Nigate Tale

Indie· Action Roguelike· Magic· Hack and Slash

Released Sep 2024

Fight your way through a procedurally generated labyrinthic castle in this rogue-like dungeon crawler, set in a vibrant and colorful anime world. You’re lost in a spiritual realm, but powerful monster girls will help you get back home with new powers and weapons if you bring them the right presents!

67% positive · 962 reviews

Done

All announced content has been released

Medium confidence

Done

All announced content has been released

Medium confidence

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Evaluation

Nigate Tale has had a turbulent development history. The game launched into Early Access in April 2021 under developer Hermit Games. During the pandemic years, development stalled significantly — by mid-2023, the original developer had officially confirmed they could no longer continue work on the game. Publisher 2P Games stepped in, spent months rebuilding the game from the ground up due to fundamental technical problems, and on September 24, 2024, released the 1.0 version. The launch post explicitly described this as the culmination of their efforts to deliver a complete game, thanking players for their patience and noting that the "last missing piece" — new Monster Girls and their mechanics — had been designed and added. A bug fix patch followed on November 7, 2024, which mentioned "still working on new content," but this appears to be standard post-launch maintenance language rather than a concrete commitment to additional content. No specific future DLC, expansions, or roadmap items have been announced. There are no unreleased DLC listings on the store. The developer's overall messaging throughout the 1.0 launch framed this release as the completion of the game's journey from Early Access to a finished product. No communications from the developer have appeared after November 7, 2024, which is consistent with a team that has wrapped up post-launch support rather than one building toward new content. With no outstanding content commitments, no unreleased DLC, and a 1.0 launch explicitly described as the game's completion, Nigate Tale appears to have shipped as a finished product as of its September 24, 2024 release date.

Evidence

Publisher 2P Games announces the 1.0 release, describing it as the completion of the game after the original developer was unable to continue. The post states that the new Monster Girls and their mechanics represented 'the last missing piece of the game,' framing this release as the fulfillment of the game's development.

news post · Sep 24, 2024 source development ending

high

Publisher 2P Games confirms the original developer Hermit Games could no longer maintain the game. 2P Games took over development with the explicit goal of completing the game and bringing it to full release, not adding ongoing content.

news post · Jun 30, 2023 source development ongoing

medium

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Details

Developer

Hermit Games

Publisher

2P Games

Achievements

Platform

Windows

Controller

full support

Steam Deck

Verified

Players

Single-player

Action Roguelike Magic Indie Hack and Slash Action Roguelike Roguelite Action RPG Cute Story Rich Anime Dungeon Crawler Dating Sim JRPG Replay Value

About this game

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Nigate Tale is a rogue-like dungeon crawler with unique 2D anime art. Fight your way out of a mysterious enchanted castle, searching for materials and loot to buy and craft new equipment, leveling up your character to get new combat skills and befriending cute monster girls capable of boosting you with astonishing magical powers!

In Nigate Tale you play as Roy, a crafty young engineer and adventurer. One day, you were flying in your airplane when a strange cloud sucked you into a strange, unknown world. You crashed in the sewers of a castle, inhabited by strange magical creatures. You have to explore every corner of this ever-changing castle to find all the missing parts… and piece together the secret story of this place, unveiling the thousands-years-old mystery that trapped it out of time and space.

Your mission won’t be easy: you’ll have to fight your way out of the labyrinthic corners of this castle, full of monsters, traps and all kinds of hazards. Every time you die, you will reappear in the same place, as in stuck in a neverending time loop… but the castle will have changed its layout, forcing you to begin your path anew!

Enjoy the thrill of a fast-paced and deep combat system that will keep you on the edge of your seat! Nigate Tale gives you total freedom to choose your own playstyle, with dozens of weapons of all kinds (melee and ranged, slow but strong and weak but fast…), different types of magic, and several skills trees for you to level up, creating in every playthrough a unique character to fight with.

You’ll need to hone your skills and level up to learn new fighting techniques if you are to get out of this castle... But luckily you won’t be alone in this fight: this castle is also inhabited by friendly monster girls, capable of granting you magical powers and even fight by your side… if you manage to befriend them and bring them the right presents!

As you beat enemies in your incursions to the heart of the castle, you will loot gold you can use to buy new gear. But you can also gather materials to craft your own special equipment – and of course, the special items needed to gain the favor of the monster girls!