About This Game

NADIR TRACE is a turn-based roguelike set in the abandoned research facility SITE NT-14. Recover the research records left behind, stabilize each floor's anchor and open the gate to the next area.

Exploring in the dark

Explore laboratories, ruins and the open ground between them with limited visibility. Restart dormant machinery to light up your surroundings, and search for scattered supplies to keep yourself fed and healthy.

The terrain and facility layout change with each expedition. Places you've explored remain on your map to help you find your way.

Combat, one action at a time

Watch for attack warnings on the ground and waves sweeping across multiple tiles as you fight. Moving, attacking, waiting and using items advance the turn, so you can stop to think about your next action.

Use shields to withstand attacks and phase jumps to escape encirclement. Other equipment lets you swap places with enemies or reflect incoming waves. You can also lure enemies with holograms or maneuver so their attacks hit one another.

Bosses and the unknown depths

Activate the facility's lasers to take on large bosses, and operate stabilizers in areas under bombardment. Each boss has its own attack patterns, so how you use the machinery around you and your equipment will change from one fight to the next.

Once you've completed your investigation, you can return or venture into the unknown depths of BEYOND. Stronger enemies and bosses await in depths that extend past floor 100. Face moving bosses and find openings to strike back between spiraling attacks and staggered explosions.

Records left behind

Read the research records and notes you recover to learn what happened at the facility. You can revisit collected documents in the archive. Across multiple expeditions, fill in the item and enemy codex and work toward collection goals and achievements.

A single-player game with terminal-style pixel graphics and synthesized music. Save an unfinished expedition and resume it later.

AI Generated Content Disclosure

The developers describe how their game uses AI Generated Content like this:

During development, generative AI tools were used to create some background and illustration assets, draft in-game text and translations, and compose patterns for synthesized music. Generated images were converted and processed into the game's pixel-art format. The game does not generate AI content or connect to external AI services during gameplay.