Action · July 12, 2017

The End Is Nigh (2017)

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If you are reading this you are probably dead... Just kidding, you aren't dead... YET! See, in the future, everything dies... for the most part. and this is a game about just that. The End Is Nigh! -the management Gameplay: The End Is Nigh is a sprawling adventure platformer where the player takes control over Ash, one of few 'things' that have 'survived' the 'end of the world'. Follow Ash as he flops his way through a future of pain and suffering. Feel his stress levels rise as you throw him into an endless swarm of decaying, mutant animal-like creatures and help aid his final epic quest... to simply make a friend (out of pieces of people he finds along his journey). Oh, also you collect video game cartridges and tumors! if that does anything for ya. Features: 600+ levels! 12+ explorable chapters! 20+ collectible and fully playable mini game cartridges! (each with their own tiny achievements!) 80+ achievements that will make you feel good about yourself 100s of collectible little squishy tumors! loads of hidden extras and endings that you will probably see someone else find before you do! and stress!

Action releases from 2017

180 Action titles launched in 2017 — top 6 by review volume.

Community Tag Signals

Tag weights reflect how many Steam users voted each descriptor — larger pills = stronger consensus.

  • Precision Platformer · 185
  • Platformer · 176
  • Indie · 153
  • Difficult · 149
  • Great Soundtrack · 108
  • Adventure · 99
  • Singleplayer · 88
  • 2D · 87
  • Action · 81
  • Pixel Graphics · 50
  • Post-apocalyptic · 39
  • Dark · 38
  • Funny · 28
  • Memes · 22
  • Atmospheric · 18

Peer Action titles

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Position in Action

MetricThis titleGenre position
Review volume3.1k Steam reviewsTop 77% in Action
Positive rating94% positiveGenre average: 83% — this title sits in top 19%
Metacritic84/100Genre average 77 — top 22% of Action titles
Engagement hours24 h averageTop 20% for session depth among Action

Reception Metrics

Steam community

94%Very Positive · 3.1k reviews

2.9k positive · 186 negative

Metacritic

84/100 critic aggregate

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Metacritic user score

7.5/10

Curator recommendations

3.0k

Features & Capabilities

Community

  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Trading Cards
  • Steam Workshop
  • Steam Cloud
  • Remote Play on TV

Input & Comfort

  • Full controller support

Other

  • Single-player
  • Family Sharing

Release & Availability

Release dateJul 12, 2017
DeveloperEdmund McMillen, Tyler Glaiel
Base price$4.94
DLC / Add-ons1 released
PlatformsWindows, macOS, Linux
Estimated owners100k–1M
External linksOfficial site · Metacritic page · Support

Engagement Profile

All-time avg

24h

moderate (15–40 hours)

Median

5h

Typical completion time

Achievements

106

Steam unlocks available

Editions & Packages

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