Home / Games / Nocturnal
Nocturnal
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!
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“I know a lot of people are probably not expecting good free games anymore considering the bunch of slop given for free lately on steam, but trust me, this game wont disappoint. The gameplay is so smooth, the atmosphere is great, the music is fitting, it's definitely a must try.…”
— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs played“An interesting, short relaxing, beautiful, and fast-paced game — thanks to the developers for being so generous and giving this gem away for free. YOU HAVE TO GET IT!”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played“---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☐ Beautiful ☑ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☐ Masterpiece ☐ Very good ☑ Good ☐ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just don't ---{ Audio }--- ☐ Eargasm ☐ Very good ☐…”
— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-24 01:12 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
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.
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.
Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.
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.
Join the New Nocturnal 1 & 2 Discord!
Hello everyone, You can now join the newly created Nocturnal Series Discord to chat with the community, report bugs, suggest new features, share your feedback, or ask any questions you may have. We ho
Nocturnal 2 demo + New Trailer
Hello there, First of all, thank you all for the massive support. We are genuinely amazed to see so many people exploring the game. We wanted to share a quick update to let you know that you can alrea
Important Security Update Available ✅
Your safety while playing our games is our top priority. We’ve been informed of a recent security vulnerability affecting Unity. Although no malicious activity has been detected in connection with thi
Nocturnal won the GOTY Award at the SWIGA 2023!
Hi everyone, We are absolutely thrilled to share that Nocturnal won the Best Game of the Year award at the Swiss Game Awards 2023! By the way, we've received a lot of positive feedback about the recen
Nocturnal is available now!
Dear adventurers, Nocturnal is available now on Steam! Head on over to the Steam store and buy the game with a 10% discount! A few tips before you begin your adventure on the island of Nahran: Earn as
Games like Nocturnal
From our knowledge graph — ranked by shared traits, not a black box. Each card says why it's here.
Creepy Tale
79.5% · 667 reviews
shares Puzzle Platformer, Side Scroller, Hand Drawn, Dark
FAR: Changing Tides
91.7% · 2,176 reviews
shares Soundtrack, Puzzle Platformer, Hand Drawn, Linear
Planet of Lana
93.3% · 3,947 reviews
shares Soundtrack, Puzzle Platformer, Side Scroller, Hand Drawn
Greak: Memories of Azur
76.1% · 595 reviews
shares Puzzle Platformer, Side Scroller, Hand Drawn, 2D Platformer
Leap Year
97.4% · 877 reviews
shares Puzzle Platformer, Hand Drawn, Mystery, 2D Platformer
Aeterna Noctis
76.3% · 1,095 reviews
shares Soundtrack, Puzzle Platformer, Side Scroller, Hand Drawn
Ultros
80.5% · 676 reviews
shares Soundtrack, Hand Drawn, Mystery, 2D Platformer
Astalon: Tears of the Earth
89.9% · 956 reviews
shares Demons, Side Scroller, Hand Drawn, 2D Platformer
Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Action, Adventure |
| Player tags | Side Scroller · Action-Adventure · Linear · Exploration · Narration · Action · Hand-drawn · Mystery · 2D Platformer · Dark · Combat · Platformer (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Portuguese - Brazil, Traditional Chinese, Japanese |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 11 |
| Estimated owners | 0 – 20,000 (SteamSpy) |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 64-bit Processor: Intel Core i7-3610QM or AMD Ryzen 5 3500U Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: GeForce GT 650M or Radeon HD 4870 X2 Storage: 2 GB available space