Here Comes Niko!
Fair · Action · 2021
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
NO RUSH.
Fair at $24.99. Buy it if you want it.
- Length
- 4.1h
- Value
- $6.10/hr
- Reviews
- 92% positive
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Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, 2 GB of storage. Windows only.
Here Comes Niko! is the cozy 3D platformer for tired people! You play as Niko traveling across scenic islands. Make new friends, catch fish, solve puzzles, snag bugs, and more! Oh, Did I mention your boss is a frog?
What drives the score
How to read this
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The value story
The lowest price on record is $4.99, set in August 2024. It has been discounted 22 times in the 5 years tracked here, typically at 50 percent off, with about 12 weeks between sales.
Value puts it in the top 9 percent of the games it competes with. It is pricier than 96 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 97 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Omno ($18.99, scores 60) beats it on value, while it beats Yooka-Laylee ($19.99, scores 40).
6 of the 378 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written August 2021 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 82 percent of the 124 reviews written there were positive, against 92 percent overall, and those are 12 percent of everything written about it.
The drop-off
54% start to 16% rarestNo achievement in this game marks the ending, so there is no finish rate. The curve runs from the most-unlocked achievement to the rarest, and its shape is where players stop. Steam global achievements
Players
4 players online when we last checked, on Sep 29, 23:49 UTC.
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
This has the vibes of a smaller game, and I think that's okay! I had fun talking to the animal characters and collecting goodies. It's hard to avoid comparing it to Gears for Breakfast's other 3D collectation, A Hat in Time. AHIT is definitely much better than this. That doesn't mean Niko is bad, it's just a smaller project. I recommend both games but recommend AHIT first.
A pretty short but still very enjoyable 3D platformer. You play as Nico who just got a job as a Professional Friend. Go out into the various towns, helping people with their problems and receiving quarters for your trouble. The game plays a lot like A Hat in Time and Demon Tide, so if you're a fan of either of those, you'll likely enjoy this game too.
A short, simple and sweet 3D platformer. If you like wholesome, feel-good exploration platformers this should be right up your alley. It controls well enough, though if I'm being honest, it's not the best controls wise, the player character get's stuck on some level geometry here and there and the platforms are not super precise, but the game is very forgiving so it's not a huge deal. The story is simple but sweet...
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Cite this score
Here Comes Niko! scores 54/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/925950/here-comes-nikoReviews 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 27, price as of Oct 1.
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