 44% of 27,602 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.5k–3.3k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 73 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $3.19 at Steam (2025-10-27)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $7.99 · on sale 9 of 16 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
282820252026Week of 2025-03-20: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-03-20: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-03-27: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-03-27: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-03: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-10: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-24: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-08: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-08: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-22: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-26: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-10: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-10: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-18: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-20: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-04: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$7.99$3.192025-03-202026-07-132025-03-20 — best price $6.792025-04-03 — best price $7.992025-05-05 — best price $6.392025-05-12 — best price $7.992025-06-27 — best price $6.392025-07-17 — best price $7.992025-09-08 — best price $5.992025-09-15 — best price $7.992025-09-29 — best price $5.192025-10-06 — best price $7.992025-10-27 — best price $3.192025-11-03 — best price $7.992025-12-18 — best price $4.792026-01-05 — best price $3.192026-01-12 — best price $7.992026-02-16 — best price $3.992026-02-23 — best price $7.992026-03-19 — best price $3.192026-03-26 — best price $7.992026-03-30 — best price $3.992026-04-06 — best price $7.992026-05-11 — best price $3.992026-05-18 — best price $7.992026-06-25 — best price $3.992026-07-09 — best price $5.192026-07-13 — best price $7.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opTracked Controller SupportVR SupportedFamily Sharing1 DLC

7 supported languages: English, French, Russian, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Turkish, German

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2025-03-20 (Steam store data)

Player tags

3DVRPvECo-opSpaceActionAliensHorrorFuturisticExploration

Census log

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

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