NightSky

Nicalis, Inc. / Mar 1, 2011 / Casual, Indie, Strategy

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Nominated as a IGF Seamus McNally Finalist, NightSky is an ambient action-puzzle game that offers a gameplay experience unlike any other—cerebral challenges fill uniquely designed picturesque worlds. The player must maneuver a sphere by using realistic physics to advance; each of these worlds is broken into different areas.

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What's new

Update, including OS X and Linux support

2015-06-18

We recently finished porting NightSky to our cross-platform game engine, and made a couple of improvements along the way. Here is a list of the most important features included in the update: • Native ports for OS X and Linux • Bloom effect (you can turn this off in the Settings menu if you don't like it) • Steam achievements • Adjustable image quality (may boost performance on older PCs) • Better full screen handling and multi monitor support

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What players say

Very Positive

88% positive, 723 reviews

Recommended6 hrs played

Good puzzle platformer. First game I've seen with playable credits.

0 found this helpful, 2026-09-20

Recommended6 hrs played

The game where you are a ball, thats it, thats the protagonist, a sphere, peak character design NightSky is a physics puzzle game where you roll a ball through these silhouette style levels with that classic late 2000s indie aesthetic, dark foreground, moody gradient skies, ambient soundtrack, the whole liminal before liminal was a word normies knew, If you were around for that era of indie games you know exactly...

1 found this helpful, 2026-08-11

Recommended9 hrs played

It's been a while since I actually played through this, but I remember it fondly. It's not a groundbreaking game by any means, but it does what it does (Physics Puzzle Platforming as a marble) well and has a relaxing/melancholic atmosphere. Probably fantastic if you have a Deck and need something relaxing to play on your train home from work.

0 found this helpful, 2026-07-29

Recommended6 hrs played

kind of an annoying word in gaming as of late, but this game is incredibly cozy. the puzzles aren't very hard so you have some mental bandwidth to spare to take in the art and music, each spectacular in their own rights. 2011, so it feels a bit like a flash game, but one of the top tier ones you would just replay on a break or something just to experience it again. it also has the length of one, with the game...