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Nightmare Circus is an adventure developed by FairPlay Studios, releasing 31 December 2026 on Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and Nintendo Switch.
What Nightmare Circus is
Nightmare Circus is an unreleased adventure game in development at FairPlay Studios, currently scheduled for 31 December 2026. It was published by Red Dunes Games. It is available on Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Nightmare Circus is an action-adventure game where the player takes on the role of a Puppeteer trapped in the Nightmare Realm. Set out on a journey to find his friends and escape the nightmare!
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for AMD FX-4350 or Intel Core i5-3470 or equivalent, 8 GB RAM and GeForce GTX 1050 / AMD Radeon R9 380 or equivalent. An 8GB memory requirement is modest by current standards; most machines sold in the last five years clear it. Install size is roughly 3GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
Official trailer
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Screenshots
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