A neon city built on the sea, a noodle stand you can grow into a nightclub empire, and a quiet home floating above the clouds all arrive tomorrow, Tuesday, 29 September 2026. Nivalis Nights launches on PC via Steam, and more than 1 million people have already put it on their wishlists.
If you are reading this in Singapore, you can get it as a Steam download on your PC. You do not need a console or a trip to a shop. The Singapore price in S$ and an exact local unlock time are not included in the details released so far, so check the game’s Steam listing before launch for both.
Nivalis Nights at a Glance
| 🗓️ Launch date | Tuesday, 29 September 2026 |
| 🎮 Platform | PC via Steam (download) |
| 💵 Price in S$ | Not in the announcement. Check the Steam listing |
| ⏰ Singapore launch time | Not in the announcement. Check the Steam listing |
| 🛒 Epic Games Store | Coming at a later date, with details promised in the coming weeks |
| 🕹️ Consoles | Not at launch. The launch is PC only |
| 🏙️ Developer and Publisher | ION LANDS and 505 Games |
What to do today: Add the game to your Steam wishlist so Steam alerts you when it goes live, then check the store page for the S$ price.
A Hawker Story Under Neon
The game is built around running a business. You start small, with a noodle stand or a hole-in-the-wall bar, and grow it into one of the city’s hottest restaurants or nightclubs. You can buy ingredients at the markets or grow and fish for your own.
That noodle-stand-to-empire arc will feel familiar in Singapore, where plenty of us grew up hearing stories of hawker stalls (open-air food stalls) that became household names. In Nivalis Nights, the whole climb plays out under a neon skyline instead of a zinc roof.
A Million Bookmarks, Counted
A Steam wishlist is a free bookmark that alerts you when a game releases or goes on sale, so studios watch that number closely before launch. On 17 September 2026, publisher 505 Games and developer ION LANDS, an independent studio based in Berlin, announced that Nivalis Nights had passed the million mark. That is a big leap for the team behind Cloudpunk, and its creative director, Marko Dieckmann, sounded as surprised as anyone.
“Hitting one million wishlists is a milestone we never expected to see,” Dieckmann said. “We launched Cloudpunk with about 130,000 wishlists, which already felt like a massive achievement for us back then. We are incredibly grateful for your patience and support, and we don’t take a single one of you for granted.”
Put Dieckmann’s two figures side by side and the waiting crowd is roughly 7.7 times the size of the one that greeted Cloudpunk. That is based on “more than 1 million” against “about 130,000”, so treat it as a rough comparison.
A wishlist costs nothing, though, so it measures curiosity rather than sales. The number shows a huge audience is paying attention. Launch week will show how many of those people actually buy the game.
Cyberpunk City, Cosy Routine
Nivalis Nights returns to Nivalis, the city from Cloudpunk, and trades high stakes for a slice-of-life routine. You move in, find your feet, and decide how each day in this cyberpunk city on the sea should go.
When you are not working, you can:
- Explore on foot or in your own boat through the canals
- Discover waterfront districts and hidden alleyways
- Redecorate your home or buy a fancier place
- Get to know the locals, who can become customers, friends, or something more
A quick bit of history for newcomers: the game was simply called Nivalis until June 2026. That month, ION LANDS confirmed the new name alongside the September release date.
What Players Are Saying
Community chatter mixes excitement with some doubt. One Steam user called a trailer “excellent” and labelled the game an “instant buy”. A Reddit post of the release-date trailer drew 126 points and 16 comments from people counting down.
Other players are more cautious. Threads on the game’s Steam discussion board argue that it has drifted away from the “dark gritty atmosphere” of earlier footage, and some players object to the heavier focus on restaurant management. Others point to development delays as a sore spot, even as the wishlist and follower counts kept climbing.
The split shows who this game is for. Players who wanted a cosy life sim with a striking setting are getting exactly that. Anyone hoping for Cloudpunk‘s moodier tone should watch launch-day gameplay before paying.
Who Should Press Buy
- Buy at launch if you play cosy sims and are tired of farms and villages. This is the same kind of daily routine you already enjoy, set in a cyberpunk city on the water.
- Buy at launch if you played Cloudpunk and liked exploring the city more than anything else. This game is built around living in it.
- Wait for reviews if you want a grim, rain-soaked thriller. Early footage and player threads suggest this is not that game.
- Wait for a console version if you do not play on PC, because the launch is PC only.
Big stage shows like Summer Game Fest 2025 usually grab the trailer spotlight. Nivalis Nights reached its million one Steam bookmark at a time instead, up from about 130,000 for Cloudpunk.
The doors to Nivalis open tomorrow, so if a neon noodle empire sounds like your idea of unwinding after work, add the game on Steam now and it will be waiting for you at launch. Keep an eye on 505 Games for launch news, the Epic Games Store date, and whatever ION LANDS has planned next for its city above the clouds.
Visuals courtesy of 505 Games.
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