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Nocturnal

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Nocturnal
Nocturnal cover
Developers
Sunnyside Games
Publishers
Dear Villagers
Engines
Unity 2021[Note 1]
Release dates
Windows June 7, 2023
Reception
Metacritic 81
OpenCritic 76
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Microtransactions None
Modes Singleplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives Side view, Scrolling
Controls Direct control
Genres Action, Platform
Art styles Stylized
Themes Fantasy
Series Nocturnal
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Nocturnal on IGDB
Nocturnal on MobyGames
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Nocturnal 2 2026

Nocturnal is a singleplayer side view and scrolling action and platform game in the Nocturnal series.

General information

Developer Discord server
GOG.com Community Discussions
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Epic Games Store
DRM details are not known
Enhanced Edition
Windows
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Windows
GOG.com
DRM-free
Enhanced Edition
Windows
Green Man Gaming
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Windows
Humble Store
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Windows
Steam
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Enhanced Edition
Windows

Monetization

Type Notes
One-time game purchase The game requires an upfront purchase to access.

Microtransactions

Type Notes
No microtransactions The game does not contain microtransactions.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Sunnyside Games\Nocturnal
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1634080/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\AppData\LocalLow\Sunnyside Games\Nocturnal\<user-id>\*.sav
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/1634080/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game cloud syncing

Video

In-game video settings
In-game video settings

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
Hor+
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Referred to as Full screen.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
High-fidelity upscaling
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Frame generation
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
Uncapped with no frame rate limiter available in-game.
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.
Ray tracing (RT)
Color blind mode
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.
The game engine may allow for manual configuration of the game via its variables. See the Unity page for more details.

Input

In-game default keyboard and mouse input settings
In-game default keyboard and mouse input settings
In-game default Xbox controller input settings
In-game default Xbox controller input settings

Audio

In-game audio settings
In-game audio settings
In-game accessibility settings
In-game accessibility settings

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Sliders for Main Volume, Music, and SFX.
Surround sound
Subtitles
All dialogue is text-based.
Options include a text size slider, two fonts and speaker color.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
French
German
Indonesian
A fan translation is available from IGTC Team.
Japanese
Polish
AI translation download.
Brazilian Portuguese
Slovak
A fan translation is available from Lokalizácie.sk.
Spanish

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
OpenGL
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

Middleware Notes
Audio FMOD 2.2.7

System requirements

Windows
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 7
Processor (CPU) Intel Core i7-3610QM
AMD Ryzen 5 3500U
System memory (RAM) 8 GB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD) 2 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce GT 650M
AMD Radeon HD 4870 X2
A 64-bit operating system is required.


Notes

  1. Unity engine build: 2021.3.45f2[1]
  2. 2.0 2.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:

References

  1. Verified by User:Liwsy on 2026-04-23