ION LANDS has released Nivalis Nights, its cyberpunk life and shop management sim, on Steam after a production timeline disrupted by a legal issue and a project rename. An Epic Games Store version is planned with no release date set.
ION LANDS spent 2026 working toward the release of Nivalis Nights, a cyberpunk life and shop management sim published by 505 Games. The studio renamed the project from Nivalis in June after pausing marketing from around October 2025 to resolve an undisclosed legal issue, so the release capped a disrupted production timeline. The game launched on Steam on September 29, 2026, priced at 3,150 yen with a 10 percent launch discount to 2,835 yen through October 14, and peaked at around 7,000 players.
Before launch, the studio and publisher announced on September 18 that the Steam wishlist count had passed 1 million. ION LANDS creative director Marko Dieckmann said he never imagined reaching that number and noted the wishlist count for the studio's earlier release Cloudpunk was about 130,000 at launch. The game is set in Nivalis, the same city as Cloudpunk, and players start with a small ramen shop then grow into restaurants and high-end nightclubs.
A Q&A video in August introduced the relationship system and revealed a serial killer in the city. ION LANDS says Nivalis holds more than 130 characters, over 100 quests, 240-plus ingredients, 190 dishes, and 620 furniture types, rendered in voxel art with day-night cycles and weather. The game supports Japanese display and subtitles. An Epic Games Store version is planned with no release date set.
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Oct 3
505 Games and German developer ION LANDS released the cyberpunk life and shop management sim Nivalis Nights on Steam on September 29, 2026, priced at 3,150 yen with a 10 percent launch discount to 2,835 yen running through October 14. The game is set in Nivalis, the same city as ION LANDS' 2020 adventure game Cloudpunk, and has players start with a small ramen shop, then grow into restaurants and high-end nightclubs. ION LANDS says the city holds more than 130 characters, over 100 quests, 240-plus ingredients, 190 dishes, and 620 furniture types, all rendered in voxel art with day-night cycles and weather. An Epic Games Store version is planned with no release date set. The game supports Japanese display and subtitles.
Sep 18
505 Games and developer ION LANDS announced on September 18 that the Steam wishlist count for Nivalis Nights has passed 1 million. The cyberpunk life simulation is set for release on Steam on Wednesday, September 30, 2026 Japan time. Players start with a small eatery such as a ramen shop and work toward owning a popular restaurant or a high-end nightclub in the neon-lit city of Nivalis, where gangs, CorpSec crackdowns, and a mysterious serial murder case shape daily life. ION LANDS creative director Marko Dieckmann said he never imagined reaching 1 million wishlist additions, noting the wishlist count for the studio's earlier release Cloudpunk was about 130,000 at launch and felt like a major achievement at the time. In it, every action connects to the player's influence; the game also includes fishing by boat, chess tournaments against NPCs, home customization, and curfew-night sabotage of rivals.
Aug 6
505 Games released the first Q&A video for ION LANDS' life simulation adventure Nivalis Nights. The video introduces the game's relationship system and reveals a serial killer lurking in the city of Nivalis. Players can build relationships that become friendships, partnerships, rivalries, or romance. The game supports Japanese and launches September 30.