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Nowhere Patrol cover art

Nowhere Patrol

Slugsoft · 2018-11-05

Steam

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Nov 05, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 15, 2025 (Nintendo Switch)

Nowhere Patrol is a boss rush game with bullet hell and platforming elements. Inspired by classic action arcade games with it's steep difficulty curve and non-stop action.

97%
positive of 237 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$4.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 26 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity up 117% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 56% of 10,936 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 5.9k–14k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 237 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.19 at Steam (2026-03-19)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 5 of 10 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
262620182026Week of 2018-11-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$4.99$1.192018-11-062026-07-092018-11-06 — best price $4.242019-06-26 — best price $3.742019-10-28 — best price $2.992019-11-26 — best price $2.992019-12-20 — best price $2.992020-10-29 — best price $3.742020-11-25 — best price $3.742020-12-22 — best price $3.742021-06-24 — best price $3.742021-12-22 — best price $3.992022-06-23 — best price $3.742022-11-22 — best price $3.742022-12-22 — best price $3.742023-03-16 — best price $3.742023-06-29 — best price $3.742023-11-21 — best price $3.742023-12-21 — best price $3.742024-03-15 — best price $3.492024-06-27 — best price $3.492024-11-27 — best price $3.492024-12-20 — best price $2.992025-03-13 — best price $2.992025-06-26 — best price $2.992025-09-29 — best price $2.492025-12-18 — best price $1.242026-03-19 — best price $1.192026-06-08 — best price $2.492026-06-25 — best price $1.992026-07-09 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

12
achievements tracked
15.7%
earned "Case Closed"
2.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)7033%12
Switch (Nintendo)10%0

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

Player tags

2DIndieActionBoss RushDifficultPlatformerBullet HellShoot 'Em UpPixel Graphics

Census log

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

Recent updates

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