# Nivalis Nights: launch tracker > Nivalis Nights puts a restaurant and nightclub business inside a life sim in a voxel cyberpunk city. We track how players react at Day 1, 7 and 30. Developer: ION LANDS. Publisher: 505 Games. Released 29 September. 74% of 3,725 player reviews recommend it (as of 12 October). ## In short Players who get it running smoothly love the city and find the restaurant business deeper than they expected. Three patches in the first week eased the performance problems that sank its launch, and the restaurant staff now draw more complaints than the frame rate. On a PC near the minimum spec, try the settings players recommend before deciding. ## Latest update: Day 7, 5 October 72% of the 671 reviews posted from 3 to 5 October recommend it, above launch day’s 70%. Performance comes up in 35% of negative reviews after the first 72 hours, down from 64%. - 3 to 5 October: 72% positive, from 671 reviews - All reviews: 74% positive, from 3,189 reviews - Performance: In 35% of negative reviews after the first 72 hours, down from 64% - Patches: Update 3 on 5 October, the third in a week We read these reviews in full on 6 October. - 50 most recent reviews: 32 positive, 7 mixed, 10 negative, 1 off-topic. - **Performance has improved, and the restaurants now draw the complaints.** Players say the first week’s patches made the game run far smoother. The third update left managers overspending and staff standing idle, though, and players caught in that spiral lose money faster than they can earn it. - **The quick patches win back goodwill.** Many players credit the studio with listening to reports and fixing them within days, a change from launch week. Others feel they are testing an unfinished game and wish it had gone through early access. - **The city still carries the positive reviews.** Players lead with the atmosphere, the art direction and the music, and many say the stories they find in its streets keep them playing for dozens of hours. - **Quests crowd the screen, and the life sim feels thin to some.** Some players drown in quests that never leave the journal or the compass, and find life outside the restaurant shallower than they hoped. Others enjoy always having something to do. ## Questions ### Is Nivalis Nights worth it? Most players who have reviewed it say yes. As of 12 October, 74% of 3,725 reviews recommend it. Players praise the city, the atmosphere and the business sim, and others say to wait while patches fix performance and the restaurant staff. ### Does Nivalis Nights have performance problems? At launch, on many PCs. Frame rates dropped in crowded districts even on high-end hardware, and performance came up in 64% of negative reviews in the first 72 hours. Three updates in the first week improved it, and it came up in 35% of the negative reviews posted after that, through 5 October. ### How do you fix Nivalis Nights’ frame rate and stutter? Players who got it running smoothly report four changes: capping the frame rate at 60 (it starts unlimited), turning off V-Sync, choosing the High preset over Very High, and lowering texture detail by one step. ### What PC do you need for Nivalis Nights? The minimum is a GeForce GTX 1660 Super, Radeon RX 6600 or Arc A750 with 6 GB of video memory, a Core i5-11600K or Ryzen 5 3600, 16 GB of RAM and an SSD, for 1080p at 30 frames per second on the Very Low preset. The recommended PC, a GeForce RTX 4070 or Radeon RX 7800 XT with a Core i5-13600K or Ryzen 5 7600, aims at 1440p and 60 on High. It takes 42 GB of space. ### Does Nivalis Nights run on Steam Deck? The reviews we read include one from a Steam Deck owner, who reports about 30 frames per second at default settings. ### Is Nivalis Nights on PS5, Xbox or Switch? Not yet. It came out on PC only, and 505 Games’ announcements so far cover PC. ### When did Nivalis Nights come out, and how much does it cost? It came out on PC at 15:00 UTC on 29 September 2026, at $24.99 (€24.99, £21.99), with 10% off for launch. It isn’t free to play. ### Is Nivalis Nights multiplayer? No. It’s a single-player game. ### Who made Nivalis Nights, and is it like Cloudpunk? ION LANDS made it and 505 Games publishes it. ION LANDS also made Cloudpunk in 2020, and players who loved that game find this city more detailed but miss its voxel characters. ## Sources 32. Steam: Nivalis Nights, user reviews and review history: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1488490/ 33. 505 Games on Steam: Nivalis Nights, PC system requirements, price and release time: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1488490/view/1844751498220911 34. 505 Games on Steam: Nivalis Nights has reached 1 million wishlists, 17 September 2026: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1488490/view/1844115010492351 35. Steam: Cloudpunk, store page (developer ION LANDS, 2020): https://store.steampowered.com/app/746850/ 39. 505 Games on Steam: Nivalis Nights Update #3, performance and bug fixes, 5 October: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1488490/view/1845383656393863 Page: https://creativecult.digital/games/nivalis-nights