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Nivalis Nights Release Date: Price and PC Specs 2026

7 min readBy Ben Wright
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Nivalis Nights

ION LANDS · 505 Games

Nivalis Nights release date is September 29, 2026, and the cyberpunk life sim is close enough to launch that the useful questions are practical ones: what it costs, whether a PC can run it, and what ION LANDS has actually confirmed. This preview answers those questions from current Steam data and the official release-date trailer. It is not a review because the game is unreleased.

TL;DR: Nivalis Nights launches on Steam on September 29 at 3:00 PM UTC for $24.99, with a 10 percent launch discount. The Steam listing confirms a single-player blend of business management, decorating, relationships, boating, fishing, minigames, and cyberpunk city exploration. No playable demo or console date is listed in the current store data.

Nivalis Nights release date (quick answer)

Nivalis Nights launches on Steam on September 29, 2026 at 3:00 PM UTC. ION LANDS is developing it and 505 Games is publishing it. The US launch price is $24.99, with matching regional prices of €24.99 and £21.99, plus a special 10 percent launch discount announced on Steam.

Key Takeaways

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  • The Nivalis Nights release date is September 29, 2026 at 3:00 PM UTC on Steam.
  • Launch pricing is $24.99, €24.99, or £21.99, with a 10 percent launch discount.
  • The current listing confirms single-player business management, home decorating, relationships, boating, fishing, minigames, and curfew tension.
  • Minimum PC specs call for 16 GB RAM, 6 GB VRAM, and 42 GB of storage. Recommended specs target 1440p at 60 FPS on high.
  • No playable demo or console launch date is listed in the current Steam data.
  • SteamDB's September 25 pre-release snapshot lists 71,580 followers and a seven-day gain of 2,062.

What Happened

ION LANDS' Nivalis Nights has a dedicated Steam page under App ID 1488490. Steam classifies it as an Adventure, RPG, and Simulation game for Windows, with single-player support, achievements, full controller support, Steam Cloud, and save-anytime functionality. The store description presents Nivalis as a cyberpunk city stretching from the ocean to the clouds, with a life-sim routine built around choices made each day.

The confirmed feature list is unusually broad for a pre-release listing. You can manage businesses including restaurants, ramen bars, and nightclubs; buy or grow ingredients; explore by boat and fish; decorate your homes and friends' spaces; discover stories while managing relationships; challenge NPCs in minigames and a chess tournament; and avoid security systems during curfew while sabotaging competitors. Those are store-confirmed promises, not systems this article has independently played.

The official release-date trailer gives the clearest visual look at that mix of neon city life, business management, and character-focused scenes:

A red-haired server carries a bowl through a neon bar toward seated patrons Caption: A Steam screenshot shows the social and restaurant side of Nivalis Nights inside a crowded neon bar.

Why It Matters

The current PC requirements are high enough to matter before launch. Steam lists Windows 10 64-bit as the minimum, with an Intel Core i5-11600K or AMD Ryzen 5 3600, 16 GB of RAM, and an NVIDIA GTX 1660 SUPER, RTX 3050, AMD RX 6600, or Intel Arc A750 with 6 GB of VRAM. The minimum target is 1080p at 30 FPS on a very low preset, with native resolution and an SSD.

Recommended hardware moves to Windows 11 64-bit, an Intel Core i5-13600K or AMD Ryzen 5 7600, 16 GB of RAM, and an RTX 4070 or RX 7800 XT with 12 GB or more. Steam's recommended note targets 1440p at 60 FPS on high, again at native resolution and from an SSD. The listed install size is 42 GB. Those details are more useful to a pre-order decision than a vague promise that the city will be expansive.

Steam does not list a playable demo in the current app data, and the store page does not show a console release date. That makes this a Windows PC launch for now. It also means the preview should stay conservative: the trailer and store page establish the game's direction, but they cannot tell us whether the relationship, business, fishing, or city systems hold up over a full playthrough. There is no player review aggregate yet because the game is still marked as coming soon.

The interest signal is real but still needs the launch to convert it. SteamDB's September 25 snapshot records 71,580 followers and a 2,062-follower gain over seven days. For a new release filling a quiet late-September slot, that is meaningful momentum, not evidence that the game has already peaked.

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Frequently Asked Questions

When is the Nivalis Nights release date? Nivalis Nights releases on Steam on September 29, 2026 at 3:00 PM UTC. That is 4:00 PM BST, 5:00 PM CEST, 8:00 AM Pacific, 11:00 PM Hong Kong time, and 12:01 AM in Japan.

How much does Nivalis Nights cost? The launch price is $24.99 in the US, €24.99 in Europe, and £21.99 in the UK. The official Steam announcement also confirms a special 10 percent launch discount.

Is there a Nivalis Nights demo? No playable demo is listed in the current Steam app data or store listing checked on September 25, 2026. Steam currently points players toward wishlisting the full game.

What can you do in Nivalis Nights? Confirmed activities include managing restaurants and nightclubs, buying or growing ingredients, exploring by boat, fishing, decorating homes, building relationships, playing NPC minigames and chess, and avoiding security systems during curfew.

What are the Nivalis Nights PC requirements? Minimum is Windows 10 64-bit, 16 GB RAM, an i5-11600K or Ryzen 5 3600, and a GTX 1660 SUPER, RTX 3050, RX 6600, or Arc A750. Recommended is Windows 11, a 13600K or Ryzen 5 7600, and an RTX 4070 or RX 7800 XT.

Is this a Nivalis Nights review? No. This is a pre-release news preview based on the current Steam listing and official trailer. Nivalis Nights has not released yet, so this article does not assign a review score or judge the finished experience.

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