Nyctophilia

Indie· Adventure· Horror· Free to Play

Released Sep 2015

Nyctophilia is 2D psychological thriller about bad things in your head.

64% positive · 307 reviews

Done

All announced content has been released

High confidence

Done

All announced content has been released

High confidence

Where to get it

Free on Steam

Steam Free

Evaluation

Nyctophilia is a free-to-play 2D psychological thriller that released on September 23, 2015. The store description presents the game as a complete, self-contained narrative experience with two endings, a defined set of features, and no mention of planned updates or additional content. The developer's three news posts from the post-launch period — dating to March 2017, September 2017, and January 2020 — are all announcements of entirely separate games, not updates or additions to Nyctophilia itself. There is no DLC, no roadmap, no post-launch content of any kind associated with this title. The game launched as a finished product and has remained so, with the developer having moved on to other projects.

Evidence

Store description presents Nyctophilia as a complete narrative experience with two endings and a defined feature set, with no mention of future updates or additional content.

description · Sep 23, 2015 source content shipped

high

Developer announced a separate game, Immanence, not an update to Nyctophilia.

news post · Jan 22, 2020 source ambiguous

low

Media

Details

Developer

Cat In A Jar Games

Publisher

Cat In A Jar Games

Achievements

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Platform

Windows

Controller

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Steam Deck

Not rated

Players

Single-player

Free to Play Indie Adventure Horror 2D Pixel Graphics Thriller Soundtrack

About this game

NYCTOPHILIA

Nyctophilia is an 2D psychological thriller.

It's not about monsters. It's not about maniacs or magic. It's about bad things in your head.

You arrive to the house in the hope to forget something. Over time this place will become a scary place. House tells its own dark story. Here past and present blend into each other, and you already can not understand difference between reality and illusion. Only questions and no answers.

Nyctophilia - it is an experience concentrated on narrative that tells you story that might surprise you. Also this game has unusual gameplay based on exploring the house and solving simple but interesting puzzles.