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Game Groups > Gameplay feature: Day / Night cycle

Games that feature a day and night cycle, including specific time signifiers such as dawn, afternoon, midnight, etc., usually indicated by an in-game clock, graphical background, or any equivalent feature indicating the passing of time. Games that have this feature may also introduce time specific events, such as different monsters, sub-quests, or equivalent events which may only be accessible at a specified period of time.

Games in this game group must also introduce a direct gameplay consequence.

Examples

[For adventure and role-playing games]

Character A receives a sub-quest to hunt down vampires. Shops selling wooden stakes are only open during the day. Vampires do not roam during the day. Hence, character A must buy relevant equipment during the day and wait until nightfall to perform the quest.

[For strategy and simulation games]

Units are harder to detect, travel less frequently, and gain movement penalties at night. However, they are easier to make camouflage checks and can also commence ambush attacks at night more successfully.

Limitations

  • Games that may feature a day and night cycle, however do not additionally feature unique events related to the differences of time (e.g. only a graphical feature) should be excluded from this game group; the passing of time in itself is not enough to qualify for this game group. This also includes games where time is only presented as a deadline reminder or only a graphical feature of limited vision (which is more of a light/darkness feature than it is a day/night cycle feature).
  • Games where a day and night feature is only due to a trigger effect from a plot driven quest (e.g. time only advances when finishing a quest) or due to entering a specific location, should be excluded from this game group. A day and night cycle must always be in effect regardless of the player's actions, unless the game in mention is turned based.

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Title Platforms Released
box cover thumbnail Afrika PlayStation 3 2008
box cover thumbnail Ambermoon Amiga 1993
box cover thumbnail Amberstar DOS, Amiga, Atari ST 1992
box cover thumbnail Animal Crossing GameCube 2002
box cover thumbnail Animal Crossing: City Folk Wii 2008
box cover thumbnail Animal Crossing: New Horizons Nintendo Switch 2020
box cover thumbnail Animal Crossing: New Leaf Nintendo 3DS 2012
box cover thumbnail Animal Crossing: Wild World Nintendo DS, Wii U 2005
box cover thumbnail Aquatron Apple II, Atari 8-bit 1983
box cover thumbnail Bad Blood DOS, Commodore 64 1990
box cover thumbnail Beasts & Bumpkins Windows 1997
box cover thumbnail Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain Windows, PlayStation, PSP, PlayStation 3, PS Vita 1996
box cover thumbnail Brave Fencer Musashi PlayStation, PSP, PlayStation 3, PS Vita 1998
Brave Fencer Musashiden: Square... PlayStation 2000
box cover thumbnail Breath of Fire Game Boy Advance, SNES, Wii U, New Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo Switch 1993
box cover thumbnail Breath of Fire II Game Boy Advance, SNES, Wii, Wii U, Nintendo Switch, New Nintendo 3DS 1994
box cover thumbnail Brine Windows 2016
box cover thumbnail Castlevania Nintendo 64 1999
box cover thumbnail Castlevania II: Simon's Quest NES, Wii, Nintendo 3DS, Wii U 1987
box cover thumbnail Castlevania: Legacy of Darkness Nintendo 64 1999
box cover thumbnail Charumera PlayStation 1999
box cover thumbnail Chulip PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3 2002
box cover thumbnail Cities: Skylines - After Dark Windows, Linux, Macintosh 2015
box cover thumbnail Dark Colony Windows, Macintosh 1997
box cover thumbnail Darklands Linux, DOS, Windows, Macintosh 1992
box cover thumbnail Days Gone Windows, PlayStation 4 2019
box cover thumbnail Don't Starve Linux, Windows, Macintosh, PlayStation 4 2013
box cover thumbnail Dota 2 Linux, Windows, Macintosh 2013
box cover thumbnail Dragon Cave Browser 2006
box cover thumbnail Dying Light Linux, Windows, Macintosh, PlayStation 4, Xbox One 2015
box cover thumbnail Dōbutsu no Mori Nintendo 64 2001
Dōbutsu no Mori + GameCube 2001
Dōbutsu no Mori e+ GameCube 2003
box cover thumbnail Eastshade Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Windows Apps, Xbox Cloud Gaming 2019
box cover thumbnail Elkinloor DOS 1995
box cover thumbnail Endonesia PlayStation 2 2001
box cover thumbnail Fable II Xbox 360, Xbox Cloud Gaming, Xbox One 2008
box cover thumbnail Fallout DOS, Windows, Macintosh, Linux, Windows Apps, OnLive 1997
box cover thumbnail Fallout 3 Windows, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Xbox One 2008
box cover thumbnail Fallout: New Vegas Windows, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Xbox One, Xbox Cloud Gaming 2010
box cover thumbnail Far Cry 6 Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, Luna, Stadia 2021
box cover thumbnail Final Fantasy XI Online Windows, PlayStation 2 2002
box cover thumbnail Final Fantasy XIV Online Windows 2010
box cover thumbnail Gaia Windows 2020
box cover thumbnail Ganso Saiyūki: Super Monkey Daibōken NES 1986
box cover thumbnail Generation Zero Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One 2019
Germs: Nerawareta Machi PlayStation 1999
box cover thumbnail Ghost of a Tale Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, Blacknut, Gloud, Luna, Windows Apps 2016
box cover thumbnail Giftpia GameCube 2003
box cover thumbnail Global Pokédex Plus Browser 2009

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