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Unforgiving - A Northern Hymn cover art

Unforgiving - A Northern Hymn

Angry Demon Studio · 2017-11-27

Steam

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Nov 25, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Unforgiving - A Northern Hymn is a first person horror game heavily inspired by Swedish folklore and the Nordic mythology to create the nightmares that's been haunting Swedish children for many generations.

Unforgiving - A Northern Hymn is an Action, Adventure, Indie game released in 2017, priced at $2.99, with an estimated 100,000 .. 200,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (83% of 1592 reviews).

0
playing now
83%
positive of 1.6k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
78/100
IGDB user rating (13 ratings)
1
Nexus mods (2 downloads)
3h
to beat · rushed 3h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$2.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 15:00 UTC (census sample)

Unforgiving: A Northern Hymn is a survival horror game from Swedish-based independent game company; Angry Demon Studio. The game is in Swedish with English subtitles and is heavily inspired by Swedish folklore and Norse mythology.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 49 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~6/week).
  • · Review velocity down 21% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 12% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 40k–95k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,590 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.49 at Steam (2019-05-20)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 12 of 24 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
464620182026Week of 2018-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-15 00:00 — 1 players2026-09-16 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 16:00 — 1 players2026-09-18 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 07:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 21:00 — 1 players2026-09-28 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 10:00 — 1 players2026-10-04 18:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 17:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 00:00 — 2 players2026-10-11 08:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
101Nov 2017Jun 2024Nov 2017 — avg 4 · peak 28Jan 2018 — avg 2 · peak 17Mar 2018 — avg 1 · peak 6May 2018 — avg 1 · peak 6Jul 2018 — avg 3 · peak 12Sep 2018 — avg 2 · peak 7Nov 2018 — avg 3 · peak 13Jan 2019 — avg 3 · peak 21Mar 2019 — avg 2 · peak 7May 2019 — avg 5 · peak 33Jul 2019 — avg 5 · peak 18Sep 2019 — avg 2 · peak 10Nov 2019 — avg 3 · peak 14Jan 2020 — avg 3 · peak 11Mar 2020 — avg 3 · peak 15May 2020 — avg 2 · peak 8Jul 2020 — avg 3 · peak 11Sep 2020 — avg 3 · peak 11Nov 2020 — avg 2 · peak 11Jan 2021 — avg 3 · peak 9Mar 2021 — avg 2 · peak 11May 2021 — avg 2 · peak 12Jul 2021 — avg 2 · peak 8Sep 2021 — avg 2 · peak 12Nov 2021 — avg 1 · peak 4Jan 2022 — avg 2 · peak 8Mar 2022 — avg 1 · peak 4May 2022 — avg 2 · peak 7Aug 2022 — avg 1 · peak 5Oct 2022 — avg 4 · peak 18Dec 2022 — avg 2 · peak 7Mar 2023 — avg 4 · peak 28Jun 2023 — avg 3 · peak 12Sep 2023 — avg 2 · peak 7Jun 2024 — avg 1 · peak 12

▼ −1 avg players (−32.4%) vs prior month — Jun 2024

Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$14.99$1.492017-11-272026-08-242017-11-27 — best price $10.042018-06-22 — best price $3.742018-11-21 — best price $3.742019-05-20 — best price $1.492019-10-28 — best price $3.742020-01-13 — best price $2.992020-06-08 — best price $2.992020-08-22 — best price $14.992020-10-25 — best price $14.992020-12-03 — best price $14.992021-02-11 — best price $2.992021-04-05 — best price $14.992021-07-12 — best price $2.992021-09-24 — best price $2.932021-12-01 — best price $14.992022-01-24 — best price $3.002022-04-01 — best price $14.992022-06-13 — best price $14.992022-08-12 — best price $3.002022-11-02 — best price $14.992023-01-06 — best price $14.992023-05-01 — best price $14.992023-07-13 — best price $14.992023-10-26 — best price $1.492023-12-18 — best price $14.992024-04-01 — best price $14.992024-06-10 — best price $14.992024-09-09 — best price $14.992024-11-27 — best price $2.992025-01-29 — best price $2.992025-03-28 — best price $14.992025-07-10 — best price $14.992025-09-29 — best price $2.992025-12-18 — best price $2.992026-03-26 — best price $14.992026-07-20 — best price $14.992026-08-24 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

3612026-05-31 — 15 pageviews2026-06-04 — 11 pageviews2026-06-08 — 7 pageviews2026-06-12 — 12 pageviews2026-06-16 — 10 pageviews2026-06-20 — 10 pageviews2026-06-24 — 36 pageviews2026-06-28 — 12 pageviews2026-07-02 — 6 pageviews2026-07-06 — 8 pageviews2026-07-10 — 9 pageviews2026-07-14 — 8 pageviews2026-07-18 — 14 pageviews2026-07-22 — 11 pageviews2026-07-26 — 11 pageviews2026-07-30 — 9 pageviews2026-08-03 — 8 pageviews2026-08-07 — 9 pageviews2026-08-11 — 11 pageviews2026-08-15 — 7 pageviews2026-08-19 — 5 pageviews2026-08-23 — 1 pageviews2026-08-27 — 4 pageviews2026-08-31 — 7 pageviews2026-09-04 — 24 pageviews2026-09-08 — 6 pageviews2026-09-12 — 10 pageviews2026-09-16 — 12 pageviews2026-09-20 — 2 pageviews2026-09-24 — 9 pageviews2026-09-28 — 9 pageviews2026-10-02 — 4 pageviews2026-10-06 — 11 pageviews2026-10-10 — 4 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

16
achievements tracked
30.5%
earned "Forest Ranger"
6.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsFamily Sharing2 DLC

13 supported languages: English, French, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Korean, Dutch, Russian, Swedish, German, Portuguese - Brazil, Polish…

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2018-02-01, latest 2020-08-14 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,36412%16

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

Player tags

GoreIndieActionHorrorNudityViolentAdventureMythologyAtmosphericExploration

Census log

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

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