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Nights into Dreams

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Nights into Dreams
Nights into Dreams cover
Developers
Original Sonic Team
Re-release Sega of China[1][2]
Publishers
Sega
Release dates
Windows December 17, 2012[3]
Reception
IGDB 82
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Microtransactions None
Modes Singleplayer
Pacing Real-time
Controls Direct control
Genres Adventure, Action
Themes Fantasy
Nights into Dreams on HowLongToBeat
Nights into Dreams on IGDB
Nights into Dreams guide on StrategyWiki
Nights into Dreams on MobyGames
Nights into Dreams on Wikipedia

Nights into Dreams is a singleplayer adventure and action game developed by Sonic Team and published by Sega.

Initially released for the Sega Saturn in 1996 and later the PlayStation 2 in 2008, Nights into Dreams received an HD re-release based on the PlayStation 2 version that released for PC via Steam on December 17, 2012.[4][3]

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Green Man Gaming
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Windows
Humble Store
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Windows
Steam
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Windows
All versions require Steam DRM.

Monetization

Type Notes
One-time game purchase The game requires an upfront purchase to access.

Microtransactions

Type Notes
No microtransactions Game does not contain microtransactions.

Essential improvements

Input Mod

Allows for lower deadzones and precise Visitor movement, making the controls feel closer to the Sega Saturn version.
Requires Reloaded II for installation.
  • Download the mod here.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\Config\UserConfig.cfg[Note 1]
<path-to-game>\Config\Keyboard.cfg[Note 1]
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/219950/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game data location

System Location
Windows <path-to-game>\Nights.sav[Note 1]
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/219950/pfx/[Note 2]

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud

Video

External general settings.
External general settings.
In-game options menu.
In-game options menu.

Graphics feature State WSGF Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anti-aliasing (AA)
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS
Capped at 30 FPS.[5] See 60 FPS.
120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)
See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

60 FPS

Use the 60 FPS mod

Notes

Requires Reloaded II for installation.

Input

External keyboard settings.
External keyboard settings.
External gamepad settings.
External gamepad settings.

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Sliders for Background Music, Sound Effects, and FMV movies.
Surround sound
Mono or stereo only.
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Spanish

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9.0c [6]
Shader Model support 3
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP SP3, Vista, 7, 8
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium 4 3.2 GHz
AMD Athlon 64 3000+
System memory (RAM) 1 GB (XP)
2 GB (Vista)
Hard disk drive (HDD) 4 GB
Video card (GPU) Nvidia GeForce 8600
ATI Radeon HD 3650
256 MB of VRAM
DirectX 9.0c compatible
Sound (audio device) DirectX compatible


Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).
  2. 2.0 2.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/219950/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (219950) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

  1. NiGHTS into Dreams... credits (PlayStation 2, 2008) - MobyGames - last accessed on 2023-07-05
  2. NiGHTS into Dreams... credits (Windows, 2012) - MobyGames - last accessed on 2023-07-05
  3. 3.0 3.1 News - Now Available - NiGHTS Into Dreams - last accessed on 2023-10-11
  4. NiGHTS into dreams... - YouTube - last accessed on 2023-05-25
  5. 1080p and 60 FPS? :: NiGHTS into Dreams... General Discussions
  6. Verified by User:Macgovern on 2024-03-25
    Tested using Special K v24.3.24. Game never went higher than D3D9.