The PlayStation Vita lives on withNightCry, the horror-adventure game and spiritual successor toClock Tower, will be releasing digitally for $24.99 USD for the handheld platform on June 30, 2025 in North America. A European release date has yet to be given but is promised to be announced soon.
NightCryis a 3D horror-adventure game that comes from creator of the horrorClock Towerseries Hifumi Kono and theGrudgefilm series director Takashi Shimizu. It comes from developer Nude Maker and publisher Playism with support for both English and Japanese languages.
The main characters find themselves aboard a luxurious cruise liner, on what was supposed to be a fun and relaxing trip. However, a series of gruesome murders aboard the ship are discovered one after another, causing the passengers to grow paranoid and start distrusting one another. Then, the immortal, bloodthirsty killer known as “Scissorwalker” appears. With no way to get off of this increasingly claustrophobic ship in the middle of the ocean, the body count continues to rise. Weapons have no effect on the Scissorwalker. You must desperately seek means of escape, defense, and places to hide lest you become the next victim. The only thing that can help you survive this journey is the choices which you, the player, make.
NightCryoriginally released on PC in 2016 and has had some changes with its port to PlayStation Vita. Instead of point and clicking you can control the player movement with the analog stick. Choices you make throughout the game will decide the fate of the three main characters with multiple endings. Two modes are available for play: Normal Exploration Mode which is the default mode and Escape Mode which will enter the player into an Escape Mode once the Scissorwalker appears where you will have to run and/or hide while monitoring how close the Scissorwalker is to you as well as monitor your breathing so you don’t become harder to control.
Clock Toweris a horror series that ran from 1995-2002 with four games and two spiritual successors inHaunting Groundfrom 2005 andNightCryin 2016. Artist Chris Darril was brought on forNightCrydue to his work onRemothered: Tormented Fathersthat began life as aClock Towerremake but became its own original thing over the process of development.NightyCrybegan asProject Scissorsand was originally meant to come to iOS and Android as well as PlayStation Vita. You can check out theNightCrytrailer for PlayStation Vita below as well as some screenshots in our image gallery.
