Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.
At $16.99. It has been as low as $2.54.
- Story and characters: 116 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Combat: 114 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Gameplay: 89 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- No recurring complaint surfaced in 300 sampled reviews
Based on 5k player reviews · updated 3 days ago
What players think
The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.
Nocturnal is a short but fun experience that might honestly be the perfect cure after finishing a massive game with a depressing ending.
For such a small-scale game, it offers surprisingly fun combat, decent mechanics, and a lot of potential.
Overall: fun gameplay, good audio (it would be even better with some voice acting), and great atmosphere.
The art style instantly grabbed me, everything has this really moody, atmospheric vibe and the fire mechanics are genuinely super satisfying to use.
The difficulty felt perfectly balanced for me.
The soundtrack is also quite good, particularly during boss fights and chase sequences.
+2 more the community rallied around
Theme by theme
Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.
No themes split opinion in this sample.
No recurring complaints surfaced in this sample.
Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway. 4 more themes were each raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and are not shown.
Should you buy it now?
Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.
Currently $16.99. The lowest we've tracked is $2.54.
The data behind the verdict
For the players who want the receipts.
We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.
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