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Trine 4: The Nightmare Prince cover art

Trine 4: The Nightmare Prince

Frozenbyte · 2019-10-08

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreAmazonMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen

Releases: Mar 30, 2021 (Google Stadia), Oct 07, 2019 (Nintendo Switch), Oct 08, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 08, 2019 (Xbox One), Oct 08, 2019 (PlayStation 4)

The best-selling Trine series returns to the magic of 2.5D! Join three iconic heroes as they set off on a quest through fantastical fairytale landscapes to save the world from the Nightmare Prince’s shadows.

104
playing now
89%
positive of 14k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
78/100
critic score (8 outlets, IGDB)
74/100
IGDB user rating (79 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$29.99
steam price (US)

104 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 17:00 UTC (census sample)

Trine 4: The Nightmare Prince is a 2019 video game developed by Frozenbyte and published by Modus Games for Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One in October 2019 and released for Stadia in March 2021. It is the fourth installment of Trine series, following Trine 3: The Artifacts of Power, and features a return of the series' three protagonists and medieval fantasy location.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 104 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 436 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~55/week).
  • · Review velocity down 12% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 9% of 10,862 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 358k–858k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 14,304 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

IndieGala$2.99-90%
GreenManGaming$4.92-84%
GOG$5.99-80%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$29.99
Microsoft Store$29.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.99 at IndieGala Store (2025-05-06) · bundled 8×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 115 of 157 observed days · $27.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
88988920192026Week of 2019-10-01: 712 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 82 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 889 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 406 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 273 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 156 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 287 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 267 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 224 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 130 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 436 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 135 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 206 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 364 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 211 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 296 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 189 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 219 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 162 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 163 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 133 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 187 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 153 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 143 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 6 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

303242026-08-06 21:00 — 47 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 38 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 198 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 49 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 72 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 253 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 81 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 114 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 303 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 56 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 57 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 221 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 30 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 39 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 182 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 42 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 33 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 173 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 62 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 39 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 108 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 80 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 46 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 158 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 86 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 24 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 66 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 97 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 57 players2026-08-30 17:00 — 104 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$32.30$2.992019-08-272026-08-272019-08-27 — best price $29.992019-11-25 — best price $21.592020-01-03 — best price $25.192020-02-14 — best price $17.332020-04-16 — best price $13.502020-06-17 — best price $11.992020-08-14 — best price $7.452020-10-11 — best price $29.992020-11-27 — best price $7.492021-01-21 — best price $6.752021-03-16 — best price $29.992021-04-24 — best price $25.772021-06-06 — best price $29.992021-08-11 — best price $7.492021-10-08 — best price $5.992021-12-13 — best price $5.992022-02-14 — best price $6.662022-04-11 — best price $29.992022-06-11 — best price $29.992022-08-19 — best price $6.002022-12-03 — best price $29.992023-03-16 — best price $7.492023-08-26 — best price $7.492024-01-13 — best price $29.992024-05-29 — best price $7.192024-09-05 — best price $3.592024-11-13 — best price $29.992025-01-17 — best price $6.592025-03-28 — best price $29.992025-06-06 — best price $5.702025-08-09 — best price $29.992025-10-13 — best price $4.572025-12-25 — best price $29.992026-03-04 — best price $5.992026-04-22 — best price $5.992026-07-01 — best price $6.002026-08-12 — best price $2.992026-08-27 — best price $29.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

196162026-05-29 — 28 pageviews2026-06-01 — 30 pageviews2026-06-04 — 26 pageviews2026-06-07 — 82 pageviews2026-06-10 — 51 pageviews2026-06-13 — 45 pageviews2026-06-16 — 30 pageviews2026-06-19 — 48 pageviews2026-06-22 — 32 pageviews2026-06-25 — 27 pageviews2026-06-28 — 39 pageviews2026-07-01 — 29 pageviews2026-07-04 — 45 pageviews2026-07-07 — 39 pageviews2026-07-10 — 34 pageviews2026-07-13 — 29 pageviews2026-07-16 — 26 pageviews2026-07-19 — 28 pageviews2026-07-22 — 31 pageviews2026-07-25 — 35 pageviews2026-07-28 — 27 pageviews2026-07-31 — 27 pageviews2026-08-03 — 33 pageviews2026-08-06 — 26 pageviews2026-08-09 — 34 pageviews2026-08-12 — 34 pageviews2026-08-15 — 24 pageviews2026-08-18 — 24 pageviews2026-08-21 — 37 pageviews2026-08-24 — 62 pageviews2026-08-26 — 30 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

39
achievements tracked
82.8%
earned "A Wizard's Quest"
26.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam Cloud4 DLC

13 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Traditional Chinese, Czech…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)14,59019%39
PS4 (PlayStation)14,34136%40
Xbox One (Xbox)3,37714%39
Switch (Nintendo)990%0
Switch (Nintendo)10%0
Switch (Nintendo)10%0
Switch (Nintendo)10%0

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

Player tags

2.5DCo-opActionPuzzleFantasyAdventureBeautifulPlatformerAtmosphericLocal Co-Op

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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