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Nix Umbra cover art

Nix Umbra

ilzard · 2021-11-19

Steam

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Nov 19, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Light is my Sword, Darkness shall perish.

Nix Umbra is an Action and Indie game released in 2021, priced at $9.99, with an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (87% of 97 reviews).

0
playing now
87%
positive of 97 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 16:00 UTC (census sample)

Once upon a time in Midwinter, while the Trees were sleeping, the Moon cast a spell upon the Sun turning him into Snow, shining, falling into the Woods forever.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 11 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 39% of 27,667 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-02

Estimated sales: 1.9k–4.4k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 97 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2024-10-28)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 5 of 10 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
151520212026Week of 2021-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 09:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 16:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$0.992021-11-192026-08-032021-11-19 — best price $9.992022-02-28 — best price $9.992022-04-04 — best price $9.992022-05-09 — best price $9.992022-06-13 — best price $9.992022-07-07 — best price $9.992022-07-26 — best price $9.992022-09-05 — best price $9.992022-11-01 — best price $9.992022-11-29 — best price $9.992022-12-19 — best price $9.992023-01-05 — best price $9.992023-01-30 — best price $9.992023-03-23 — best price $9.992023-04-24 — best price $9.992023-06-05 — best price $9.992023-07-13 — best price $9.992023-07-24 — best price $9.992023-09-04 — best price $9.992023-11-02 — best price $9.992023-11-28 — best price $9.992023-12-18 — best price $9.992024-01-04 — best price $9.992024-03-04 — best price $9.992024-03-21 — best price $9.992024-05-20 — best price $9.992024-07-11 — best price $9.992024-11-04 — best price $9.992024-12-04 — best price $9.992025-01-02 — best price $9.992025-03-20 — best price $9.992025-07-10 — best price $9.992025-10-06 — best price $9.992025-11-03 — best price $9.992026-01-05 — best price $9.992026-06-08 — best price $9.992026-07-09 — best price $9.992026-08-03 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

FPSDarkIndieGothicHorrorShooterSurrealRogue-likeAtmosphericPsychedelic

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.