Nightfall Empress

Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4565080/Nightfall_Empress/

Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/seep/nightfall-empress

Nightfall Empress is a dark 2D action platformer focused on fast-paced combat, exploration, and deep character progression. Armed with her whip and magic, the Empress battles through hordes of enemies while growing stronger via equipable spells, an RPG-style experience system, and freely assignable stat points that allow players to shape their own playstyle.

Across 7 interconnected stages, players explore metroidvania-style maps filled with hidden secrets, collectibles, and environmental puzzles. By accumulating Awareness, new powers can be unlocked, revealing hidden paths and deeper layers of the world.

The game draws inspiration from classics like Castlevania and Demon’s Crest, while evolving the style established in the our Swords & Bones saga.

Nightfall Empress also features optional mature themes, including stylized pixel-art nudity (non-explicit), which can be disabled for a standard gameplay experience.

All visual and audio assets in Nightfall Empress are created by talented independent artists. GandalfHardcore is responsible for the fluid animations and premium character design, bringing expressive movement and personality to every encounter.

The game’s world is shaped by Anokolisa, who crafted 7 evocative pixel-art stages, rich in atmosphere — dark, decadent, and full of detail that rewards exploration.

The experience is completed by an epic and obsessive chiptune soundtrack, composed by Marllon Silva and HydroGene, whose music drives the intensity and emotional tone of the journey.