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Nyctophilia

Cat In A Jar Games · 2015-09-23

Steam

AdventureFree To PlayIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Sep 23, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Nyctophilia is 2D psychological thriller about bad things in your head.

Nyctophilia is an Adventure, Free To Play, Indie game released in 2015, free-to-play, with an estimated 50,000 .. 100,000 owners and Mixed (64% of 307 reviews).

0
playing now
64%
positive of 307 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Free
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 18:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 12 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 8% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (83 reviews).
  • · Top 24% of 28,763 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

All-time low: $0.44 at Steam (2023-03-16)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
494920152026Week of 2015-09-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2015-09-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2015-10-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2015-10-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2015-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2015-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2015-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2015-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2016-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2016-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2016-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2016-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2016-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2016-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 17:00 — 1 players2026-09-27 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

2DIndieHorrorThrillerAdventureSoundtrackFree to PlayPixel GraphicsPsychological Horror

Census log

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

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