Nocturnal

After years of traveling, Ardeshir finds his native island covered in a mysterious fog. Carve your way with fire and steel to find out what happened to your people in this action-platformer game. You’re the…

85 7 June 2023 from $1.69

Adventure Platform Action Fantasy

Nocturnal is an adventure developed by Sunnyside Games, released 7 June 2023 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch and PC (Microsoft Windows). It currently starts at $1.69 at IndieGala.

Verified 1 Oct 2026 Sources: IGDB , Steam

What Nocturnal is

Nocturnal is an adventure game developed by Sunnyside Games and released in 2023. It was published by Dear Villagers. It is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.

The premise, in the publisher's words

After a difficult journey across a troubled sea, Ardeshir, soldier of the Enduring Flame, returns home to the island of Nahran, where everything is obscured by a peculiar Mist. To uncover the cause, you must wield the sacred flame of your ancestors and carve your way to the island’s center, where secret locations and powerful abilities await.

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

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

How it was received

Nocturnal holds a critic score of 85 out of 100. That places it above 82% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2023 averaged 76, so it scored 9 points above the year average.

What it costs, and where

The cheapest verified price right now is $1.69 at IndieGala, 90% below its usual price.

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What it launched against

Nocturnal launched on 7 June 2023, within three weeks of Diablo IV, Final Fantasy XVI, System Shock and Dave the Diver. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4. It arrived 3 years into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Diablo IV, Final Fantasy XVI, System Shock, Dave the Diver.

Cheats and codes

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