NivalisNights
Nivalis Nights is a cozy life sim in a city that never dries out.
Nivalis Nights starts you with a noodle stand in the rain — and lets you end up running the best-lit corner of a cyberpunk city, with a boat, an apartment full of things you chose, and people who know your name.
Nivalis Nights — Steam · September 29, 2026
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What Is Nivalis Nights?
Nivalis Nights is a slice-of-life sim set in Nivalis, the vertical neon city from Cloudpunk. You arrive with almost nothing and a district opens up around you: kitchens to run, canals to fish, apartments to fill, strangers who won't stay strangers for long.
Every in-game day is a real choice — grow the business, or spend the hours on the people and places that make the city feel like home. There is no wrong answer, only the life you end up with.
Nivalis Nights ships with 11 languages built in at launch: English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Korean, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, and Turkish — however you play, the city speaks your language.
One Day in Nivalis Nights
The clock is the whole game. Every day in Nivalis Nights you decide where the hours go — the business, the people, or the rain.
06:00
Tend the garden
Grow your own ingredients before the city wakes, or hit the market and buy what the garden can't give you yet.
09:00
Fire up the stand
Serve noodles to a street full of people with somewhere to be. Keep the queue moving and the broth hot — this stand is the seed of a restaurant and nightclub empire.
14:00
Take the boat out
Pilot your own boat through the canals of Nivalis Nights and drop a line. Tonight's special is whatever the water gives you.
18:00
Make a place your own
Buy apartments across the city, decorate every room, or hunt for a new place with a better view of the skyline.
22:00
The neon comes on
Run the club, meet the townies, challenge someone to chess in the back room. Friendships, rivalries — and maybe love — all happen after dark.
03:00
The city keeps secrets
CorpSec curfews tighten, a killer is loose in the district, and rivals play dirty. Cozy doesn't mean safe. Get home before the rain turns cold.
The City of Nivalis Nights
A city that climbs from the ocean to the clouds, lit by shop signs and soaked by a weather system that rolls in for real. If you drove these streets in Cloudpunk, you'll recognize the corners — this time you're not passing through.
From Cloudpunk to Nivalis Nights
The same Nivalis from ION LANDS' 2020 classic, rebuilt for a life lived at street level. Returning players will spot familiar details and connections; newcomers need nothing but an appetite.
Weather that matters
A realistic weather system and full day-night cycle shape the crowds, the mood, and your plans. Rain empties the street. Neon fills it back up.
Not everything is cozy
CorpSec is cracking down on the district and a serial killer stalks the night. Slip the curfew, watch your back, and decide how much of the city's trouble is yours.
Nivalis Nights Districts & Map
In Nivalis Nights, the city opens up on a pixel-art map of the whole skyline. Each district tracks its own storefronts, quests, and secrets — these four appear in the release date trailer.
Meridian Market
Where every Nivalis Nights run begins: the Noodle Bar Introduction, with half a dozen storefronts within shouting distance.
Central Canyon
A deep cut through the middle of the skyline, storefronts stacked up both walls of the canyon.
Metro Hub
Rail lines cross the whole map here. Constant foot traffic — the kind a restaurant owner dreams about.
Hive Mall
A dense block of shops packed into one hive of a building, with more quest lines than any other district shown.
District maps as shown in the official Nivalis Nights release date trailer. Details may change before launch.
Nivalis Nights Screenshots
Stills from the Nivalis Nights release date trailer — the commute, the docks, and the back office of your first ramen bar.
Watch YouTube Videos About Nivalis Nights
The official Nivalis Nights trailer and gameplay features — more added as ION LANDS shows new footage.
What People Are Saying About Nivalis Nights
Posts from the official Nivalis Nights account and the community.
Nivalis Nights system requirements
Minimum
- OS
- Windows 10/11 (64 bit)
- Processor
- AMD / Intel CPU
- Memory
- 16 GB RAM
- Graphics
- AMD / NVIDIA dedicated graphics card, with at least 6 GB of dedicated VRAM
- DirectX
- Version 11
- Network
- Broadband Internet connection
- Storage
- 30 GB available space
- Sound
- Integrated or dedicated DirectX 9 compatible soundcard
- Notes
- Controller or keyboard + mouse
Recommended
- OS
- Windows 10/11 (64 bit)
- Processor
- AMD / Intel CPU
- Memory
- 16 GB RAM
- Graphics
- AMD / NVIDIA dedicated graphics card, with 8 GB of dedicated VRAM (i.e. GTX 2070 or newer)
- DirectX
- Version 12
- Network
- Broadband Internet connection
- Storage
- 30 GB available space
- Sound
- Integrated or dedicated DirectX 9 compatible soundcard
- Notes
- SSD drive, Controller or keyboard + mouse
As listed on the Steam store page. 64-bit Windows PC — Steam Deck compatibility not yet verified.
More From the Nivalis Nights Developer
Nivalis Nights is ION LANDS' return to the city of Cloudpunk. Catch up on the studio's earlier work on Steam:
Game · 2020
Cloudpunk
One rainy night as a delivery driver in Nivalis — where it all started.
DLC · 2021
Cloudpunk – City of Ghosts
A second story campaign across the city, with new drivers and new trouble.
Soundtrack
Cloudpunk Soundtrack
The synth score that gave Nivalis its voice.
Soundtrack
City of Ghosts Soundtrack
The expanded score for the City of Ghosts campaign.
Game · 2017
Phoning Home
ION LANDS' first game — two small robots stranded on a strange planet.
Nivalis Nights FAQ
Nivalis Nights is a cozy cyberpunk slice-of-life sim. You start with a noodle stand and build toward restaurants and nightclubs while fishing, decorating apartments, and building relationships in the neon city of Nivalis. It is developed by ION LANDS, the studio behind Cloudpunk, and published by 505 Games.
Nivalis Nights releases on Steam on September 29, 2026. An Epic Games Store release follows at a later date.
PC first: Steam at launch, with the Epic Games Store to follow. Console versions have not been announced.
Yes — Nivalis Nights is set in the same city of Nivalis. It plays completely differently though: instead of a delivery-driving story, it is a life and business sim, and it is designed to stand alone. You do not need to have played Cloudpunk.
In Nivalis Nights you run businesses from a noodle stand up to restaurants and nightclubs, grow or buy ingredients, pilot a boat and fish the canals, buy and decorate apartments, and build friendships, rivalries, and romances with the city's residents. There are also mini-games, including a chess tournament.
Single-player. Nivalis Nights is about the one life you build in the city.
Yes. The project was announced as Nivalis and renamed Nivalis Nights in 2026, alongside the September 29 release date announcement.
Wishlist Nivalis Nights on Steam and follow ION LANDS' official channels. This site tracks news, trailers, and release info as September 29, 2026 approaches.
Nivalis Nights Opens September 29
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Nivalis Nights is also coming to the Epic Games Store