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Nobody Wants to Die

Critical Hit Games · PLAION · 2024-07-17

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Adventure

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Jul 17, 2024 (Xbox Series X|S), Jul 17, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jul 17, 2024 (PlayStation 5)

Lose yourself in the dystopian world of New York, 2329; immortality comes at a price that someone has to pay. In this interactive noir story, lead the investigation using advanced technology, as Detective James Karra who risks it all in pursuit of a serial killer targeting the city’s elite.

Nobody Wants to Die is a $24.99 Adventure game released in 2024, with an estimated 500,000 .. 1,000,000 owners and Very Positive (83% of 7485 reviews) sentiment.

52
playing now
83%
positive of 7.5k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
78/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
74/100
IGDB user rating (76 ratings)
11
Nexus mods (2.3k downloads)
4.37★
PlayStation Store rating (5,719 ratings)
5.8h
to beat · rushed 5h · completionist 8.5h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$24.99
steam price (US)

52 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Nobody Wants to Die is a 2024 adventure video game developed by Critical Hit Games and published by Plaion. It was released on 17 July 2024 for PlayStation 5, Windows and Xbox Series X/S.

Trailer

Nobody Wants to Die trailer thumbnail

Nobody Wants to Die - Official Reveal Trailer

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 52 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 1,603 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~200/week).
  • · Review velocity up 56% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 4% of 28,739 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 150k–337k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 7,485 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$2.49-90%
Fanatical$3.74-85%
GOG$3.75-85%
GOG$3.75-85%
Microsoft Store$24.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.49 at GOG (2026-09-10) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $27.94 · on sale 112 of 259 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.2k1.2k20242026Week of 2024-07-01: 1,189 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 188 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 356 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 206 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 177 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 166 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 201 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 139 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 147 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 176 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 138 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 283 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 79 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 200 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 219 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 133 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 168 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 37 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

12062026-09-15 12:00 — 24 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 26 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 6 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 33 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 49 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 10 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 17 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 25 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 21 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 26 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 44 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 15 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 11 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 43 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 63 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 32 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 65 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 59 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 45 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 106 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 118 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 33 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 52 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
34712Jul 2024Aug 2026Jul 2024 — avg 347 · peak 1,119Aug 2024 — avg 92 · peak 329Sep 2024 — avg 60 · peak 237Oct 2024 — avg 37 · peak 123Nov 2024 — avg 27 · peak 92Dec 2024 — avg 44 · peak 101Jan 2025 — avg 34 · peak 94Feb 2025 — avg 20 · peak 67Mar 2025 — avg 29 · peak 83Apr 2025 — avg 22 · peak 71May 2025 — avg 12 · peak 34Jun 2025 — avg 63 · peak 186Jul 2025 — avg 53 · peak 161Aug 2025 — avg 38 · peak 95Sep 2025 — avg 25 · peak 80Oct 2025 — avg 40 · peak 160Nov 2025 — avg 52 · peak 158Dec 2025 — avg 41 · peak 133Jan 2026 — avg 89 · peak 358Feb 2026 — avg 72 · peak 213Mar 2026 — avg 56 · peak 239Apr 2026 — avg 38 · peak 113May 2026 — avg 29 · peak 86Jun 2026 — avg 28 · peak 80Jul 2026 — avg 34 · peak 94Aug 2026 — avg 59 · peak 150
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$27.94$2.492024-07-172026-10-142024-07-17 — best price $22.492024-09-23 — best price $18.742024-11-04 — best price $24.992024-12-03 — best price $18.742025-01-20 — best price $16.242025-03-05 — best price $24.952025-04-12 — best price $14.992025-05-26 — best price $26.552025-07-16 — best price $14.992025-09-15 — best price $9.992025-11-05 — best price $24.992025-11-26 — best price $27.012025-12-10 — best price $27.142025-12-24 — best price $27.502026-01-09 — best price $27.162026-01-22 — best price $27.312026-02-05 — best price $27.522026-02-19 — best price $24.992026-03-05 — best price $3.742026-03-19 — best price $3.752026-04-02 — best price $24.992026-04-16 — best price $4.992026-04-29 — best price $27.312026-05-14 — best price $27.302026-05-28 — best price $24.992026-06-15 — best price $24.992026-06-29 — best price $26.612026-07-11 — best price $3.742026-07-27 — best price $3.742026-08-09 — best price $3.742026-08-19 — best price $3.752026-09-01 — best price $3.752026-09-11 — best price $2.492026-09-21 — best price $3.742026-10-01 — best price $2.492026-10-11 — best price $2.492026-10-14 — best price $3.75
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

184622026-05-27 — 101 pageviews2026-05-31 — 120 pageviews2026-06-04 — 98 pageviews2026-06-08 — 112 pageviews2026-06-12 — 100 pageviews2026-06-16 — 89 pageviews2026-06-20 — 80 pageviews2026-06-24 — 71 pageviews2026-06-28 — 150 pageviews2026-07-02 — 170 pageviews2026-07-06 — 140 pageviews2026-07-10 — 98 pageviews2026-07-14 — 114 pageviews2026-07-18 — 88 pageviews2026-07-22 — 79 pageviews2026-07-26 — 66 pageviews2026-07-30 — 184 pageviews2026-08-03 — 104 pageviews2026-08-07 — 92 pageviews2026-08-11 — 94 pageviews2026-08-15 — 109 pageviews2026-08-19 — 117 pageviews2026-08-23 — 144 pageviews2026-08-27 — 96 pageviews2026-08-31 — 97 pageviews2026-09-04 — 98 pageviews2026-09-08 — 102 pageviews2026-09-12 — 91 pageviews2026-09-16 — 67 pageviews2026-09-20 — 84 pageviews2026-09-24 — 115 pageviews2026-09-28 — 144 pageviews2026-10-02 — 84 pageviews2026-10-06 — 94 pageviews2026-10-10 — 88 pageviews2026-10-13 — 79 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

26
achievements tracked
85%
earned "Dark City"
38%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

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

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2024-07-17 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)4,97213%26
PS5 (PlayStation)4,71941%27
Xbox Series (Xbox)2,03013%26

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

3DNoirThrillerCyberpunkDetectiveNarrationDystopian Story RichConversationFirst-Person

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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