Nostos

Nostos

Released Dec 2019 · delisted

Nostos is a cross-platform multiplayer game for PC & VR in an open world setting, where Oriental animation elements are found. You can explore with friends, discover historical sites and remains of war, build shelters and fight, uncovering the truth hidden by time and tasting the past stories of hope or regret.

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Nostos launched on Steam on December 6, 2019 as a cross-platform PC and VR multiplayer survival game. Following its release, the development team actively patched the game and shipped new content, including a Challenge Mode in January 2020 and additional story missions through mid-2020. However, on March 17, 2021, NetEase Games published an official closure announcement stating that game purchases and downloads would be disabled on March 16, 2021, and all game servers would be permanently shut down on June 16, 2021. The game has since been removed from sale — no purchase options are currently available — confirming that the shutdown proceeded as announced. Nostos is no longer accessible or purchasable.
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NetEase Games announced the permanent closure of Nostos: purchases and downloads disabled on March 16, 2021, and all servers shut down on June 16, 2021. Players who purchased after November 30, 2020 were offered full refunds.
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The game has no purchase options available, confirming it has been delisted from Steam and can no longer be bought or downloaded.
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Details

Developer
Publisher
NetEase Games
Achievements
12
Platform
Windows
Controller
—
Steam Deck
Unsupported
Players
Single-player · Multiplayer · Co-op

About this game

Nostos, developed by NetEase, is a PC and VR cross-platform multiplayer survival game with an open-world where elements of Oriental animated films are incorporated. The simulation technology of real physical environment, giant and seamless world map, freely moving system and oriental animated film art style build up a “Pioneer” image for this game.

Players will play the role of an explorer in Nostos to adventure, combat, build up and save the world with their partners. A variety of terrains, miraculous ecological communities, and meteorological system, special doomsday costumes, as well as realistic combat experience will offer players extraordinary immersive gaming experiences.

【Vibrant Ecosystem】


With its own unique ecosystem, the land of Nostos witnesses the passing of day and night and the four seasons, and the spread of grassland, desert and snowfield. In this world, grass seeds grow, animals reproduce, and it is you who decides the way you are going to explore and survive.

【Risky Doomsday Survival】


The seemingly peaceful land is actually surrounded by the toxic coralseas which are corroding the sole habitat. Creatures from the coralseas are the enemies of the survivors.



In the game, you will need to survive with limited resources: restore physical strength with food and water, collect materials and build houses, and use melee weapons or long-range firearms to fight against monsters. Meanwhile, you'll be working with other players on the quest to discover the historical sites,the remains of war and the secrets of the world.

【Truth Discovery】


Why do we fall into the Doomsday dilemma? The cruel environment, demonstrated by the expansion of corrosive coralseas, the extreme climates and the toxic waters, leads to the survivors competing against each other for uncontaminated lands. Humans are in combat against each other, against the nature, and against the creatures from the coralseas. What on earth is the truth of the world?



Is the central volcano that can be seen from all over the continent hiding the core secrets of the world? The black moon that periodically appears brings lightning and storms, but does it foreshadow unknown dangers ahead? What kind of past do the mysterious ancestors guiding us have? And how can we discover the secret plan that lasts thousands of years with the fragmentary clues?
When exploring the Nostos land, you will uncover the truth lost to time and experience the stories of hopes or regrets that once happened on the land.

【Game Features】


● With a series of physics rules in real life being introduced, players can freely explore the game world, climbing cliffs or driving vehicles.
● Nostos shows a lively open world where organisms in the ecosystem can breed on their own. A sapling planted long ago might grow into a forest.
● The survival game which is set in the last days of the civilization may gradually reveal the stories of the mysterious ancestors on the land of Nostos.
● Nostos shows the world’s end with some sci-fi elements incorporated. It adopts the style of the traditional oriental animated films.
● Nostos is NetEase’s first self-developed VR multiplayer online game with an open world setting, supporting players on both PC and VR platforms playing together.
Last evaluated Jul 22, 2026
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