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Nocturnal

Sunnyside Games · Dear Villagers · 2023-06-07

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ActionAdventure

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Jun 07, 2023 (Nintendo Switch), Jun 07, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jun 07, 2023 (PlayStation 5), Jun 07, 2023 (Xbox Series X|S)

Carve your way with fire and steel to find out what secrets lie beyond the Mist in this intense 2-hour-long action-platformer game. Get ready to wield the flames and burn everything!

Nocturnal is an Action and Adventure game released in 2023, priced at $16.99, with an estimated 0 to 20,000 owners and Very Positive (94% of 4933 reviews) sentiment.

94%
positive of 5.2k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
85/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (16 ratings)
1
Nexus mods (43 downloads)
3.72★
PlayStation Store rating (81 ratings)
3h
time to beat (IGDB)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$16.99
steam price (US)

After a difficult journey across a troubled sea, Ardeshir, soldier of the Enduring Flame, returns home to the island of Nahran, where everything is obscured by a peculiar Mist. To uncover the cause, you must wield the sacred flame of your ancestors and carve your way to the island’s center, where secret locations and powerful abilities await.(Storyline via IGDB)

Trailer

Nocturnal trailer thumbnail

Nocturnal Animals Official Trailer 1 (2016) - Jake Gyllenhaal Movie

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 190 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~24/week).
  • · Review velocity up 98% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 7% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 104k–234k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 5,209 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

IndieGala$1.69-90%
Gamesplanet$2.16-87%
Fanatical$2.20-87%
Humble Store$2.54-85%
Steam$2.54-85%
WinGameStore$2.54-85%
GreenManGaming$2.55-85%
GOG$16.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.69 at Steam (2026-01-19) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $16.99 · on sale 145 of 171 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
343420232026Week of 2023-06-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$16.99$0.002023-06-072026-10-142023-06-07 — best price $12.232023-09-15 — best price $12.742023-10-09 — best price $10.872023-11-16 — best price $13.372023-12-25 — best price $7.992024-01-23 — best price $13.372024-02-16 — best price $9.342024-03-14 — best price $8.492024-04-20 — best price $16.992024-06-19 — best price $6.792024-07-17 — best price $6.802024-08-26 — best price $6.792024-10-14 — best price $5.102024-11-11 — best price $4.272024-12-19 — best price $3.392025-02-03 — best price $12.862025-03-19 — best price $3.392025-04-29 — best price $16.992025-06-27 — best price $3.392025-07-30 — best price $16.992025-09-11 — best price $16.992025-10-07 — best price $3.392025-11-06 — best price $16.992025-12-03 — best price $16.992026-01-03 — best price $16.992026-01-31 — best price $16.992026-03-01 — best price $13.492026-03-27 — best price $3.392026-04-23 — best price $0.002026-05-16 — best price $3.402026-07-06 — best price $2.542026-07-28 — best price $13.632026-08-11 — best price $2.202026-08-21 — best price $1.692026-08-31 — best price $2.542026-09-10 — best price $1.692026-09-20 — best price $1.692026-09-30 — best price $2.162026-10-10 — best price $1.692026-10-14 — best price $1.69
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

11
achievements tracked
87.3%
earned "Form Blazing Sword"
19.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudFamily Sharing2 DLC

8 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Portuguese - Brazil, Traditional Chinese, Japanese

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2023-07-12, latest 2024-02-07 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,92934%11
PS5 (PlayStation)19231%12
Xbox Series (Xbox)10115%11
Switch (Nintendo)160%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

2DDarkIndieActionCombatLinearMysteryNarrationHand-drawnPlatformer

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

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