33.1% of all Pass the Fear owners hold Nightmare Conquered (Clear Nightmare difficulty). Captured from public Steam achievement statistics on 2026-07-31.
Where Nightmare sits on the ladder
| Difficulty | Steam achievement | Clear rate | Of those who cleared the tier below |
|---|---|---|---|
| Normal | First Victory | 66.3% | — |
| Hard | Unbreakable | 46.7% | 70.4% |
| Nightmare | Nightmare Conquered | 33.1% | 70.9% |
| Hell | Hell Walker | 24% | 72.5% |
| Reality | Trial of Reality | 17.8% | 74.2% |
Read the last column rather than the raw percentages. Each tier removes a remarkably consistent share of the players who cleared the one below it — between 70% and 75% survive each step. The ladder is not getting proportionally harder; it is applying roughly the same filter five times.
Compared with Hard, this tier costs 13.6 percentage points of the owner base. 70.9% of players who cleared Hard also cleared Nightmare.
How the decision tool changes on Nightmare
The run decision tool applies a different weighting once you select this difficulty. The intent is simple: the harder the tier, the less willing the tool is to recommend something that only pays off when other conditions line up.
| Option trait | Adjustment on Nightmare |
|---|---|
| Reliable / unconditional value | +3 |
| Conditional (needs setup to fire) | -2 |
| Survival | +2 |
| Safe execution | +2 |
| Patch-sensitive (extra penalty) | -1 |
What this page does not claim
The clear rates above are measured facts. The build advice built on top of them is not yet. This site has not verified, for Nightmare specifically, which Hunter clears it fastest, which relic combinations appear most often in successful runs, or how the enemy and modifier rules differ from the tier below.
Those answers require evidence from actual clears, not from restating a database. Until that evidence exists here, this page tells you where the tier sits and how the tool reasons — and stops there.
Next tier up: Hell (24% of owners).
Source
Clear rates and achievement names come from the public Steam global achievement page for Pass the Fear (appid 3561220), captured 2026-07-31. Percentages are shares of all owners. The tutorial achievement sits at 100.0%, so owners and players who actually launched the game are effectively the same population.