Game: Nocturnal 2
Developer: Sunnyside Games (Switzerland)
Genre: Metroidvania
Launch: November 10, 2026
Platform: PC (Steam)
Price: $9.99 · €9.99 · £7.99 · 10% launch discount
Voice: Full English voice acting
🔥 Nocturnal 2 launches on Steam on November 10. Sunnyside Games’ sequel is a hand-drawn Metroidvania set in the darkened city of Ytash, where your burning sword is both your weapon and your way forward — for under ten dollars.
⚖️ One Flame, Two Jobs
Metroidvanias usually keep their fighting and their exploring in separate boxes: a combat moveset over here, a collection of traversal upgrades over there.
Nocturnal 2 builds both around a single idea. Your hero ignites their sword to fight — and according to Sunnyside, the flame is at the heart of everything you do, from combat to finding new ways through Ytash.
In a city that’s been plunged into darkness, that’s a neat fit. The thing that lets you fight is also the thing that opens the map, and every new ability sends you back through streets you thought you knew — toward hidden endings that reveal more of the city’s mysteries.
Master your flame. Uncover new paths.
A city of towering heights and shadowy depths, drawn by hand and inspired by Persian architecture — and it keeps opening up the longer you look.
Swiss indie developer Sunnyside Games has announced that Nocturnal 2, the sequel to its side-scrolling platformer Nocturnal, launches on PC via Steam on November 10, priced at $9.99 / €9.99 / £7.99 with a 10% launch discount.
It’s a Metroidvania set in Ytash, a city of interconnected streets reaching from dark depths to towering heights, where every new ability unlocks routes that were out of reach before.
A City That Keeps Unfolding
“With Nocturnal 2, we wanted to make exploration feel like a constant process of discovery. The flame is at the heart of everything you do, from combat to finding new ways through Ytash. As you gain new abilities and revisit places you thought you knew, the city keeps opening up in unexpected ways.”
— Gabriel Sonderegger, Sunnyside Games
🏙️ An Unfolding City
Interconnected depths and heights, with each new ability opening paths to places you couldn’t reach.
🗡️ Master the Flame
Ignite your sword for fast, flexible combat built on fluid movement and precise attacks.
🖌️ Hand-Drawn Ytash
Atmospheric hand-drawn art inspired by Persian architecture.
🎙️ Fully Voiced
Full English voice acting brings the city and its inhabitants to life.
Minimalist by Design
🌑 Let the Darkness Speak for Itself
Sunnyside describe Nocturnal 2’s design as minimalist, putting atmosphere, exploration and discovery front and centre rather than burying the city under systems.
The Persian-inspired architecture is worth highlighting too. It’s a visual tradition games draw on far less often than European castles or Japanese temples, and it gives Ytash a look that immediately sets it apart from the crowd of gothic Metroidvanias.
Add full English voice acting — unusual at a $9.99 price point — and multiple hidden endings that reward returning to the city with new abilities, and it’s a tightly focused package.
When and Where
📅 November 10, 2026 · Steam · $9.99 / €9.99 / £7.99
Nocturnal 2 launches on PC via Steam on November 10, with a 10% launch discount. You can wishlist it now.
Sunnyside Games is a Swiss studio founded in 2013, and its previous games include Nocturnal, Towaga: Among Shadows and The Firm.
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