# a nifty game Summer DB entity ID: de90d0db\-3fd7\-4398\-944d\-5dfae032bcb9 Steam App ID: 591390 SUMMARY ‘a NIFTY game’ is a fast paced twin stick shooter reminiscent of old arcade games reinterpreted with voxels\. Gather powerups with unique effects and collect better weapons to defeat the ever changing enemies and collect their bits\. BACKGROUND ‘a NIFTY game’ takes place in a simulated world, inhabited by various programs, all competing for resources \(bits\)\. Defeat the other programs to gather their bits and increase your own strength\. But take care, the system gets corrupted the more programs get forcefully terminated\. Can you survive the evolving programs and the increasing corruption of the system long enough to escape the simulation? KEY FEATURES ‘a NIFTY game’ features many key elements from similar arcade games, with some added twists\. Procedurally generated levels Evolving enemies inspired by genetics Combinable powerups Multiple weapons Shader effects inspired by glitches of old technologies \(e\.g\. scanlines\) ## Game information - Type: game - Developer: Pixel with Hat - Publisher: Pixel with Hat - Release date: Sep 1, 2017 - Coming soon: false - Free to play: false - Parent Steam app: Not collected - Genres: Action, Indie - Categories: Single\-player, Steam Achievements, Full controller support, Steam Trading Cards, Steam Cloud, Family Sharing - Platforms: windows, mac, linux - Website: Not collected - Screenshots: https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/591390/ss\_79d752675809cb7cb9bf19489eb26e60080b07ae\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1667035441, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/591390/ss\_794baa9a317e0701c356ccff46d29b528dc8c707\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1667035441, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/591390/ss\_22f08554335bf93fe59da98707fdc461e7aff63a\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1667035441, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/591390/ss\_81d59aef3fc6fc8d9acd0f44116193f4ef9b323d\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1667035441, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/591390/ss\_55ac91b718c1761c73cd8220c4197c2b54f9784b\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1667035441, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/591390/ss\_cd670092c4c487e42f76d9184c68774ad147bb1b\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1667035441, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/591390/ss\_c1eca8d917f43503b5434624ae4a7bb1500a474d\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1667035441, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/591390/ss\_b8b9d6026b0b8927c9368f36692602cbd6a6fd7f\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1667035441, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/591390/ss\_98cf2cb116ce2f956eb48c0daab187604f12417d\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1667035441, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/591390/ss\_15406f6b4986e39970ba3ebc3fbfc4f2a00b0d43\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1667035441, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/591390/ss\_2c656f0e25922be072743c3be4102e341a8cb2f0\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1667035441, https://shared\.akamai\.steamstatic\.com/store\_item\_assets/steam/apps/591390/ss\_247d7cf8b137f8566ebcfee8d394aa409d9db0ae\.1920x1080\.jpg?t=1667035441 - Price: 699 minor units USD; discount 0% - Price country: US ## Observed metrics - Current players: 0 - Steam review count: 3 - Steam positive reviews: 3 - Steam negative reviews: 0 - Steam positive percentage: 100% - Summer DB rating: No native votes Review filters: \{"language":"all","review\_type":"all","purchase\_type":"all","filter\_offtopic\_activity":0\} ## Player history [Seven-day chart data as Markdown](/api/v1/entities/de90d0db-3fd7-4398-944d-5dfae032bcb9/player-metrics?days=7&format=markdown) · [JSON](/api/v1/entities/de90d0db-3fd7-4398-944d-5dfae032bcb9/player-metrics?days=7) Chart values are hourly observed maxima. The sampled 24-hour peak and missing intervals carry explicit coverage; history before collection is unknown. ## Sources and freshness - Catalog membership: store\_catalog - Catalog observed: 2026\-09\-28T16:58:32\.455488\+00:00 - Details observed: 2026\-09\-22T19:09:29\.203233\+00:00 - Player count observed: 2026\-09\-22T19:09:31\.761148\+00:00 - Reviews observed: 2026\-09\-22T19:09:30\.231522\+00:00 Full provenance: \{"urls":\{"price":"https://store\.steampowered\.com/app/591390/","catalog":"https://api\.steampowered\.com/IStoreService/GetAppList/v1/","details":"https://store\.steampowered\.com/app/591390/","players":"https://api\.steampowered\.com/ISteamUserStats/GetNumberOfCurrentPlayers/v1/?appid=591390","reviews":"https://store\.steampowered\.com/appreviews/591390"\},"price":"2026\-09\-22T19:09:29\.203233\+00:00","source":"steam","catalog":"2026\-09\-28T16:58:32\.455488\+00:00","country":"US","details":"2026\-09\-22T19:09:29\.203233\+00:00","players":"2026\-09\-22T19:09:31\.761148\+00:00","reviews":"2026\-09\-22T19:09:30\.231522\+00:00","language":"en","editorial":null,"membership":"store\_catalog","observations":\{"price":"e7c6b052\-24cc\-4c7f\-aeef\-63e14f94777c","catalog":"4206a7d9\-7f64\-4b2c\-bee6\-4ed4383aafd4","details":"0af85d2d\-7bb5\-43a0\-b0ce\-6245faf20ddd","players":"732f5a0f\-3501\-402b\-b105\-eb38c25e7abe","reviews":"1c48f548\-9fbe\-4dd8\-8aa0\-c1f7561e4b84"\},"reviewFilters":\{"language":"all","review\_type":"all","purchase\_type":"all","filter\_offtopic\_activity":0\}\} Native rating methodology: \{"count":0,"average":null,"entityId":"de90d0db\-3fd7\-4398\-944d\-5dfae032bcb9","revision":0,"observedAt":null,"methodology":"arithmetic\-v1","distribution":\[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0\]\} Steam reviews are not Summer DB votes. Missing data is not zero. Player counts are observations, not historical peaks. A supplemental record does not establish that a game was delisted. [Steam store](https://store.steampowered.com/app/591390/) · [JSON](/api/v1/games/de90d0db-3fd7-4398-944d-5dfae032bcb9)