Ion Lands have revealed the release date and new name for their long-heralded futuristic game Nivalis. Now retitled Nivalis Nights, the game will hit Steam on 29 September this year. They have also released a new trailer for the game.
The game is a spiritual successor to their 2020 title Cloudpunk, which saw the player driving a flying taxi cab around the city of Nivalis and gradually getting drawn into a complex series of stories involving their passengers. An expansion almost as long as the original game, City of Ghosts, followed in 2021. The game was told primarily from behind the dashboard of the taxi, but also allowed the player to get out of the car and explore some areas on-foot with some low-fi, Minecraft-esque voxel graphics.
Nivalis Nights maintains that look, but at a much higher degree of fidelity. This time around your character is running a business, starting off as a noodle bar, but can acquire more businesses and properties. The goal is to work your way up above the clouds. However, a serial killer on the loose may throw a wrench in your plans.
The game has been delayed multiple times, as it sounds like the scope and scale became significantly more ambitious.
The game certainly looks extremely impressive. Hopefully it can avoid getting swamped by all the other games launching in August and September as they seek to get out of the way of the all-consuming behemoth of Grand Theft Auto VI in November.
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