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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. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-02 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-15.
What reviewers agree on
69 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“If you're a pyromaniac that's afraid of the dark, this game's for you! But yeah, super fun! At Free.99 I can HIGHLY recommend this game, and am now looking forward to the sequel!”
“I grabbed this game for free rn n its def the best free game ive gotten all year. Its playtimes only around two hrs long, n I beat it in my free time one afternoon. The art style fits my taste perfectly. firelight mixed…”
“I went into Nocturnal mostly on a whim and ended up really enjoying it. It’s one of those short games that just knows exactly what it wants to do and sticks to it. The fire mechanic is honestly the highlight - it’s not…”
42 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“I grabbed this game for free rn n its def the best free game ive gotten all year. Its playtimes only around two hrs long, n I beat it in my free time one afternoon. The art style fits my taste perfectly. firelight mixed…”
“The game looks really good, not gonna lie. The environments and overall style are honestly the best part. But the gameplay just didn’t click for me. The whole fire mechanic sounds cool at first, but it quickly turns…”
“Epic game. It reminds me of Mega Man Zero and the Prince of Persia game series. Although short, the combination of everything delivers a great game experience. From the art style, short but sweet dialogues and letters,…”
21 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“i enjoyed every sec of it. The music and story were great. its short but complete”
“Epic game. It reminds me of Mega Man Zero and the Prince of Persia game series. Although short, the combination of everything delivers a great game experience. From the art style, short but sweet dialogues and letters,…”
“[h1]Nocturnal[/h1] [b]Overall Rating: 8.25 / 10[/b] [b]Sentiment: Easily Recommended[/b] [b]Playtime: 3 Hours[/b] [hr][/hr] [h2]The Review[/h2] This game really gives me strong [i]Prince of Persia[/i] vibes. Obviously,…”
21 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“If you're a pyromaniac that's afraid of the dark, this game's for you! But yeah, super fun! At Free.99 I can HIGHLY recommend this game, and am now looking forward to the sequel!”
“I grabbed this game for free rn n its def the best free game ive gotten all year. Its playtimes only around two hrs long, n I beat it in my free time one afternoon. The art style fits my taste perfectly. firelight mixed…”
“Claimed this game for free about ten days ago. Most “free to keep” games are usually shovelware drifting in the bargain-bin abyss, but this one is genuinely a gem. The game isn’t very long, and you can get 100%…”
20 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“i enjoyed every sec of it. The music and story were great. its short but complete”
“Epic game. It reminds me of Mega Man Zero and the Prince of Persia game series. Although short, the combination of everything delivers a great game experience. From the art style, short but sweet dialogues and letters,…”
“[h1]Nocturnal[/h1] [b]Overall Rating: 8.25 / 10[/b] [b]Sentiment: Easily Recommended[/b] [b]Playtime: 3 Hours[/b] [hr][/hr] [h2]The Review[/h2] This game really gives me strong [i]Prince of Persia[/i] vibes. Obviously,…”
41 of the 103 reviews raise this · 39 of them still recommend the game.
“I grabbed this game for free rn n its def the best free game ive gotten all year. Its playtimes only around two hrs long, n I beat it in my free time one afternoon. The art style fits my taste perfectly. firelight mixed…”
“I went into Nocturnal mostly on a whim and ended up really enjoying it. It’s one of those short games that just knows exactly what it wants to do and sticks to it. The fire mechanic is honestly the highlight - it’s not…”
“[h2]A Trial Of The Pen For A Sequel[/h2] ‘Nocturnal’ is a tiny game that can be finished in two hours (three – in case you go for all the secrets and achievements that are very easy to get). In fact, this is not really…”
11 of the 103 reviews raise this · 6 of them still recommend the game.
“[h2]A Trial Of The Pen For A Sequel[/h2] ‘Nocturnal’ is a tiny game that can be finished in two hours (three – in case you go for all the secrets and achievements that are very easy to get). In fact, this is not really…”
“The game looks really good, not gonna lie. The environments and overall style are honestly the best part. But the gameplay just didn’t click for me. The whole fire mechanic sounds cool at first, but it quickly turns…”
“Okay Nocturnal sucks. I lasted 28 minutes. Walking simulator with lighting torches and occasional combat. It looks like the idea of a set peice in this game is reading a sign that says '1 - 3 - 2' to tell you what order…”
10 of the 103 reviews raise this · 8 of them still recommend the game.
“No way can I recommend this game for the price they're actually asking, which is still 17 bucks. It was actually free yesterday for some reason. And for a free game? A demo more or less, this is ... fine, but it's also…”
“Good game and have fun for 3 hours of beating the game, which is kinda sad because is too short. I hope the sequel is gonna be Metroidvania”
“An enjoyable experience. The fire mechanics are simple but satisfying to complete. The combat and skill system make for a light but still at times somewhat challenging play session. For the price of free, adding this…”
6 of the 103 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“Okay Nocturnal sucks. I lasted 28 minutes. Walking simulator with lighting torches and occasional combat. It looks like the idea of a set peice in this game is reading a sign that says '1 - 3 - 2' to tell you what order…”
“Forced to play with parry on alt. 17 bucks for a two hour game and all the voicelines are moans, lol. Settings menu is unoptimized and buggy.”
“Short But fun Platformer, only real complaint is some of the ability controls are kinda weird”
6 of the 103 reviews raise this · 6 of them still recommend the game.
“[h1]Nocturnal[/h1] [b]Overall Rating: 8.25 / 10[/b] [b]Sentiment: Easily Recommended[/b] [b]Playtime: 3 Hours[/b] [hr][/hr] [h2]The Review[/h2] This game really gives me strong [i]Prince of Persia[/i] vibes. Obviously,…”
“An enjoyable experience. The fire mechanics are simple but satisfying to complete. The combat and skill system make for a light but still at times somewhat challenging play session. For the price of free, adding this…”
“game play here: https://youtu.be/y_VoVK4-Yzk Overall it's a pretty fun platformer it controls really well. The story didn't really do much for me personally, but overall it was a pretty enjoyable 2 hour long game.”
Counted across 103 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 94.2% positive rating · as of 2026-05-15
“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 data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 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 2026-09-05.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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Nocturnal is available now!
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-15.
| 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 |
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