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Parry Nightmare cover art

Parry Nightmare

KAKUKAKU GAMES · Phoenixx Inc. · 2024-03-21

Steam

ActionAdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Mar 21, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jun 25, 2025 (Nintendo Switch)

Team up with your "other self", Honno-chan, as you parry, pummel and pulse your way out of your darkest nightmare in this one-of-a-kind "parry heaven" action game!

85%
positive of 178 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
68/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$6.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 11 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 35% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (84 reviews).
  • · Top 30% of 28,539 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 3.6k–8.0k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 178 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$6.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.19 at Steam (2026-06-08)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $6.99 · on sale 8 of 16 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
737320242026Week of 2024-03-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$6.99$4.192024-03-212026-10-082024-03-21 — best price $6.292024-04-04 — best price $6.992024-06-27 — best price $6.292024-07-21 — best price $6.992024-09-24 — best price $6.292024-10-08 — best price $6.992024-11-27 — best price $5.592024-12-04 — best price $6.992024-12-07 — best price $5.592024-12-14 — best price $6.992024-12-19 — best price $5.592025-01-02 — best price $6.992025-03-13 — best price $4.892025-03-20 — best price $6.992025-04-12 — best price $4.892025-04-19 — best price $6.992025-06-27 — best price $5.592025-07-10 — best price $6.992025-09-23 — best price $5.592025-10-06 — best price $6.992025-11-27 — best price $4.892025-12-07 — best price $6.992025-12-18 — best price $4.892026-01-05 — best price $6.992026-02-02 — best price $4.892026-02-10 — best price $6.992026-03-19 — best price $4.892026-03-26 — best price $6.992026-04-27 — best price $4.892026-05-04 — best price $6.992026-06-08 — best price $4.192026-06-15 — best price $6.992026-06-25 — best price $4.892026-07-09 — best price $6.992026-09-17 — best price $4.892026-10-08 — best price $6.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

34
achievements tracked
93.4%
earned "Countless Tears Shed"
38.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsDualShock Controller SupportPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing1 DLC

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

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2025-06-25 (Steam store data)

Player tags

2DCuteAnimeIndieActionCasualColorfulTop-DownTutorialStory Rich

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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