Never Grave Downloads & RevenueNever Grave · Google Play
Never Grave is #5 in Games › Action Paid on Google Play in Japan and charting in 13 of 23 countries we track.
Updated 8 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
Full timeline · 15 events
- 🚀Never Grave: now shown next to Dead Cells, Dungreed, Absolumthe store's “similar apps” for it changed: who it's seen as competing with
- 📈Never Grave entered the top 100 in 2 chartsTop Paid · All Games · JP · Top Paid · All Games · VN
- 📈Never Grave entered the top 100 in 2 chartsTop Paid · All Games · MX · Top Paid · All Games · US
- 📈Never Grave entered the top 10Top Paid · Action · US
- 💰Never Grave: price drop4.99 USD → 2.50 USD · US
- 📈Never Grave entered the top 100 in 3 chartsTop Paid · Action · MX · Top Paid · Action · NL · Top Paid · Action · TH
- 📈Never Grave charting in a new country in 2 chartsMexico · Netherlands
- 📈Never Grave charting in a new country in 3 chartsThailand · Turkey · Vietnam
- 📈Never Grave entered the top 100 in 2 chartsTop Paid · Action · TR · Top Paid · Action · VN
- 🆕Never Grave: its developer released another app: Truckful
- 📈Never Grave entered the top 10Top Paid · Action · DE
- 📈Never Grave entered the top 100Top Paid · All Games · DE
- 🆕Never Grave first spotted by AppInsiderItaly
- 📦Never Grave version 1.4.0Android version released.
- 🆕Never Grave released on Google Play
Collected from the stores by AppInsider since we first spotted the app. Dates are when we saw each change.
Games › Action PaidNever Grave at a glance
AI summary written from our chart and store data, 2026-11-06. It can be wrong: check the numbers above.
Never Grave is a paid action game blending Metroidvania exploration with roguelite mechanics and village-building, targeting players who enjoy hand-drawn 2D aesthetics and cooperative dungeon crawling. The title shows strong regional traction in Japan (#3) and South Korea (#9) within the paid action category, while maintaining moderate visibility across Western and emerging markets like the US and Brazil.
Similar apps: Dead Cells, Hollow Knight, Moonlighter
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Never Grave on Google Play
App details
Never Grave downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
How this is calculated
Where Never Grave's downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
How this is calculated
In-app revenue
Worldwide, what users spend in Never Grave before Apple and Google take their fee.
How this is calculated
Business model: In-app purchase-led
How Never Grave makes money: subscriptions, one-off purchases and ads.
Where it ranks on Google Play
Every top 200 chart it appears in across 23 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Japan | Games › ActionPaid | #5 |
 United States | Games › ActionPaid | #13 |
| United States | All GamesPaid | #63 |
 South Korea | Games › ActionPaid | #8 |
| Japan | All GamesPaid | #62 |
| South Korea | All GamesPaid | #83 |
| Japan | Games › ActionGrossing | #121 |
 Brazil | Games › ActionPaid | #24 |
 India | Games › ActionPaid | #30 |
| Brazil | All GamesPaid | #103 |
 Mexico | Games › ActionPaid | #27 |
| Mexico | All GamesPaid | #101 |
 Saudi Arabia | Games › ActionPaid | #28 |
 Indonesia | Games › ActionPaid | #29 |
| Saudi Arabia | All GamesPaid | #119 |
 Netherlands | Games › ActionPaid | #27 |
| Brazil | Games › ActionGrossing | #161 |
 Turkey | Games › ActionPaid | #29 |
 United Arab Emirates | Games › ActionPaid | #30 |
| Mexico | Games › ActionGrossing | #122 |
| Netherlands | All GamesPaid | #120 |
| United Arab Emirates | All GamesPaid | #120 |
 Thailand | Games › ActionPaid | #28 |
 Vietnam | Games › ActionPaid | #25 |
| Vietnam | All GamesPaid | #108 |
| Vietnam | Games › ActionGrossing | #183 |
Apps near Never Grave on the chart
Games › Action Paid, around #5.
Ratings
Google Play, worldwide.
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisReview momentum (0-100) blends how fast the app collects ratings compared with other apps in its category (60%), whether that pace is speeding up (25%) and what recent raters give it (15%; recent stars well below lifetime pull it down). Ratings counts are read daily. A jump usually means a launch, a feature, ads or a new review prompt.
What users say about Never Grave
From the 38 most recent Google Play reviews in the US.
Users praise the game's aesthetic and mechanics, comparing it favorably to Hollow Knight and Dead Cells. However, a significant portion of reviews criticize the poor touch controls, lack of customization options, and technical issues with screen scaling.
Mixed but leaning positive (63% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for being fun, and its design. The main complaints are about price and subscriptions, and not being fun.
What people like
- Fun: “Really fun roguelike platformer”
- Design: “This is a fun game that looks great like Hollow Knight”
- Price & subscription: “Overall it's a fun game, and definitely worth grabbing especially with the current sale price”
- Ease of use: “Its easy to switch between forms tho”
Common complaints
- Price & subscription: “so I'm going to have to refund the google play version”
- Fun: “I really enjoy the concept of this game and I think there is potential for this game to fit well on a mobile platform”
About Never Grave
Authentic 2D action
-Never Grave is 2D action game where you journey with the aid of a cursed hat. Adventure into dungeons, fight with magic, and sometimes even use the terrain to win! Dungeons such as ruins and botanical gardens are auto-generated and change each time you play. Obstacles and puzzles waiting to block your path in the dungeons, so be careful where you step!
Possession system
-Possess enemies using a cursed hat. Use unique abilities from your possessed enemies to gain an advantage in battle!
Rebuild a ruined village
-Use materials collected in the dungeons to clear the rubble of ruined villages, build new facilities and cultivate crops in the fields. Produce food and potions in the village to prepare for the next battle!
Multiplayer
-Multiplayer support for up to four players. Call your friends from other worlds and conquer dungeons together!
Game features
-Metroidvania x Roguelite with an emphasis on exploration.
-Sophisticated and tactilely designed player character controls.
-Possess enemies and use their unique abilities with the unique Possession system.
-Traditional Japanese hand-drawn limited animation is used for character 2D animation.
-Hand-painted backgrounds with depth, as if you are travelling through a world of picture books and cut-out pictures.
-Learn new abilities such as double-jump from artefacts to explore new areas.
-Constantly changing play style depending on the synergy of "traits" associated with magic and items.
-Intense battles with tough bosses. It will take more than just memorizing boss patterns to defeat them without taking damage...
-Rebuild your village. Strengthen yourself through building and production to prepare for the next adventure.
-Explore different terrain each time you play through procedurally generated dungeons.
-Online Co-op Multiplayer. Up to four players can venture into the dungeon together!
-Controller / Gamepad support.
What's new in 1.4.0
Store changes
What Never Grave changed on its store page: name, icon, screenshots, price, size, languages, requirements.
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