The Nightingale Handbook Navigating the Mystical Realms

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The Nightingale Handbook Navigating the Mystical Realms

Learn the basics in our Nightingale Handbook Navigating the Mystical Realms.


Nightingale drops into early access on Steam on February 20th, two days earlier than previously announced. While Nightingale might just be another early-access survival crafting game, there's a lot to love already about this plucky title.

When Does Nightingale Early Access Launch

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Thankfully we have a lovely graphic to show us when the game goes live. So, no need to read what we have to say, just look at that. If you do, however, it comes out at 5pm in London, 9am in LA, midday in New York, 2am in Tokyo, and 4am in Sydney.

Nightingale Cost and Platforms

Nightingale is set to cost $30 but the Store page on Steam isn't currently live for pre-sales. As for platforms, it's Steam and Epic only for now, but we have more details about PS5, Xbox, and Game Pass in our respective articles.

Nightingale Guides

Here are links to all our guides for the game. You can find them all here, or click the individual guides below:

Nightingale Gameplay

It's easier to show, rather than tell here so… let's just take a look at the extended 8-minutes of gameplay:

In the most basic form, Nightingale is a survival crafting game. You can play solo or with friends, but you probably know the basics of the game already. The most unique aspect of Nightingale is the setting (you can find out more about that above). Build a base, craft some stuff, and fight some other stuff. Add some friends, fight off some bosses and you have a good time.

Nightingale System Requirements

Nightingale has some solid requirements, though it should be good for the majority of folks. Check below to see if you can run it:

Minimum PC Specs for Nightingale

  • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
  • OS: Windows 10 64-Bit (see additional notes)
  • Processor: Intel Core i5-4430
  • Memory: 16 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060, Radeon RX 580 or Intel Arc A580
  • DirectX: Version 12
  • Network: Broadband Internet connection
  • Storage: 70 GB available space
  • Additional Notes: Internet connection required to play. SSD required. Windows 10 version 1909 (revision 18363.1350 or greater). Version 2004 (revision 19041.789 or greater). Version 20H2 (revision 19042.789 or greater).
  • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
  • OS: Windows 10 64-Bit (see additional notes)
  • Processor: Intel Core i5-8600
  • Memory: 16 GB RAM
  • Graphics: GeForce RTX 2060 Super / Radeon RX 5700XT
  • DirectX: Version 12
  • Network: Broadband Internet connection
  • Storage: 70 GB available space
  • Additional Notes: Internet connection required to play. SSD required. Windows 10 version 1909 (revision 18363.1350 or greater). Version 2004 (revision 19041.789 or greater). Version 20H2 (revision 19042.789 or greater).

Nightingale Steam Deck

Sadly, at launch, the game isn't going to be Steam Deck compatible at Early Access release. The game will be coming to Steam Deck in the future, but it won't make launch.

The Nightingale Handbook Navigating the Mystical Realms
David Hollingsworth
David has written for games media outlets for the last ten years. With his first major esports role being with Esports News UK covering mostly UK League of Legends. David is also a member of the British Esports Association and is an advisor to them on World of Warcraft Esports. More recently David has worked for Esports Insider and Red Bull as an esports journalist. David later became Editor at ESTNN and now leads the current team.