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Play Overview
Elden Ring Nightreign (2025) is a frantic fighting game where your squad must gear up and defeat the Nightlords. Play involves scrambling to acquire gear, defeating bosses and levelling up to beat the final boss. It stands out for the janky joy of mixing Elden Ring combat with time-pressured Fortnite-style rounds.
The goal is simple: Defeat the Nightlords. Achieving this, however, is a lot easier said than done. Like other rogue-likes, you start each round with nothing and must traverse the map with your squad to defeat minor bosses for gear, experience and power bonuses. The whole time, a ring of damaging rain closes in on you, increasingly restricting where you can go. After two cycles of this, you must face off against one of the Nightlords. These are fantastic (and fantastically hard) bosses who often take multiple attempts to beat, requiring not only strong gear but good team coordination.
As you progress, you unlock new characters that each come with their own playstyle. For instance, the Ironeye is an archer who excels at picking off opponents at a distance, or perhaps you prefer to use a range of spells, in which case the Recluse is highly proficient at that. Characters also have storylines to follow, each rewarding the player with powerful upgrades for that character, alongside a deeper understanding of them as a person.
The round-based teamwork is a refreshing revision on the Elden Ring/Dark Souls formula. It piles on the pressure to not only survive but upgrade weapons and armour, but this only makes beating the wide-ranging and inventive bosses all the better.
Our examiner, Rhys Burtt-Jones, first checked Elden Ring Nightreign 3 weeks ago. It was re-examined by Jo Robertson and updated 2 weeks ago.
The goal is simple: Defeat the Nightlords. Achieving this, however, is a lot easier said than done. Like other rogue-likes, you start each round with nothing and must traverse the map with your squad to defeat minor bosses for gear, experience and power bonuses. The whole time, a ring of damaging rain closes in on you, increasingly restricting where you can go. After two cycles of this, you must face off against one of the Nightlords. These are fantastic (and fantastically hard) bosses who often take multiple attempts to beat, requiring not only strong gear but good team coordination.
As you progress, you unlock new characters that each come with their own playstyle. For instance, the Ironeye is an archer who excels at picking off opponents at a distance, or perhaps you prefer to use a range of spells, in which case the Recluse is highly proficient at that. Characters also have storylines to follow, each rewarding the player with powerful upgrades for that character, alongside a deeper understanding of them as a person.
The round-based teamwork is a refreshing revision on the Elden Ring/Dark Souls formula. It piles on the pressure to not only survive but upgrade weapons and armour, but this only makes beating the wide-ranging and inventive bosses all the better.
Our examiner, Rhys Burtt-Jones, first checked Elden Ring Nightreign 3 weeks ago. It was re-examined by Jo Robertson and updated 2 weeks ago.
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Play Style
This is an Action, Communication, Role-Play and Traversal game with Collecting, Fighting, Shooting and Simulation elements. You can play this by yourself or as a 3-player online game. You can play solo or in a group of 3. You can set passwords so that your friends can join your session, or queue a round with 2 random people.
You can play this game in the following styles:
Duration
Play Time: It takes between 40 minutes and 1 hour to play a round of this game. Each round may take under an hour, but there is no guarantee that you defeat the final boss which means you must start the whole attempt again. Completing every storyline and defeating every final boss takes between 40 and 70 hours.
Benefits
This game is good if you want to:
Age Ratings
Content Rating
Users Interact: The game enables players to interact and communicate with each other, so may expose players to language usually associated with older rated games.
While you can play online with strangers, there is no way to communicate via text or voice chat. The game censors parts of players' names that are inappropriate, but some things might slip through the cracks.
Skill Level
12+ year-olds usually have the required skill to enjoy this game. Still, it's important for parents and guardians to consider the maturity required to process the game content. It's also important to ensure children understand in-game purchases and have spending limits set-up. The skill level required is very high; players must be able to react very quickly and decide what the appropriate response is to an enemy's attack. The game is also fast-paced and choosing what equipment to keep and what to ditch has to be done rapidly.
Account Rating
- You need be 18-years-old to to subscribe to Xbox Live Gold for online play, but can then configure family accounts for younger players to play online with Xbox One or Xbox Series X|S.
- You need be 18-years-old to subscribe to PlayStation Plus for online play, but can create sub-accounts for younger players of 7-years or older to play online with PlayStation 4 or PlayStation 5.
Costs
Elden Ring Nightreign usually costs £34.99.
It's important to set up your accounts and devices appropriately. More information is on our Financial Resources page.
Elden Ring Nightreign
There are the following additional costs associated with this game:
- In-Game Purchases: Additional in-game purchases are offered for items that enhance the experience.
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You need a subscription to play online:
- You need to purchase a PlayStation Plus subscription to play online with PlayStation 4 or PlayStation 5.
- You need to purchase a Xbox Live Gold subscription to play online with Xbox One or Xbox Series X|S.
It's important to set up your accounts and devices appropriately. More information is on our Financial Resources page.
Game Details
Release Date: 29/05/2025
Out Now: PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One and Xbox X|S
Skill Rating: 12+ year-olds
Players: 1 (3 online)
Genres: Action, Communication, Role-Play, Traversal (Collecting, Fighting, Shooting and Simulation)
Accessibility: 0 features documented (Tweet Developer )
Components: 3D Third-Person and Open World
Developer: From Software Pr (@FromSoftware_Pr)
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