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When The Night Comes cover art

When The Night Comes

Lunaris Games · 2021-08-09

Steam

CasualIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Oct 20, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 20, 2018 (Mac), Oct 20, 2018 (Linux)

When The Night Comes is a queer, narrative-driven, supernatural visual novel.

93%
positive of 332 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$12.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 18 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 13% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 24% of 17,542 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 6.6k–15k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 332 total reviews — how this is computed.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
323220212026Week of 2021-08-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Completion

27
achievements tracked
79.7%
earned "Arrived in Lunaris"
26.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing1 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2022-10-28 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)8911%27

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

Player tags

MagicOtomeGothicHorrorLGBTQ+RomanceDark HumorDating SimStory RichDark Fantasy

Census log

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

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