Last updated on November 29th, 2025 at 03:24 am
Nightgate – Action Game Review
Nightgate is a Action/Adventure game from Semidome Inc., first launched in 25th August 2016.
It’s rated 4+ and currently has 1,275+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes Nightgate Stand Out
In the year 2398, a network of intelligent computers known as Nightgate, is the last remaining life form on Earth.
"Stunning"
- The Daily Dot
"A Neon-Soaked Art Installation"
- Stuff TV
"One of the best soundtracks I've heard in a while"
- MacStories
"A Gorgeous Minimalist Experience"
- TouchArcade
"Top 10 Indie Mobile Games of 2016"
- Indie Game Reviewer
"10 Best Video Game Soundtracks of 2016"
- FACT Magazine
"A pretty cool mixture of laid back and frantic"
- Gamezebo
"Wide range of challenges and mechanics"
- Pocket Gamer
"Feels right at home on the Apple TV"
- iLounge
"Wonderfully Intuitive Controls"
- Cult of Mac
"A Triumph in Design"
- TapSmart
"Immersive and Captivating"
- AppAdvice
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Step into the computer and make your way through 50 handcrafted levels. Avoid enemies as you interact with a dark digital world and explore what lies beyond the futuristic landscapes of Nightgate.
Features:
• Universal app for iPhone, iPad and Apple TV
• No ads, no in-app purchases
• Immersive digital environments
• Over 40 minutes of original soundtrack (also available on iTunes Music Store)
• Minimalist design featuring vibrant colors and complex geometries
• Discover achievements scattered throughout the game
• In-game camera to capture beautiful screenshots
• Sync your progress using iCloud
• Fully localized for English, Spanish, French, Japanese, Chinese, German, Italian, Korean, Portuguese and Russian
This Action game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, Nightgate is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 4th June 2025
Recent improvements include:
• More beautiful first level
• Minor changes to main menu
• Support for new devices
Download & Availability
Nightgate is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
Requirements: Requires iPhone 5s / iPad Air / iPad Air (Cellular) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina, Cellular) / iPhone 6 / iPhone 6 Plus / iPad Air 2 / iPad Air 2 (Cellular) / iPad Mini 3 or later.
Compatible with iPhone and iPad devices.
Player Experience Highlights
Community Insight:
In over 13 years of having played various games and used the apps available to us on iOS, we have never left a review up until right now. This game is visually stunning, with a soundtrack that will pull you in and keep you there till the very end. The gameplay is the simplest you can imagine, but executed to perfection. The fun and thrill factors are on-par with anything else out there. Fantastic job.
Ive been playing this game on and off for a few years but we listen to the soundtrack regularly. Is this a hard game? No. Thats not why you play it. You play it to go to a different world. One with the lights off and a pair of headphones on.
One of the most intriguing, puzzling, relaxing, and beautifully created games on the App Store.
We love this game. Ive been playing it for the last three years off and on. We can pick it up, play a couple puzzles, and then put it down and do other things. It is so meditative and calm. With just enough challenge to make it interesting. The music in the background is quite ambient and fun! It really helps you focus.
Minimalist design doesnt mean minimalist feel. Levels feel vast and otherworldly. Also playable on Apple TV via the remote. Very, very cool.
As a long haul truck driver this game is really helpful. We have to be able to focus and stay awake for many hours at a time so we play this game while Im driving. Ha! Just kidding; we prefer Tetris when Im driving truck (a l Lorne Armstrong). This game is visually mesmerizing and as others have stated the sound design and soundtrack is really cool. It reminds us of the soundtrack from the movie Drive, full of pulsing, driving, retro side-chained analog synthesizer patches from the 80s/90s. Definitely worth playing for just about anybody.
Please make a Steam version (port).
Very few games make us feel as immersed as this game does. Its minimal, yet challenging, and the gameplay envelopes you.
…in some alternative reality. Woah.
Nobody can better than that game app. Its best app game we ever we played.
Great soundtrack, very immersive and just hard enough to be really fun.
This game is an immersive experience and we've never seen anything like it. The soundtrack is plastered everywhere in the game because it knows it's good. Overall, a very underrated game well done. Anyway, this game has an atmosphere that is fitting for the story. The gameplay isn't too much though, at least challenging puzzles are actually relevant in the game unlike current day puzzle games. What Nightgate did though, is something no other company could of thought about at this games release due to how simple, but creative it is. Graphic aren't too shabby, but since it's Unity there's a reason it isn't to much… BUT WE ALL KNOW THAT DOESN'T MATTER RIGHT?- The design is what could inspire about everyone who has played this game, what can we say? To summarize, this is an absolute masterpiece of a game, especially an iOS game. Praise this amazing game.
We found the game challenging but not impossible. It was a fun game to play. Highly recommended to all.
Entirely immersive and hypnotic. Seemingly simple yet cognitively complex. Like a pinball platform askew on a slant and tilted inward toward a hall of mirrors. The soundtrack: a compliment that makes it complete.
This game is great. The visuals are stunning and it made us smile lol. That is highly unusual. It is very fun and is a 10/10 for us.
Best game Ive ever played, it got progressively harder but not too fast, and it had a decent story in a way.
What a great game. Feels like Stranger Things meets Tron meets Halt and Catch Fire. Just get it! We couldnt put it down, stayed up all night until we finished it. Worth every penny.
Its very relaxing to play this interactive puzzle, moody, cyberpunk type, bit chaser game. Not sure if you could use just one word to describe it, so that was our feeble attempt. One quick observation, the days seem to be wrong… Maybe on purpose? For example, June 30th, 2359 is described as a Monday in-game, and Google tags it at Tuesday. Noticed that at the beginning date as well (cant remember the specific day, but in-game date said Monday, calendar search had it as Tuesday). Havent gotten far enough, so maybe this will be explained later in the story.
This, Frost, and Linelight are masterpieces. Theyre never leaving our phone. Semidome, thank you for this gem. We only ask for more levels in the future but we know thats a stretch. Whats here can be played over and over with great enjoyment. Support this amazing game, people.
Thats all we really need to say. So much intangible beauty, a complete artistic statement.
Needs another 100 levels. Hours and hours of great entertainment.
We dont usually write reviews, but for our third time re-downloading this game, we just have to say, it is SO FREAKING AWESOME. The graphics are good, the gameplay is challenging enough to be fun, but easy enough to be completable, and we dont even usually like these types of games! Night gate. Is. The. Best.
Surprisingly a fun game that does not require ones mind to think. At first glance, you might think its a puzzle game but once you get the gist of it, a very simple and profound game to be sure.
When we first started playing, we couldnt decide if we liked it. After five minutes, we still couldnt decide. Fifteen minutes in, and Im still asking ourselves, Do we even really wanna play this game? Its been over an hour now, and Im quitting because our iPad is about to go dead and Im so moved that we felt we had to write a review. We guess we answered our own question. This is easily the most unique and surprisingly interesting game Ive played in awhile. Kudos to the devs for such an engrossing yet minimalist experience. Its a star shining in the night[gate]. Thanks.
This would be it! Simply gorgeous and smooth. Well done. Totally worth the download and time spent playing. Just wish there were more levels. Didn't want it to end.
Every time we wonder what this app is and why it's on our phone, we open it to find out. We're immediately whisked away to a 3D paradise. We love the imagination behind this game. It's a treat.
… And plays great on iOS too. Great design, music, and gameplay.
Nightgate is challenging but fun, has amazing graphics and gameplay but it doesnt have enough levels. Truly a Work of art.
Very excellent, but needs development and more stages. We hope so too.
Please make more levels!!! And a way to reset game so one can start over. No way to reset the game to play again.
The music stopped working! Doesnt matter if we toggle sound on or off.
At first, we thought WOW this is amazing, the trailer, description, and intro all point to an incredible game. However, the puzzles themselves arent very interesting, the soundtrack is fun but repetitive, and the graphics and plot advancements are kept to a bare minimum, drawing you in just as youre about to leave, theres only a snippet of plot every 15 gates or so and we just really couldnt get into it, if you just wanna chill then get this game, if you want plot, graphics, and fun, get Playdeads INSIDE.
So this one has caused us to realize we don't care for iOS games where the primary control mechanism is hold and slide. It is not a terrible game, but we don't care for this type of control. Furthermore holding the finger down tends to get in the way of seeing the screen. This is a problem because it is physical challenge type game. Not bad, not our favorite.
This game looks beautiful but it one of those games that drives us crazy because Im wanting a relaxing journey and getting frustrated instead. This is NOT a game that will stimulate you intellectually- it will make you tense and make your finger sore. Use the game GEMINI as your inspiration for a beautiful game with more of a creative path.
Enjoyed it. Very hypnotic. Although waiting for next part. Would like more interactive things happening on the back ground. For example, have an enemy throw bullets at you to the foreground.
Simple yet immensly creative graphics. Truly immersive audio. Really, you should play this with headphones. The game is pointless without the music.
This is the only game we have ever considered buying. We are going to research Semidome and play all of their games. We are completely taken.
One of the best games we have seen in a while.
We rarely write reviews but we just had to tell you guys how great this game is. It's retro, futureistic and minimalist all at the same time. Game play is simple yet challenging as each level progresses. Excellent game and excellent music ( we'll be downloading that as well). Please develop more titles as innovative as this one.
When it will going to release the second part.
Too short for the challenge you get, it deserves a proper sequel, but on the 4S it run slow, still a nice game for mobile users.
Nightgate is at its best on Apple TV. On a big screen, the whole world feels like Blade Runner. Which is what we want. Two shortcomings that are considerable but do not warrant a lower rating: Gamepad support would make it perfect. Colorblind support for those of us with broken eyes.
We liked this game so much because it is complicated game and we like that kind of games.
The geometric beauty of this game is unbelievable. This has been one of the most relaxing journeys through levels of puzzles we have ever experienced.
Old-school looks and gameplay, chill Synth-Wave music, and a well-designed control scheme. Handles well on screens large and small. Runs nicely.
This game is engaging, challenging and addictive, all the qualities you want in a game. So far we have played it twice through and will probably continue to play it several more times. Devs, if you are listening, our only suggestion would be to have the game save the level you are on during the second time through like it does the first time. Hitting play and then exit to try to dial in the level you are on multiple times is less than desirable, but other than that, good work. We cant wait to check out more Semidome games.
This game is amazing. The abstract graphics are gorgeous, the gameplay is engaging, and the music is stellar. All around, its probably one of the best games Ive ever played.
The graphics are flawless and so fun to look at. The controls take a little bit to get used to but are so smooth and simple. The levels are addicting and will always keep you coming back to try them again. We couldnt get enough of this game and Im truly sad we finished it. Id totally recommend it.
The soundtrack has kind of a Deux Ex feel, which we liked. Good puzzles. We liked it. For devs: Please make a way to reset your progress so we can start over and play the game through, again. We asks, nicely, and if that doesnt work, we begs.
We never write reviews but this game is so stunningly great that we felt compelled. Pure genius.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 2.0
- Size: 162.13 MB
- iOS: 13.0 or later
- Languages: EN, FR, DE, IT, JA, KO, PT, RU, ZH, ES
- Content Advisory:
- Developer: Semidome Inc.
Last updated: 4th June 2025 | Genre: Action, Adventure | Developer: Semidome Inc.