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Nightmare: The Lunatic

Nightmare: The Lunatic is an action roguelite platformer game where you escape your nightmare. Swap between 3 weapons constantly, use special attacks, and dodge and dodge enemy attacks. Strengthen yourself by…

31 March 2024

Nightmare: The Lunatic is an adventure, released 31 March 2024 on Nintendo Switch and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Nightmare: The Lunatic is

Nightmare: The Lunatic was released in 2024. It is available on Nintendo Switch and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Nightmare: The Lunatic is an action roguelite platformer game where you escape your nightmare. Swap between 3 weapons constantly, use special attacks, and dodge and dodge enemy attacks. Strengthen yourself by collecting powerful and distinctive totems.
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Nightmare: The Lunatic launched on 31 March 2024, within three weeks of Dragon's Dogma II, Minishoot' Adventures, Rise of the Ronin and Pepper Grinder. It arrived 7 years into the Nintendo Switch's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Dragon's Dogma II, Minishoot' Adventures, Rise of the Ronin, Pepper Grinder.

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When did Nightmare: The Lunatic come out?
Nightmare: The Lunatic was released on 31 March 2024 for Nintendo Switch and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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