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As engineer Roy, fight through a shifting enchanted castle, build combat loadouts, and befriend monster girls to find a way home.
Released 24 Sep 2024
Die and return to the castle in a time loop, only to find its layout has changed for the next run.
Choose four monster-girl companions before a run; their powers shape which spells you can find, and one can accompany you as a small familiar.
Enter obstacle-course rooms focused on dodging traps rather than fighting enemies.
Fight your way through a procedurally generated labyrinthic castle in this rogue-like dungeon crawler, set in a vibrant and colorful anime world. You’re lost in a spiritual realm, but powerful monster girls will help you get back home with new powers and weapons if you bring them the right presents!
Developed by Hermit Games, 2P Games · Published by 2P Games
Roy, a young engineer and adventurer, is stranded in an enchanted castle after a strange storm pulls his airplane into another world. He explores its changing halls to find missing parts, uncover the castle’s mystery, and seek a way home.
Each run takes Roy through procedurally arranged rooms filled with monsters, bosses, traps, and hazards. Fight with melee and ranged weapons, magic, and skills; some rooms instead challenge you to dodge traps, and encounters can offer rewards such as gold, materials, or combat bonuses.
Death sends Roy back into a time loop, with the castle’s layout changed for the next attempt. Between runs, use resources to unlock and improve equipment and abilities. Befriend monster girls by giving them gifts to gain their powers and build a loadout around the companions chosen for a run.
Players who enjoy Nigate Tale often point to its action-roguelite combat, experimenting with weapons and ability combinations, and the monster-girl characters and their gift-based relationships. Some also praise the art and progression systems. The supplied reviews are mixed, with recurring complaints about bugs and difficult-to-read or poorly translated text, alongside varied opinions on combat balance and polish.
Nigate Tale is a rogue-like dungeon crawler with unique 2D anime art. Fight your way out of a mysterious enchanted castle, searching for materials and loot to buy and craft new equipment, leveling up your character to get new combat skills and befriending cute monster girls capable of boosting you with astonishing magical powers!
In Nigate Tale you play as Roy, a crafty young engineer and adventurer. One day, you were flying in your airplane when a strange cloud sucked you into a strange, unknown world. You crashed in the sewers of a castle, inhabited by strange magical creatures. You have to explore every corner of this ever-changing castle to find all the missing parts… and piece together the secret story of this place, unveiling the thousands-years-old mystery that trapped it out of time and space.
Your mission won’t be easy: you’ll have to fight your way out of the labyrinthic corners of this castle, full of monsters, traps and all kinds of hazards. Every time you die, you will reappear in the same place, as in stuck in a neverending time loop… but the castle will have changed its layout, forcing you to begin your path anew!
Enjoy the thrill of a fast-paced and deep combat system that will keep you on the edge of your seat! Nigate Tale gives you total freedom to choose your own playstyle, with dozens of weapons of all kinds (melee and ranged, slow but strong and weak but fast…), different types of magic, and several skills trees for you to level up, creating in every playthrough a unique character to fight with.
You’ll need to hone your skills and level up to learn new fighting techniques if you are to get out of this castle... But luckily you won’t be alone in this fight: this castle is also inhabited by friendly monster girls, capable of granting you magical powers and even fight by your side… if you manage to befriend them and bring them the right presents!
As you beat enemies in your incursions to the heart of the castle, you will loot gold you can use to buy new gear. But you can also gather materials to craft your own special equipment – and of course, the special items needed to gain the favor of the monster girls!
| Platforms | Windows |
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| Achievements | 60 |
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| Controller support | Xbox |
| Controller required | No |
