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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 · Perspectives: Side view

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.

Trine 4: The Nightmare Prince is an Action, Adventure, Indie game released in 2019, estimated to have 1,000,000 .. 2,000,000 owners, priced at $29.99, with a Very Positive review sentiment (89% of 14326 reviews).

31
playing now
89%
positive of 14k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
78/100
critic score (8 outlets, IGDB)
74/100
IGDB user rating (79 ratings)
3
Nexus mods (264 downloads)
4.42★
PlayStation Store rating (2,399 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$29.99
steam price (US)

31 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 03:00 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.

Trailer

Trine 4: The Nightmare Prince trailer thumbnail

Trine 4: The Nightmare Prince – Official Launch Trailer | PS4

≈185,031 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 31 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 4% of 27,913 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 359k–862k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 14,359 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

IndieGala$2.99-90%
GreenManGaming$4.92-84%
GOG$5.99-80%
Steam$5.99-80%
GamersGate$6.00-80%
Microsoft Store$29.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.99 at IndieGala Store (2025-05-06) · bundled 9×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 144 of 179 observed days · at its 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

378232026-09-15 12:00 — 217 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 74 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 29 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 197 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 97 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 26 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 51 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 80 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 32 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 125 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 72 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 28 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 96 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 244 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 70 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 118 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 315 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 45 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 35 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 242 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 88 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 29 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 73 players2026-10-15 03:00 — 31 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
47684Oct 2019Aug 2026Oct 2019 — avg 476 · peak 1,713Jan 2020 — avg 229 · peak 576Apr 2020 — avg 262 · peak 696Jul 2020 — avg 347 · peak 834Oct 2020 — avg 100 · peak 329Jan 2021 — avg 349 · peak 920Apr 2021 — avg 169 · peak 446Jul 2021 — avg 232 · peak 667Oct 2021 — avg 101 · peak 339Jan 2022 — avg 230 · peak 686Apr 2022 — avg 130 · peak 510Jul 2022 — avg 127 · peak 378Oct 2022 — avg 114 · peak 414Jan 2023 — avg 159 · peak 417Apr 2023 — avg 140 · peak 515Jul 2023 — avg 164 · peak 523Oct 2023 — avg 145 · peak 655Jan 2024 — avg 175 · peak 686Apr 2024 — avg 148 · peak 711Jul 2024 — avg 198 · peak 728Oct 2024 — avg 183 · peak 1,008Jan 2025 — avg 180 · peak 683Apr 2025 — avg 168 · peak 885Jul 2025 — avg 141 · peak 545Oct 2025 — avg 131 · peak 503Jan 2026 — avg 136 · peak 432Apr 2026 — avg 101 · peak 419Jul 2026 — avg 129 · peak 441Aug 2026 — avg 91 · peak 346
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$32.30$2.992019-08-272026-10-152019-08-27 — 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 $2.992026-09-12 — best price $2.992026-10-11 — best price $2.992026-10-15 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

196182026-05-29 — 28 pageviews2026-06-02 — 23 pageviews2026-06-06 — 196 pageviews2026-06-10 — 51 pageviews2026-06-14 — 30 pageviews2026-06-18 — 61 pageviews2026-06-22 — 32 pageviews2026-06-26 — 31 pageviews2026-06-30 — 26 pageviews2026-07-04 — 45 pageviews2026-07-08 — 27 pageviews2026-07-12 — 32 pageviews2026-07-16 — 26 pageviews2026-07-20 — 20 pageviews2026-07-24 — 22 pageviews2026-07-28 — 27 pageviews2026-08-01 — 30 pageviews2026-08-05 — 24 pageviews2026-08-09 — 34 pageviews2026-08-13 — 25 pageviews2026-08-17 — 36 pageviews2026-08-21 — 37 pageviews2026-08-25 — 82 pageviews2026-08-29 — 25 pageviews2026-09-02 — 25 pageviews2026-09-06 — 27 pageviews2026-09-10 — 34 pageviews2026-09-14 — 22 pageviews2026-09-18 — 33 pageviews2026-09-22 — 20 pageviews2026-09-26 — 37 pageviews2026-09-30 — 34 pageviews2026-10-04 — 37 pageviews2026-10-08 — 29 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

802026-10-04 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 16:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 17:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 18:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-06 19:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-06 22:34 — 8 viewers2026-10-07 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 13:34 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

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…

Post-launch support: 4 DLC released, first 2020-02-10, latest 2020-12-23 (Steam store data)

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.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

2.5DCo-opActionPuzzleFantasyAdventureBeautifulPlatformerAtmosphericLocal Co-Op

Census log

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

Recent updates

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