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NUTS

Joon, Pol, Muutsch, Char & Torfi · Noodlecake · 2021-02-04

Steam

AdventureSimulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Feb 04, 2021 (Mac), Jan 22, 2021 (iOS), Feb 04, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Feb 04, 2021 (Nintendo Switch)

NUTS is a single-player walking simulator surveillance mystery. Record the squirrels, report your findings, and piece together what’s really going on in Melmoth Forest.

NUTS is a 2021 Adventure and Simulation game priced at $2.49, estimated to have 20,000 to 50,000 owners, with a Very Positive review sentiment (88% of 1088 reviews).

3
playing now
88%
positive of 1.1k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$2.49
steam price (US)

3 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 05:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 3 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 136 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~17/week).
  • · Review velocity up 113% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 13% of 28,739 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 22k–49k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,088 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$2.49-90%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.99 at Humble Store (2025-12-18) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 54 of 64 observed days · $0.50 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
14314320212026Week of 2021-02-01: 143 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

502026-09-15 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 14:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 13:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 04:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 19:00 — 2 players2026-09-27 03:00 — 3 players2026-09-28 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 01:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 16:00 — 1 players2026-10-05 00:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 08:00 — 2 players2026-10-07 15:00 — 3 players2026-10-08 23:00 — 2 players2026-10-10 06:00 — 1 players2026-10-11 14:00 — 4 players2026-10-12 22:00 — 5 players2026-10-14 05:00 — 3 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$24.99$1.992021-02-032026-10-142021-02-03 — best price $19.992021-05-18 — best price $19.992021-09-06 — best price $19.992021-11-24 — best price $13.992022-02-02 — best price $19.992022-05-16 — best price $9.992022-07-18 — best price $19.992022-09-27 — best price $19.992022-11-23 — best price $6.992023-02-07 — best price $19.992023-04-10 — best price $19.992023-05-23 — best price $19.992023-09-04 — best price $6.192023-10-30 — best price $19.992023-12-21 — best price $4.992024-02-26 — best price $4.992024-04-15 — best price $19.992024-09-02 — best price $19.992024-12-02 — best price $19.992025-01-23 — best price $4.992025-03-20 — best price $19.992025-05-12 — best price $3.742025-07-17 — best price $19.992025-09-29 — best price $2.492025-11-03 — best price $24.992025-12-18 — best price $1.992026-01-30 — best price $19.992026-04-06 — best price $2.492026-05-25 — best price $24.992026-07-20 — best price $24.992026-08-19 — best price $1.992026-08-25 — best price $2.492026-08-31 — best price $2.492026-10-03 — best price $2.492026-10-13 — best price $2.492026-10-14 — best price $2.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

6
achievements tracked
79.9%
earned "Work safety"
42.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerSteam AchievementsPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

12 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Dutch, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2021-03-26 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,12538%6
Switch (Nintendo)80%0

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

Player tags

FPSNaturePuzzleMysteryDetectiveNarrationCapitalismConspiracyStory RichAtmospheric

Census log

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

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