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NUTS

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

Steam

AdventureSimulation

Modes: Single player

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.

4
playing now
88%
positive of 1.1k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$2.49
steam price (US)

4 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 4 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 29% of 11,312 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 22k–49k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,079 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Humble Store$1.99-90%
Steam$2.49-90%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$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 44 of 56 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

802026-08-12 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 18:00 — 1 players2026-08-13 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 18:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 17:00 — 3 players2026-08-17 09:00 — 1 players2026-08-18 01:00 — 1 players2026-08-18 17:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 23:00 — 2 players2026-08-22 15:00 — 3 players2026-08-23 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 20:00 — 8 players2026-08-26 12:00 — 3 players2026-08-27 04:00 — 2 players2026-08-27 20:00 — 3 players2026-08-28 12:00 — 5 players2026-08-29 03:00 — 2 players2026-08-29 19:00 — 1 players2026-08-30 11:00 — 4 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$24.99$1.992021-02-032026-08-302021-02-03 — best price $19.992021-05-01 — best price $19.992021-08-12 — best price $19.992021-10-28 — best price $13.992021-12-04 — best price $19.992022-02-10 — best price $9.992022-05-16 — best price $9.992022-07-14 — best price $7.992022-09-06 — best price $19.992022-11-04 — best price $8.992022-12-02 — best price $19.992023-02-20 — best price $6.992023-04-10 — best price $19.992023-05-22 — best price $19.992023-08-25 — best price $6.992023-09-18 — best price $6.992023-11-28 — best price $19.992024-01-04 — best price $19.992024-02-26 — best price $4.992024-04-08 — best price $3.992024-07-22 — best price $19.992024-11-04 — best price $24.992024-12-19 — best price $3.742025-02-10 — best price $19.992025-03-20 — best price $19.992025-05-09 — best price $3.992025-07-10 — best price $2.992025-08-25 — best price $3.742025-10-06 — best price $24.992025-11-06 — best price $19.992025-12-18 — best price $1.992026-01-22 — best price $1.992026-03-26 — best price $24.992026-04-30 — best price $3.992026-06-04 — best price $4.992026-08-13 — best price $1.992026-08-19 — best price $1.992026-08-24 — best price $2.492026-08-29 — best price $2.492026-08-30 — 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

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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Similarity via IGDB.

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