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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

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.

0
playing now
83%
positive of 1.6k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
78/100
IGDB user rating (13 ratings)
3h
to beat · rushed 3h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$2.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 05:00 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

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 28% of 10,936 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 40k–96k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,592 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$2.99-80%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

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

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 13 of 27 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

302026-08-11 18:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 10:00 — 1 players2026-08-13 02:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 18:00 — 1 players2026-08-14 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 17:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 09:00 — 1 players2026-08-17 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 17:00 — 1 players2026-08-18 09:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 15:00 — 1 players2026-08-22 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 06:00 — 1 players2026-08-24 22:00 — 1 players2026-08-25 14:00 — 3 players2026-08-26 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 23:00 — 2 players2026-08-27 15:00 — 1 players2026-08-28 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 23:00 — 1 players2026-08-29 15:00 — 1 players2026-08-30 05:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

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 pageviews2026-06-03 — 6 pageviews2026-06-06 — 11 pageviews2026-06-09 — 7 pageviews2026-06-12 — 12 pageviews2026-06-15 — 8 pageviews2026-06-18 — 7 pageviews2026-06-21 — 6 pageviews2026-06-24 — 36 pageviews2026-06-27 — 6 pageviews2026-06-30 — 5 pageviews2026-07-03 — 11 pageviews2026-07-06 — 8 pageviews2026-07-09 — 12 pageviews2026-07-12 — 9 pageviews2026-07-15 — 13 pageviews2026-07-18 — 14 pageviews2026-07-21 — 11 pageviews2026-07-24 — 23 pageviews2026-07-27 — 7 pageviews2026-07-30 — 9 pageviews2026-08-02 — 8 pageviews2026-08-05 — 9 pageviews2026-08-08 — 8 pageviews2026-08-11 — 11 pageviews2026-08-14 — 4 pageviews2026-08-17 — 3 pageviews2026-08-20 — 17 pageviews2026-08-23 — 1 pageviews2026-08-26 — 12 pageviews2026-08-28 — 10 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…

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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