Official game screenshot · ION LANDS / 505 Games
Build a business
The simulation includes running restaurants, ramen bars, and nightclubs. Ingredients can be bought or grown.
Update #4 added per-venue supply targets and daily restocking budgets. See how the new manager controls work before changing your setup.
Get to know the city
Meet its inhabitants and explore their stories and relationships. Your time in Nivalis extends beyond the business you run.
Make room for downtime
Decorate your home, explore by boat, or go fishing. These are officially described activities; this guide does not yet provide tested routes or strategies.
The city after dark
The official listing describes a darker undercurrent than the cozy first impression suggests. A district pushed to the brink by CorpSec crackdowns hides a serial killer you help investigate, and each night a curfew empties the streets — stay out and security systems become a real threat. Under cover of curfew you can sabotage rival businesses, though the same can be done to you. A realistic weather system rolls through it all, and the city runs its own high-stakes chess tournament if business talk gets dull.
What early players report
Hands-on impressions from reviewers during launch week (see the review roundup): every main character is independently voice-acted; navigation leans on landmarks and a compass rather than a mini-map; a daily newspaper and an AI companion in your head set the morning tone; and there's a photo mode for the neon. Two caveats they share: performance is rough in busy districts (the studio has since released Update #4 with further performance work), and there's no character creator — you play an unnamed first-person protagonist, which the developers have indicated may be revisited. These are player impressions, not official claims.