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Nobody Saves the World

Drinkbox Studios · 2022-01-18

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ActionAdventureIndieRPG

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Apr 14, 2022 (PlayStation 5), Apr 14, 2022 (Nintendo Switch), Jan 18, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 14, 2022 (PlayStation 4), Jan 18, 2022 (Xbox One), Jan 18, 2022 (Xbox Series X|S)

Transform from a featureless nobody into a SLUG, a GHOST and a DRAGON in this new take on Action RPGs from the creators of Guacamelee! Discover 15+ distinct Forms, mix-and-match their abilities, clear evolving dungeons and... SAVE THE WORLD!?

86
playing now
91%
positive of 6.9k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
86/100
critic score (7 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (67 ratings)
23h
to beat · rushed 18h · completionist 31h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$24.99
steam price (US)

86 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 02:00 UTC (census sample)

Nobody Saves the World is an action role-playing dungeon crawling video game developed and published by DrinkBox Studios. The game was released for Microsoft Windows, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S in January 2022, which was followed by ports on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 in April 2022.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 86 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 390 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~49/week).
  • · Review velocity up 33% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (1,255 reviews).
  • · Top 14% of 10,936 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 138k–310k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 6,878 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

IndieGala$4.99-80%
GreenManGaming$6.15-75%
GOG$7.49-70%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$7.49-70%
Microsoft Store$24.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.50 at AllYouPlay (2025-12-16) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 124 of 179 observed days · $3.99 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.1k1.1k20222026Week of 2022-01-01: 1,133 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 122 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 501 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 147 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 281 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 168 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 413 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 201 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 142 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

87172026-08-07 00:00 — 27 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 43 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 53 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 39 players2026-08-08 08:00 — 55 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 62 players2026-08-09 00:00 — 51 players2026-08-09 08:00 — 75 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 76 players2026-08-10 00:00 — 48 players2026-08-10 08:00 — 29 players2026-08-10 16:00 — 42 players2026-08-11 00:00 — 30 players2026-08-11 08:00 — 28 players2026-08-11 17:00 — 54 players2026-08-13 00:00 — 30 players2026-08-14 08:00 — 37 players2026-08-15 15:00 — 73 players2026-08-16 23:00 — 43 players2026-08-18 07:00 — 17 players2026-08-19 14:00 — 58 players2026-08-20 22:00 — 33 players2026-08-22 05:00 — 29 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 82 players2026-08-24 21:00 — 36 players2026-08-26 05:00 — 23 players2026-08-27 13:00 — 45 players2026-08-28 19:00 — 80 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 86 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$24.99$4.972022-01-182026-08-302022-01-18 — best price $22.492022-09-06 — best price $24.992022-12-12 — best price $16.242023-02-10 — best price $14.992023-06-21 — best price $11.192023-09-15 — best price $9.992023-11-01 — best price $10.492023-12-11 — best price $10.492024-01-11 — best price $19.672024-02-17 — best price $22.392024-04-03 — best price $24.992024-05-14 — best price $10.002024-06-24 — best price $6.802024-07-31 — best price $24.992024-09-11 — best price $19.882024-10-17 — best price $7.492024-11-21 — best price $9.992025-01-13 — best price $7.442025-02-24 — best price $5.962025-04-15 — best price $6.242025-05-21 — best price $24.992025-07-08 — best price $8.752025-08-07 — best price $7.442025-09-11 — best price $24.992025-10-13 — best price $5.772025-11-20 — best price $7.442025-12-18 — best price $7.492026-01-17 — best price $19.672026-02-14 — best price $7.502026-03-16 — best price $6.712026-04-09 — best price $24.992026-05-11 — best price $7.502026-06-11 — best price $24.992026-07-16 — best price $24.992026-08-16 — best price $4.992026-08-30 — best price $7.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

80212026-05-30 — 34 pageviews2026-06-02 — 44 pageviews2026-06-05 — 42 pageviews2026-06-08 — 40 pageviews2026-06-11 — 45 pageviews2026-06-14 — 62 pageviews2026-06-17 — 45 pageviews2026-06-20 — 45 pageviews2026-06-23 — 41 pageviews2026-06-26 — 45 pageviews2026-06-29 — 38 pageviews2026-07-02 — 52 pageviews2026-07-05 — 80 pageviews2026-07-08 — 42 pageviews2026-07-11 — 40 pageviews2026-07-14 — 38 pageviews2026-07-17 — 34 pageviews2026-07-20 — 45 pageviews2026-07-23 — 48 pageviews2026-07-26 — 46 pageviews2026-07-29 — 29 pageviews2026-08-01 — 40 pageviews2026-08-04 — 21 pageviews2026-08-07 — 34 pageviews2026-08-10 — 32 pageviews2026-08-13 — 31 pageviews2026-08-16 — 67 pageviews2026-08-19 — 45 pageviews2026-08-22 — 55 pageviews2026-08-25 — 56 pageviews2026-08-27 — 44 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

41
achievements tracked
84.6%
earned "Baby's First Dungeon"
19.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsGamepad Recommended2 DLC

10 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America, Japanese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)20,1122%40
PS5 (PlayStation)18,2517%41
Steam (Steam)8,2605%41
PS4 (PlayStation)5,4343%41
PS4 (PlayStation)4,8027%41
Switch (Nintendo)2020%0

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

Player tags

2DRPGCo-opIndieActionFantasyColorfulAdventureAction RPGLocal Co-Op

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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