Nocturnals

A short, choose your own adventure game about two boys that find each other in a lonely, post-apocalyptic town.

Nocturnals is a choices matter, post-apocalyptic and lgbtq+ game developed and published by Cowboy Toad Games.
Released on September 13th 2024 is available on Windows, MacOS and Linux in 5 languages: English, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Polish and French.

It has received 660 reviews of which 584 were positive and 76 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.3 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 7.99€ on Steam.

The Steam community has classified Nocturnals into these genres:

Choices Matter Post-apocalyptic LGBTQ+ Short Horror Interactive Fiction Romance First-Person Action-Adventure Exploration Choose Your Own Adventure Multiple Endings 3D Story Rich Controller Cartoony Nonlinear Stylized Atmospheric Drama

Media & Screenshots

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Requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

Windows

Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS: Windows 10
Processor: Dual Core (2.0 GHz)
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: At least 4GB VRAM and WebGL support.
Storage: 3 GB available space

MacOS

OS: macOS 12 Monterey
Processor: AMD A8 7600 APU or equivalent
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: Metal capable and at least 4GB VRAM and WebGL support
Storage: 6 GB available space
Additional Notes: Works on both Apple Silicon & Intel x64

Linux

Processor: Dual Core (2.0 GHz)
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: At least 2GB VRAM and WebGL support.
Storage: 4 GB available space

Reviews

Explore reviews from Steam users sharing their experiences and what they love about the game.

Sept. 2024

It's cute, but you need to accept it for what it is: a short indie game made with little/no budget. Not all of the choices are obvious, though I wish there was a "skip" button (at least after your first playthrough) to make getting the other endings a little more palatable. I think the price is fair for what you get. $7 got me 2.5 hours of entertainment, which is 1/3 of what I would spend if I went to the movie theater for the same length of time. The art is hit or miss; if this was a higher budget production, I'd be concerned, but it's fine. Overall, worth a play, I think.

Sept. 2024

As a huge fan of choice-based games, Nocturnals feels like it was made for me! The setting and the relationship between Ted and Diego are interesting enough to make a good story. However, it disappoints me a bit because of the short duration of the game. Still, taking into account that a small team developed the game, it's understandable and you can still have a good experience for the current price! At this point, I have unlocked two different endings. I don't know if I'll try to get the other endings, but I could say it's a game worth checking out! I hope we get to see future projects from the devs!

Sept. 2024

Idk why people are so upset when the game was Advertised as short and even has it in the tags, Game was fine and enjoyable especially considering the amount of people that worked on it, plus the people mad because of the Gay relationship is kinda crazy, do some research on a product instead of hating, its not like the game was Trying to hide the fact it was LGBTQ+ like y'all are weird, Anyways though Game was well done for the amount of people that worked on it and hopefully the dev is willing to continue to make other games or expand on the Nocturnals universe because I am quite intrigued to see where they go with it

Sept. 2024

Pretty fun game for an indie project, could have been longer but nonetheless still a short sweet experience, also wanted to add, the person behind cowboy toad games has so much talent its hard to express, I hope they keep making games.

Sept. 2024

---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☐ Beautiful ☑ Good (I love the style) ☐ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☐ Very good ☐ Good ☑ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just don't ---{ Audio }--- ☐ Eargasm ☐ Very good ☑ Good ☐ Not too bad ☐ Bad ☐ I'm now deaf ---{ Audience }--- ☐ Kids ☑ Teens ☑ Adults ☐ Grandma ---{ PC Requirements }--- ☐ Check if you can run paint ☑ Potato ☐ Decent ☐ Fast ☐ Rich boi ☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer ---{ Game Size }--- ☐ Floppy Disk ☑ Old Fashioned ☐ Workable ☐ Big ☐ Will eat 10% of your 1TB hard drive ☐ You will want an entire hard drive to hold it ☐ You will need to invest in a black hole to hold all the data ---{ Difficulty }--- ☐ Just press 'W' ☑ Easy ☐ Easy to learn / Hard to master ☐ Significant brain usage ☐ Difficult ☐ Dark Souls ---{ Grind }--- ☐ Nothing to grind ☐ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks ☑ Isn't necessary to progress ☐ Average grind level ☐ Too much grind ☐ You'll need a second life for grinding ---{ Story }--- ☐ No Story ☐ Some lore ☐ Average ☐ Good ☑ Lovely ☐ It'll replace your life ---{ Game Time }--- ☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee ☑ Short ☐ Average ☐ Long ☐ To infinity and beyond ---{ Price }--- ☐ It's free! ☑ Worth the price ☐ If it's on sale ☐ If u have some spare money left ☐ Not recommended ☐ You could also just burn your money ---{ Bugs }--- ☐ Never heard of ☑ Minor bugs (Camera shift) ☐ Can get annoying ☐ ARK: Survival Evolved ☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs ---{ ? / 10 }--- ☐ 1 ☐ 2 ☐ 3 ☐ 4 ☐ 5 ☐ 6 ☐ 7 ☑ 8 ☐ 9 ☐ 10 It's great! I even want it to be longer, I still need to collect 5 more ending tho.

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7.99€

8.3

584

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Developer

Cowboy Toad Games

Publisher

Cowboy Toad Games

Release 13 Sep 2024

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