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Nocturne: Prelude

Nocturne: Prelude

The afterlife is now digital. Discover that eternal life comes with sacrifice in the first chapter of a genre-defying RPG with unique rhythm combat.

Released Mar 3, 2020 Developer Pracy Studios Platforms Windows JRPGRhythmPvERPG2D
View on Steam ↗ Free (US · as of 2026-05-19)

What players say

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97.0%positive397 reviews
Recommended · 20 found this helpful

“Honestly, I can't believe this is free. The quality is THAT good. It's only a taste of what the overall game will be, but it's already enough to leave a mark on even veteran gamers. The settings are created with so much detail, the story is intriguing, the characters feel real,…”

— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played
Recommended · 10 found this helpful

“Gameplay is super fun and has a great level of challenge even on only the third hardest difficulty. Each enemy feels like a genuine battle and not just something you nonchalantly complete and then move on. Music is great as well, and varied enough to keep it interesting. A lot…”

— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played
Recommended · 7 found this helpful

“Lovely game the bad : - The random battle sequence is a waste of time if you S or FC on your first try so why bother playing it again? - The audio latency on keysounded part. Better off with non-keysound. Or do something about the audio API. - Map is too big with little to…”

— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played
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Latest official news

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Aug 01, 2024
Nocturne Full Version Demo Available

Nocturne is still in development, and we've just released a Demo of the full version. Head over to the main Nocturne store page to download the Demo and wishlist the game.

Aug 17, 2020
Nocturne: Prelude 1.1 Launches - Steam Achievements & More

Achievements Nocturne: Prelude now has 17 Steam achievements! They provide a mix of challenges, some which will require you to play the game a little differently. Upstream Nocturne now fully supports

Mar 15, 2020
First Minor Patch

Release v1.0.9 After a smooth launch, we've just applied a small patch to fix some minor bugs and make one feature improvement to the arcade. Combat Ending an encounter next to the edge of the map no

Mar 04, 2020
Nocturne: Prelude Release

Nocturne: Prelude launched worldwide today on Steam. Thank you everyone who helped test during the Beta, and welcome to anyone playing for the first time. Prelude is the first chapter. There's many mo

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Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-19.

GenresAdventure, Indie, RPG, Free To Play
Player tagsJRPG · Rhythm · PvE · RPG · 2D · Cute · Top-Down · Story Rich · Transhumanism · Lore-Rich · Post-apocalyptic · Conversation (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player
LanguagesEnglish
Achievements17
Estimated owners0 – 20,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttps://pracystudios.com
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows 7, 8, 10 Processor: 2.0 Ghz Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: GTX 700 Series Storage: 1 GB available space