Nivalis Nights is out on Steam, released September 29, 2026 by ION LANDS with 505 Games publishing, priced at 3,150 yen with a 10 percent launch discount to 2,835 yen through October 14. The game holds a Mostly Positive Steam user review rating as of October 3, with players praising the content while many cite performance issues.
Nivalis Nights arrived on Steam on September 29, 2026, published by 505 Games and developed by ION LANDS, the German studio behind Cloudpunk. The game is set in Nivalis, the same city as Cloudpunk, and casts the player as the new owner of a ramen shop who carries the debt that came with it. From there, players expand into restaurants and high-end nightclubs. ION LANDS bills it as a cyberpunk slice-of-life simulation played in first person, and the city holds more than 130 characters, over 100 quests, 240-plus ingredients, 190 dishes, and 620 furniture types in voxel art with day-night cycles and weather.
The road to launch was long. The game was announced in 2021, faced development delays and legal issues, and was renamed from Nivalis with the June 30 release date announcement. Marketing paused from around October 2025 to resolve an undisclosed legal issue. Ahead of release, the Steam wishlist count passed 1 million by September 18, which creative director Marko Dieckmann compared to Cloudpunk's roughly 130,000 wishlists at launch. A run of Japanese-subtitled videos through August and September detailed transportation by taxi, metro, and private boat, restaurant management, home renovation, fishing, chess tournaments, and a serial killer plot woven into the relationship system.
The launch drew a peak of about 7,000 players on Steam. Within 24 hours, performance complaints appeared, and 505 Games shipped two patches on October 2 and October 3. The first fixed bugs and improved character movement, animations, physics simulation, staff order-taking, furniture placement, and an unreadable quest log after toggling the J key. The second added a light culling system with a Lighting Detail slider, changed staff work priorities so employees specialize, improved save overwrite safety, and removed the Low texture quality setting. A future patch will further reduce rendering load in large-scale scenes. An Epic Games Store version is planned with no release date set.
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ION LANDS released Nivalis Nights on Steam on September 29, 2026, with 505 Games publishing. The management adventure puts the player in the cyberpunk city of Nivalis as the new owner of a ramen shop, carrying the debt that came with it. The German studio behind Cloudpunk bills the game as a cyberpunk slice-of-life simulation, and it is played in first person.
505 Games released two patches for the cyberpunk life sim Nivalis Nights on October 2 and October 3, responding to performance complaints reported within 24 hours of the game's September 29 launch. Update #1 fixed bugs and improved character movement, animations, physics simulation, staff order-taking, furniture placement, and an unreadable quest log after toggling the J key. Update #2 added a light culling system with a new Lighting Detail slider, changed staff work priorities so employees specialize, improved save overwrite safety, and removed the Low texture quality setting. The game is on Steam for 3,150 yen, discounted 10 percent to 2,835 yen until October 14. As of October 3, Steam user reviews are Mostly Positive, with players praising the content while many cite performance issues. A future patch will further reduce rendering load in large-scale scenes.
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.
Four outlets rounded up the games launching in Japan and North America between September 28 and October 3, 2026, and Bandai Namco Entertainment's ACE COMBAT 8: WINGS OF THEVE sits at the top of the pile. The flight shooter arrives October 2 on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S at 9,790 yen for the standard edition, with a DELUXE EDITION priced at 11,990 yen and early access on September 29. The same week brings Mojang Studios and Double Eleven's Minecraft Dungeons II on September 29 at 4,730 yen for PC, PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch 2, and Nintendo Switch, with Xbox Game Pass support, plus The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Remastered on the same day for PC, PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and Switch 2, and a Remastered edition of the Dynasty Warriors 2 package on October 1. Free-to-play entries Apex Legends and Animo place second and third on the Steam sales chart.
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.
Developer ION LANDS and publisher 505 Games released a new video for the cyberpunk life sim Nivalis Nights. The footage follows one day in the city of Nivalis, from waking up in the protagonist's room to heading to a small bar workplace, checking staff schedules, collecting ingredients through supplier dealings and fishing, then strolling the city and redecorating. The game is set for release on Steam on September 30th.
505 Games released the third Q&A video for the cyberpunk life sim Nivalis Nights, covering transportation options in the city of Nivalis. The video shows taxis, the metro, and private boats. The game launches September 30 on Windows via Steam.
505 Games Japan released the second Japanese-subtitled gameplay trailer for Nivalis Nights on August 3, detailing daily life in the cyberpunk city. Players run a restaurant, hire staff, source ingredients by fishing or visiting greenhouses, and renovate their home. The game launches on PC via Steam on September 30.
505 Games released the first introduction video for Nivalis Nights, a cyberpunk life sim by ION LANDS. Players run a small ramen shop and aim to own the city's best restaurant or a high-end nightclub, with interactions and daily life in Nivalis. The game launches September 30 on Steam.
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.
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Publisher 505 Games and developer ION LANDS announced on June 30 that the cyberpunk life simulation game 'Nivalis Nights' will launch on PC via Steam on September 30. The game, previously titled 'Nivalis', has been renamed with this release date announcement. Set in the neon-lit, crime-ridden city of Nivalis, players start by running a small ramen shop and can expand into larger businesses such as restaurants and nightclubs. The city features a realistic weather system, a day-night cycle, and curfews enforced by the security organization CorpSec. During curfew nights, players can sabotage rival businesses but risk consequences. Players can also fish, customize homes, interact with residents to advance the story, and participate in mini-games like chess tournaments. ION LANDS is the studio behind the cyberpunk adventure game 'Cloudpunk', and Nivalis is a city that appeared in that earlier title. The game was originally announced in 2021 but faced development delays and legal issues, which the developer says have now been resolved. An Epic Games Store version is planned for a later date.