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Nightlings

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41%Game Brain Score
Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, humor
Most mentioned negative aspects:atmosphere, graphics
61% User Score Based on 18 reviews

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About Nightlings

Nightlings is a single player survival shooter game with a horror theme. It was developed by Team Nightlings and was released on July 11, 2025. It received mostly positive reviews from players.

Nightlings is a First Person survival horror game, set in the mind of a child's worst nightmares come true. Prevent the Nightlings from breaking in, and survive until morning. You have 3 nights to survive...could these be your last?

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61%Audience ScoreBased on 18 reviews
gameplay3 positive mentions
atmosphere2 negative mentions
  • Enjoyable and fun gameplay mechanics requiring quick thinking and strategy to keep the Nightlings out.
  • Free to play with clear instructions and challenging but rewarding difficulty progression.
  • Decent effort and potential for a student-developed game, showing creativity and solid basic mechanics without major bugs.
  • Lacks atmosphere and immersion due to repetitive sounds, overly bright lighting, underwhelming monster designs, and limited variety in gameplay.
  • Harder difficulty levels are very punishing and may feel frustrating rather than challenging, reducing overall replayability.
  • Controversies and inappropriate behavior associated with one of the developers have negatively impacted the community perception and recommendation of the game.

  • gameplay

    6 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    50% positive mentions, 17% neutral mentions, 33% negative mentions

    The gameplay offers fun and challenging mechanics, especially in handling different monsters, with enjoyable physics-based interactions. However, some players find it feels more like busywork due to lackluster design, narrative, and visuals, suggesting the game feels unfinished and in need of improvement.

    • “It’s got fun gameplay mechanics, with monsters requiring different approaches to keep them out.”
    • “Challenging but fun gameplay.”
    • “I've only played normal so far, but I liked the mechanics and the physics with the toys.”
    • “The gameplay comes across more as busywork than any serious endeavour due to poor style and narrative design coupled with the amateurish, low quality visuals.”
    • “Overall, the game feels unfinished and would benefit from significant improvements in design, mood, and gameplay mechanics.”

  • atmosphere

    3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    33% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 67% negative mentions

    The atmosphere is negatively impacted by inappropriate interactions, repetitive and unvaried sounds, and underwhelming character models. Additionally, excessively bright lighting and poorly calibrated shaders further detract from the intended mood. Overall, the atmosphere feels unpolished and in need of improvement.

    • “Instead of maintaining a professional and welcoming atmosphere, some interactions were more focused on inappropriate jokes, particularly with younger players.”
    • “The lighting is overly bright, with excessive brightness and poorly calibrated shaders that break the atmosphere completely.”

  • graphics

    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions

    The graphics are generally criticized for being low quality, featuring low-poly models and poor textures, which contribute to an amateurish appearance. While some visuals appear hastily assembled, they are likely the result of inexperience rather than deliberate plagiarism. Overall, the graphical presentation diminishes the game's appeal.

    • “The gameplay comes across more as busywork than any serious endeavour due to poor style and narrative design coupled with the amateurish, low quality visuals.”
    • “The graphics aren't great, somewhat low poly stuff, poor quality textures, and a bit of it looks asset flipped (although that is not confirmed and as a student project we will assume the students are not engaging in plagiarism, that would be highly unethical).”

  • replayability

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions

    The game's replayability is limited, offering little incentive for players to revisit after the initial experience.

    • “Limited replayability”

  • humor

    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The humor in the game aims to be playful and creative but sometimes risks crossing boundaries that may make certain audiences, particularly minors, uncomfortable.

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Nightlings is a survival shooter game with horror theme. Common tags for Nightlings include free to play, first-person, 3D, indie, quick-time events and others.

Nightlings is available on PC and Windows.

Nightlings was released on July 11, 2025.

Nightlings was developed by Team Nightlings.

Nightlings has received mostly positive reviews from players. Most players liked Nightlings for its gameplay but disliked it for its atmosphere.

Nightlings is a single player game.

Similar games include Pocket Plants, Astral Disorder, Sword Tale : Lost Excalibur, Dying Sun, Dawn of the Falkonir and others.