NeverLight
By Nightless Games
Funded with 80,000 €
Prototype Funding 2025
NeverLight is a dark fantasy co-op extraction RPG where hunters venture into a world of eternal night to track and slay nightmarish monsters for bounty, gather precious loot, and face the tension of extraction — with strategic options to engage in PvP, evade or make alliances with other hunters they encounter along the way.
About the Game
In NeverLight, hunters enter a world of endless night, consumed by the Plague of Shadows that transforms living beings into monsters. This 3-player cooperative game blends monster hunting with high-stakes extraction gameplay, where every reward must be carried to safety to obtain.
The landscape shifts between twilight, night, and deep darkness, forcing players to adapt as visibility and enemy behaviors change. Inspired by Dark Souls and Elden Ring, each corrupted beast requires skill and teamwork to defeat.
Dynamic world events and scenarios ensure varied experiences — each game features different randomized scenario that unfolds in a random location across the massive map. While monsters pose significant threats, other hunting parties create unpredictable PvP encounters where alliances can form or break instantly.
Between expeditions, players build and upgrade their personal camps, unlocking new abilities, crafting options and gameplay features. The open player market creates an economy where rare materials and artifacts trade hands, fostering a community of specialists in this world of perpetual darkness.
NeverLight delivers the thrill of monster hunting with friends through challenging combat, strategic decision-making, and the constant tension of knowing that all your treasures are lost if you fail to extract safely.
The Team
Nightless Games was formed by three veteran developers who turned their gaming sessions into a creative venture. Andrei Cherkashin, Maksim Abramov, and Iurii Lysenkov — longtime friends with experience across the gaming industry — founded the studio to create games they themselves would lose sleep playing.
Since 2020, the trio worked on game projects as a side pursuit. A year ago, they focused their efforts on NeverLight, a game designed around the cooperative experiences they valued in their own gaming adventures.
Each founder brings complementary skills to their collaborative process. Andrei crafts the visuals and core systems of NeverLight. Maksim shapes the gameplay loops, balance and narrative elements while developing the technical foundation. Iurii tackles performance-intensive challenges, implementing complex systems that enhance gameplay.
The team's name reflects their mission: creating games so captivating they keep players up through the night, just as they've experienced in their own gaming sessions together.
