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Nimble Writer

Nimble Writer

Nimble Writer is a general-purpose tool for writing stories, be it short fiction stories or even complete novels or books. It focuses on being distraction-free, simple, and fully customizable.

Released Apr 21, 2015 Developer Nimble Tools Platforms Windows UtilitiesWeb PublishingDesign & IllustrationTyping
View on Steam ↗ $9.99 (US · as of 2026-07-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.

87.5%positive631 reviews
Recommended · 4 found this helpful

“i like this very much i wish they had a mobile app so that i could type directly into nimble when not on the laptop because i really really don't want to have to sort through my old drafts and start importing them and gain achievements from only importing older work for my…”

— a player, Steam review · 9 hrs played
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“Nimble Writer is a solid unique distraction free writing tool that I often use for all of my projects. It cuts out the bloat that other similar tools have and I highly recommend you grabbing it.”

— a player, Steam review · 516 hrs played
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“10/10: Google docs doesn't have a night-mode, and the interface is too busy to keep a tight focus. I'd give it a 11/10 if there was a way to get search-engine software to run on the system as-well.”

— a player, Steam review · 16 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-24 00:03 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

21playing at last check
2924-hour peak
78all-time peak
0 25 50 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 43 avg · Jan 2021

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.

17achievements
9.6%median completion
2.7%rarest: Be the King
46.9% of players 36.8% of players 26.6% of players 25.6% of players 21.0% of players 18.0% of players 13.7% of players 11.8% of players 9.6% of players 7.4% of players 7.4% of players 4.9% of players 4.3% of players 4.0% of players 3.7% of players 3.2% of players 2.7% of players 46.9% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
46.9%A picture's worth — Write a total of 1,000 words.
36.8%Thousand a day — Write 1,000 words in a day.
26.6%Ready for publishing? — Export a story.
Rarest badges of honor
2.7%Be the King — Write 2,000 words every day for 21 days.
3.2%Follow the King — Write 2,000 words every day for 14 days.
3.7%Nimble Writer — Write 10,000 words in a day.

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-25. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$9.99current · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
$9.99lowest since tracking began2026-07-25
US9.99 USD
EU9.99 EUR
UK6.99 GBP
Australia14.50 AUD
Canada10.99 CAD
Japan980 JPY
Brazil19.99 BRL
China36.00 CNY

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

Brazil≈$3.9 China Japan Canada UK US Australia EU≈$11

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-07-24). Relative comparison only.

Latest official news

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

Aug 16, 2017
Update 1.17

This update brings a few stability fixes. In the coming weeks, there will be a couple more updates focusing on further improving existing features, including much more customization to exporting. Adde

Aug 16, 2017
Update 1.17

This update brings a few stability fixes. In the coming weeks, there will be a couple more updates focusing on further improving existing features, including much more customization to exporting. Adde

Mar 16, 2016
Update 1.16

About time this was released! Some statistics: Nimble Writer users have written a cumulative total of 32.4 million words ! Fixed an issue with the odt importer Fixed some issues with "/span>" appearin

Mar 16, 2016
Update 1.16

About time this was released! Some statistics: Nimble Writer users have written a cumulative total of 32.4 million words ! Fixed an issue with the odt importer Fixed some issues with "/span>" appearin

Dec 08, 2015
Update 1.15

Here we go, tons of fixes. Added an option to toggle whether to load the last opened document. Fixed random crash when minimizing. Fixed a rare crash when right clicking notes. Fixed issue with newlin

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Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.

GenresDesign & Illustration, Utilities, Web Publishing
Player tagsUtilities · Web Publishing · Design & Illustration · Typing (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSteam Achievements · Steam Workshop · Steam Cloud · Stats · Remote Play Together
LanguagesEnglish
Achievements17
Estimated owners100,000 – 200,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttps://nimble.tools/writer
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 Memory: 1 GB RAM Storage: 250 MB available space