Yume Nikki overview

Overview

Yume Nikki comes from kikiyama and is published by PLAYISM. It arrived on Steam on Jan 9, 2018, and it sits naturally among Single-player, Partial Controller Support, and Family Sharing. SteamPulse tracks it across Windows and Steam so readers get a quick useful snapshot, not just a wall of numbers.

Players and reviews

Yume Nikki's latest SteamPulse observation recorded 49 players at 12 September 2026 - 18:09:23 UTC, with a tracked peak near 463. This peak is the highest value in the available SteamPulse record and may not include activity before tracking began. Player reaction is 94% positive across 10,000 reviews.

Language and system requirements

Yume Nikki is available in 2 languages including:

3 regional rating boards including dejus, steam germany, and igrs

Sales, recommendations, and streams

Yume Nikki has sold up to 436,000 units and has recommendation data pending. Revenue data is not available for this game yet. On Twitch, 1 streamers are live with around 3 total watchers.

Yume Nikki overview details

Yume Nikki combines live player counts with reviews, pricing, platform support, Store metadata, dated player history, media, recent news, and related games.

Steam Store description

An RPG Maker tour de force, and a divisively controversial work for fans. You are free to explore the various dream worlds at your own pace. If you check certain characters or items in the game you will collect an “Effect”. These “Effects” can be used to change the main character’s appearance. Some of these “Effects” have special actions or animations which you can activate by pressing 1 or 3 on the number pad. Yume Nikki is a very unique title that has become one of the most well-known indie games to come out of Japan. It is unlike any other RPG, especially in the fact that there really is no action or dialogue to speak of. This gives the game a very dark and foreboding atmosphere. Can you make it to the secret ending? There are no particular goals nor story of which to speak. You simply walk around. Checking certain characters inside the dream will increase the number of "Effects". Using "Effects" will cause the main character's appearance to change. (During this time, you can use the 1 or 3 keys to implement special movements and effects.) Using the same "Effect" a second time will cause the character to revert to their original form. "Effects" can only be discarded inside rooms with many doors. FAQ Q. There is a glitch or aspect ratio issue in the game. A. Please switch to Window mode by pressing F4 or Alt + Enter. Q. Why does the Japanese version crash? A. The Japanese language coding in this game runs only on Japanese system locales. If you want to play the game in Japanese and it crashes, please change your system locale to Japanese.

SteamPulse editorial summary

Yume Nikki is listed as a game with Free to play. It supports Windows, belongs to Single-player, Partial Controller Support, and Family Sharing, and is associated with Adventure, Casual, Indie, and Free To Play. SteamPulse's latest observation records 49 players at 12 September 2026 - 18:09:23 UTC, a tracked peak of 463, and 94% positive reviews.

Overview tags

IndieFree to PlayRPGMakerPsychological HorrorSurrealExplorationPixel GraphicsHorrorWalking SimulatorAtmosphericPsychologicalFemale Protagonist2DSingleplayerDark

Support and legal notes

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