Nightfall - The Last Ember

BETA release — feedback is welcome in the comments!

One hunter. A thousand hungry shadows.

The cathedral is lost. Your knives are not.

Nightfall — The Last Ember is a gothic survival platformer about turning a desperate last stand into a glorious blaze. Leap between crumbling platforms, dash through danger and reap the souls of the fallen. Your weapons fire automatically. You keep moving. You choose what the hunter becomes.

Reach five minutes, and the endless horde arrives. How long can you keep the ember alive?

Meet the cathedral's nightmares. Staged in-game capture.

Your last stand, your build

• 3 weapons to turn back the dark. Start with Silver Knives. Learn explosive Hellfire and the searing Holy Shield halo, then power up your arsenal.
• 8 upgrade types. 3 offers. One choice. Every level-up is a chance to sharpen your damage, unleash more projectiles, quicken your attacks or stay alive a little longer.
• 5 minutes to the endless horde. Survive escalating waves and monstrous encounters before the night throws everything at you. The hunt ends when you fall.
• Movement is your lifeline. Double-jump, drop through platforms and time an invulnerable dash to slip through the jaws of the swarm.
• Bosses that own the screen. Face towering Bone Sovereigns, projectile-casting ash priests and cathedral golems while bats and restless spirits close in.
• One more hunt. Track personal bests, inspect your final build and weapon damage, then return stronger in a fresh run.

Silver. Hellfire. Holy fury.

Fill the air with piercing blades. Set the darkness ablaze. Punish anything that steps inside your burning halo. All three weapons can fight together—and every upgrade makes your next choice matter.

All three weapons in action. Staged in-game capture. Holy Shield deals damage; your dash is the escape tool.

Choose your gifts. Feed the ember.

A Thousand Cuts, Hellfire, Holy Shield, Blood Pact, Soul Harvest, Quickening, Ruthless Power and Splintered Ember. Chase a storm of blades, lean into raw damage, or buy yourself the health and speed to survive the next wave. Pick one of three offered cards whenever you level up.

All eight upgrade types, collected from real in-game card screenshots. Each level-up offers three choices. Click the montage to inspect every card.

The clock strikes five. The night keeps coming.

There is no safe dawn waiting at the finish line. At 5:00, the endless horde descends. Hold your ground, find a gap and make every last second count.

The final swarm. AI-edited promotional artwork based on a staged in-game capture.

Enter the hunt

Windows & macOS · Free · Keyboard controls

• Move: A / D or Left / Right
• Double-jump: Space, W or Up; press again in the air
• Dash: Shift or J · Drop through platforms: S or Down
• Choose an upgrade: 1 / 2 / 3 or click a card
• Pause: Esc or P · Hunter's guide: H
• Music: N · All sound: M

Extract your download and launch Nightfall. Your weapons handle the aim. You handle the impossible.