Nihilumbra

Nihilumbra

Steam Deck Playable

BeautiFun Games · Indie · Oct 25, 2013

Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.

At $7.99. It has been as low as $2.39.

88%
Very Positive
3k player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 185 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 90 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 60 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Combat: 9 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Bugs: 8 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 3k player reviews · updated 6 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
45% of themes are praise33% are divided22% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
The story is that you (Born) are a shadow being from the Void - the Nothingness, that is - and you, curious about the world outside the Void, break free from it into the world of...
185 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
- Relaxing platformer/puzzler gameplay that never left me frustrated
90 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
The art style used for the characters and environment is very dinstinct, and pleasing to the eye.
60 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
The sound effects, music and graphios are great, and the game runs fine on old computers (Intel HD 3000 grraphics for me, at the moment).
51 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love4 themes
Story and characters185 reviews
Gameplay90 reviews
Graphics60 reviews
Audio51 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Difficulty104 reviews
79%
Controls10 reviews
60%
Interface10 reviews
80%
Players complain% still recommend
Combat9 reviews
78%
Bugs8 reviews
75%

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway. 3 more themes were each raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and are not shown.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Prices have been lower

Currently $7.99. The lowest we've tracked is $2.39.

6 points recordedtoday · $7.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
88%
Very Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
24
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.