Nivalis Nights blends cyberpunk, farming and running a noodle bar

Nivalis Nights is set in the neon-lit city of Nivalis, where the protagonist’s first day begins with a government-mandated lockdown and a warning that a serial killer is at large. The game combines farming with criminal storylines, political conflicts and running a noodle bar.

Within five hours, the writer becomes involved in a child-trafficking plot and helps the children escape, meets separatists on an oil rig, and starts a romance with a CorpSec agent. The agent is trying to shut down the protagonist’s noodle bar.

A city beyond ordinary farming

The game also introduces a woman who writes new childhoods for condemned criminals. The stated hope is that implanting those memories will change their behaviour.

Farming is only one activity among many: during the time described, the writer has grown a single onion. Nivalis Nights therefore presents its farm-life elements alongside dystopian city conflicts, social storylines and everyday business management.