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Nomad Idle

The Fox Knocks · 2025-04-04

Steam

Indie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Apr 04, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Face waves of enemies automatically and create builds by distributing stat points, leveling up equipment, choosing passive skills, summons and more. An idle game about killing hordes of enemies, becoming stronger, and exploring an unfolding storyline. A spin-off of Nomad Survival.

Nomad Idle is an Indie game released in 2025, priced at $9.99, with an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (65% of 883 reviews).

38
playing now
65%
positive of 883 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

38 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 15:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 38 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 10 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 11% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (366 reviews).
  • · Top 11% of 49,684 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 18k–40k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 883 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $6.99 at Steam (2025-08-12) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 6 of 13 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
24724720252026Week of 2025-04-04: 247 positiveWeek of 2025-04-04: 119 negativeWeek of 2025-04-11: 96 positiveWeek of 2025-04-11: 77 negativeWeek of 2025-04-18: 44 positiveWeek of 2025-04-18: 22 negativeWeek of 2025-04-25: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-04-25: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-05-02: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-05-02: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-05-09: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-05-09: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-05-16: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-05-16: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-05-23: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-05-23: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-30: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-05-30: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-06: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-06-06: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-13: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-06-13: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-20: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-20: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-06-27: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-27: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-04: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-11: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-11: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-18: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-18: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-25: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-25: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-08: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-08-08: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-15: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-08-15: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-22: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-08-22: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-29: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-29: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-05: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-05: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-12: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-12: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-19: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-26: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-26: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-03: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-10: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-10-10: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-17: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-17: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-24: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-10-24: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-31: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-11-07: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-11-07: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-14: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-21: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-11-28: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-12-05: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-12: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-19: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-26: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-02: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-02: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-09: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-16: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-23: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-30: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-30: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-06: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-06: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-13: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-20: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-20: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-27: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-02-27: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-06: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-06: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-13: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-20: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-27: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-27: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-03: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-10: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-17: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-17: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-24: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-15: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-22: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-26: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-03: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-10: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-24: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-24: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-31: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-07: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-07: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-14: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-21: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

79222026-09-15 00:00 — 34 players2026-09-16 09:00 — 22 players2026-09-17 16:00 — 31 players2026-09-19 00:00 — 47 players2026-09-20 07:00 — 79 players2026-09-21 15:00 — 62 players2026-09-22 22:00 — 49 players2026-09-24 06:00 — 51 players2026-09-25 13:00 — 60 players2026-09-26 21:00 — 68 players2026-09-28 04:00 — 62 players2026-09-29 12:00 — 62 players2026-09-30 19:00 — 52 players2026-10-02 03:00 — 46 players2026-10-03 10:00 — 51 players2026-10-04 19:00 — 58 players2026-10-06 02:00 — 44 players2026-10-07 10:00 — 53 players2026-10-08 17:00 — 54 players2026-10-10 01:00 — 51 players2026-10-11 08:00 — 57 players2026-10-12 16:00 — 40 players2026-10-13 23:00 — 32 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 38 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
86443Apr 2025Aug 2026Apr 2025 — avg 864 · peak 1,624May 2025 — avg 418 · peak 963Jun 2025 — avg 138 · peak 271Jul 2025 — avg 129 · peak 208Aug 2025 — avg 151 · peak 278Sep 2025 — avg 99 · peak 170Oct 2025 — avg 174 · peak 703Nov 2025 — avg 246 · peak 605Dec 2025 — avg 95 · peak 174Jan 2026 — avg 110 · peak 166Feb 2026 — avg 83 · peak 141Mar 2026 — avg 78 · peak 153Apr 2026 — avg 59 · peak 94May 2026 — avg 50 · peak 86Jun 2026 — avg 50 · peak 92Jul 2026 — avg 43 · peak 81Aug 2026 — avg 51 · peak 90
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$9.99$6.992025-04-042026-07-092025-04-04 — best price $8.992025-04-18 — best price $9.992025-06-27 — best price $7.992025-07-10 — best price $9.992025-08-12 — best price $6.992025-08-26 — best price $9.992025-09-29 — best price $7.992025-10-06 — best price $9.992025-10-30 — best price $9.992025-12-18 — best price $7.992026-01-05 — best price $9.992026-02-23 — best price $6.992026-03-02 — best price $9.992026-03-19 — best price $6.992026-03-26 — best price $9.992026-04-13 — best price $7.992026-04-20 — best price $9.992026-06-08 — best price $6.992026-06-15 — best price $9.992026-06-25 — best price $6.992026-07-09 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

46
achievements tracked
95%
earned "A New Adventure"
55.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

4 supported languages: English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,17732%46

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

Player tags

2DCuteIdlerCasualClickerColorfulCraftingTop-DownAutomationRogue-like

Census log

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

Recent updates

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