Nikopol: Secrets of the Immortals

Nikopol: Secrets of the Immortals

Skip · Narrative · 2009

The verdict

SKIP IT.

It scores 2, under the fair line, at $4.99.

Length
3.7h 3.7h to 100%
Value
$1.35/hr
Reviews
56% of 397 positive
Reviews or length hold it below the tiers even at a deep discount.
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.

Buy now or wait

Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 11 days ago.

Next sale
Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4

Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.

What drives the score

How to read this

Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work

Holding it back
Value$1.35/hr
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set
Reviews56% positive
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones Scored as 57% after the small-sample adjustment
For context
MonetizationNot known
No monetization record for this game, so nothing is assumed either way
Refunds0 of 59 reviews
Steam-purchase reviews sampled whose writer refunded the game. Nothing is docked
AI contentNone disclosed
From the developer's own Steam disclosure. No disclosure is not proof of none, so it does not move the score

About the game

Nikopol is a first-person dystopian point-and-click sci-fi adventure game. In 2023 France is ruled by an iron-fist religious dictatorship. A mysterious pyramid ship suddenly appears above Paris. Begin to unravel a conspiracy involving the government, your missing father, and Egyptian Gods.
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 512 MB of memory, DirectX compatible 128 MB graphics card, 2.5 GB of storage. Windows only.

The value story

It has been discounted 113 times in the 14 years tracked here. The median cut across all of them is 80 percent, about 6 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.

It is less well reviewed than 98 percent of its genre. The games it most resembles do better on the same math. Amanda the Adventurer 2 ($9.99, scores 54) and Dreamfall Chapters ($24.99, scores 62) both outscore it.

More about Nikopol: Secrets of the Immortals

Critics scored it 68, but players land 12 points lower at 56 percent. The reviews were kinder than the room.

What players say

It's a pretty good adventure game. The story is interesting and the whole cyberpunk atmosphere gives it a nice vibe. The animations and cutscenes enhance the experience a bit more and the puzzles are decent.
AcidHermitRecommendedafter 5.1hApr 2026Read on Steam
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
I had the absolute divine pleasure of playing this game when I was very young. It must've been from a CD, although I don't think I have it anymore. Of course, when you're a child, everything is amplified by emotions and just being a child. My goodness, this is one of the most intriguing and original cyberpunk pieces I've ever seen. It's so shaky and awkward, whether it be the voice acting or the animations or the...
MaxRecommendedafter 3.2hSep 2024Read on Steam
This is one of those times when style wins over substance. Visually, even if dated, the game is pretty good, and the soundtrack doesn't feel grating either. As for the negatives, there are timed sections where you need to think fast, but the game may not give a proper indication of what's expected of you. The first part of the game features a particularly bad example of that. Also, sometimes you will encounter a...
AnubisNot recommendedafter 3.5hDec 2025Read on Steam

Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.

No data upstream: achievement curve (Steam global achievements).

Cite this score

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Nikopol: Secrets of the Immortals scores 2/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/11370/nikopol-secrets-of-the-immortals
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Reviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 29, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.

Critics vs players-12
Critics68
Players56
Critic darling, cooler with players. Read recent reviews before buying.
Metacritic critics · 397 Steam player reviews

Tags

Steam user tags as SteamSpy recorded them

Details

PublisherMeridian4
GenreNarrative
Released2009
Players150Kowners, SteamSpy estimate