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N.E.R.O.: Nothing Ever Remains Obscure

N.E.R.O.: Nothing Ever Remains Obscure

N.E.R.O. is a wonderful journey in a world of incredible beauty, a story driven first-person game with puzzles and intuitive controls where the environment is connected to the characters and their past. The world of N.E.R.O. is magical and varied, making exploring an ongoing challenge.

Released Apr 29, 2016 Developer Storm in a Teacup Platforms Windows AdventureIndiePuzzleAtmosphericNarration
View on Steam ↗ $4.99 (US · as of 2026-05-14)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-28.

68.9%positive196 reviews
Not recommended · 2 found this helpful

“NERO is an 11 year old Xbox One console game ported to PC. It's a somewhat cerebral, "more art than game" adventure/puzzle game meets walking sim as you take on the role of a masked child with a dark companion and you explore themes of loss and other maudlin affairs, which…”

— a player, Steam review · 6 hrs played
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Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-28.

24achievements
14.7%median completion
6.3%rarest: Completion Serenity
56.4% of players 50.0% of players 48.7% of players 40.1% of players 36.8% of players 32.2% of players 20.5% of players 20.2% of players 19.0% of players 17.0% of players 16.0% of players 14.8% of players 14.7% of players 14.2% of players 12.5% of players 11.0% of players 8.5% of players 8.2% of players 7.6% of players 7.5% of players 7.0% of players 6.8% of players 6.5% of players 6.3% of players 56.4% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
56.4%Journey Begins — Solve the first puzzle.
50.0%My First Memento — A fragment of a memory.
48.7%Sphere of Light — Become a light unto yourself
Rarest badges of honor
6.3%Completion Serenity — No puzzle left undone.
6.5%Perfect memory — The pictures are complete.
6.8%Solaris Master — All the grids are blue now.

Latest official news

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Jun 11, 2024
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We are thrilled to announce that a free demo of Steel Seed is now available on Steam! Dive into this immersive adventure and get a taste of what's to come! Don't miss the chance to try the demo and ex

Jul 17, 2018
Mesmerizing adventure “N.E.R.O.” coming to Nintendo Switch™ on October 26

Rotterdam, The Netherlands – July 17, 2018 - Publisher SOEDESCO is adding a new Switch title to its lineup. The first person story adventure N.E.R.O.: Nothing Ever Remains Obscure, created by Italian

Oct 10, 2016
N.E.R.O. has just received a new patch

Hi N.E.R.O. players, we just released a new patch! Especially Arabic players will enjoy this one, but there are several fixes and changes. You can read the patchnotes here: • All occurrences of the Ne

Oct 10, 2016
N.E.R.O. has just received a new patch

Hi N.E.R.O. players, we just released a new patch! Especially Arabic players will enjoy this one, but there are several fixes and changes. You can read the patchnotes here: • All occurrences of the Ne

May 26, 2016
N.E.R.O.: Nothing Ever Remains Obscure Patch + PlayStation 4

N.E.R.O. has just received a patch with some fixes and some technical features that were requested by the community. In addition to that we also have some great news for the all those console gamers o

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Screenshots

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Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-28.

GenresAdventure, Indie
Player tagsAdventure · Indie · Puzzle · Atmospheric · Narration · Walking Simulator · Story Rich · Singleplayer · Controller · Visual Novel · Great Soundtrack (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish * , French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Polish, Russian, Traditional Chinese *
ControllerFull support
Achievements24
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows 7, 32-bit Processor: i5 Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: GTX 745 DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 11 GB available space