Grim Nights

Grim Nights

Released Oct 2018

Your village must survive for 13 days! Gather resources, expand, explore the underground for riches, and train soldiers to defend against hordes of the undead.

88% positive · 1,549 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence

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Evaluation

Grim Nights launched on October 12, 2018 as a complete single-player survival strategy game. Over the following two years, the developer (Edym Pixels, a solo developer) actively patched and expanded the game, releasing a major DLC called "Elven Curse" on February 8, 2019, and shipping several feature patches adding new units, buildings, enemies, and quality-of-life improvements. The last major content update — a substantial DLC patch adding new griffin units and a new building — arrived on October 9, 2020. Crucially, in a September 2020 patch note (NEWS-5), the developer explicitly stated: "If all does not go well, once again: I will post a hot fix and your saves will be fine this time! ...please think of this game as a finished product." This is a direct developer statement that the game's content development is complete. Since October 2020, activity has been limited to minor bug fixes (most recently in January 2025, fixing save slot and crash issues). The sole DLC listed on the store is released. There are no unreleased DLC entries, no announced future content, and no roadmap. A recent post from April 2025 promoted merchandise (a character plushie) and mentioned the developer's other projects, but contained nothing about new Grim Nights content. The developer has moved on to other games (Hollow Island, Grim Realms, Break the Empire are referenced in the April 2025 post). Grim Nights is a finished product with occasional maintenance patches keeping it functional.
Evidence
DLC Patch 1.1 released, adding griffin units and a new building — the last major content update for the game.
news post · Oct 9, 2020 source content shipped
high
Developer explicitly stated 'please think of this game as a finished product' in the Patch 1.3 notes, describing it as the final major patch barring any needed hotfixes.
news post · Sep 29, 2020 source development ending
high

Content

1 of 1 released · no outstanding content

Media

Details

Developer
Publisher
Edym Pixels
Achievements
30
Platform
Windows
Controller
—
Steam Deck
Playable
Players
Single-player

About this game

A survival strategy indie-game.


Gather resources, expand your village, explore the underground for riches and train soldiers...


... to defend against hordes of the undead!


Features:
- A roughly 7-8 hour long single player experience. (With the option to continue as long as you please)
- Three different maps.
- Random generated faces, names and abilities for your villagers.
- 11 different unit types to train.
- 15 unique enemies.
- Three unique bosses.
- RTS, Tower Defense and Management elements.


Also: This game is hard. You will most likely lose a few times, no matter what setting you choose, before getting it right. You have been warned.
And also: People have been asking about the music, so here is a link to the talented artist:
Last evaluated Jun 26, 2026
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