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Nick

Nick is a free wave defense survival game—all in virtual reality. Built in Unreal engine, this first-person, room-scale VR experience lets users take control of a variety of weapons and tools to fight off endless waves of evil robotic elves.

Released Dec 1, 2017 Developer Firstborn Games Platforms Windows Free to Play Indie VR Strategy Action

View on Steam ↗ Free (US · as of 2026-05-13)

What players say

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

81.3%positive91 reviews

Recommended · 7 found this helpful

“Experienced on the Oculus Rift with Touch Controllers Note for Oculus users on Windows 10: you have to do a Windows 7 compatibility fix to get game to run correctly. Otherwise, you'll be looking at a black screen with just your mittens visible. It's free. It's a wave shooter /…”

— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs played

Recommended · 3 found this helpful

“Nick is a free VR wave defense survival game. It worked on my HTC Vive and Index system, looked good, played good, sounded good. Has a tutorial. The only problem is too easy to drop your tools by squeezing your controllers too tight. CONS: The Index controllers hand models are…”

— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played

Not recommended · 6 found this helpful

“Doesn't work at all, all there was was a black void”

— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs played

Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. History through 2023-08 via SteamCharts; self-collected from the Steam API since Aug 2026.

12all-time peak

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.

1achievements

36.4%median completion

36.4%rarest: Locked and Loaded

Almost everyone has

36.4%Locked and Loaded — Tested Nick during its Steam Early Access!

Rarest badges of honor

36.4%Locked and Loaded — Tested Nick during its Steam Early Access!

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Dec 01, 2017
Nick Released!

Hey everyone, We'd just like to thank the community for playing our game during early access and giving us a lot of great feedback in the process- We've learned a lot! Hope you all enjoy slaying robo

Dec 01, 2017
Nick Released!

Hey everyone, We'd just like to thank the community for playing our game during early access and giving us a lot of great feedback in the process- We've learned a lot! Hope you all enjoy slaying robo

Mar 21, 2017
Update 3 - No content, just progress updates

Hey everyone! A little dev update: We've been back at it for the past couple of weeks. We've taken your feedback into account, squashed a lot of bugs, polishing as much as we could, and are getting ev

Mar 21, 2017
Update 3 - No content, just progress updates

Feb 10, 2017
Update 2

Update 2 is here! Sorry for the wait! Took us a little while to make time for the game after the tinsel of the holidays had faded. Please read the Known Issues section for answers on a few common bugs

Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

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

Genres	Action, Free To Play, Indie, Strategy
Player tags	Free to Play · Indie · VR · Strategy · Action · Horror (SteamSpy community voting)
Features	Single-player · Steam Achievements · Tracked Controller Support · VR Only · Steam Trading Cards · Family Sharing
Languages	English * *
Achievements	1
Official site	https://nickthegame.firstborn.com/

Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 Processor: i5 Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: GTX 970 DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 600 MB available space VR Support: SteamVR Additional Notes: Vive only