Nowhere Studios

Nowhere Studios is an independent game developer and publisher based in Istanbul, Türkiye. Established on August 11, 2011, the studio creates narrative-driven indie games and systemic gameplay experiences for PC and home consoles. Its work spans cinematic puzzle-platforming, life simulation and open-world survival crafting, combining atmospheric art direction with stories expressed through play.

The studio brings together game developers, artists and musicians. Its production capabilities cover concept development, narrative design, programming and art direction, alongside publishing, console porting and multiplatform distribution. Across its projects, recurring interests include emergent storytelling, simulation systems, exploration and the relationship between a game's setting and its mechanics.

Games and creative development

Released in May 2014, Monochroma is a cinematic 2D puzzle-platformer set in a dystopian version of the 1950s. Its black-and-white presentation supports an emotional, wordless story about brotherhood and corporate power. The project established an early expression of the studio's interest in connecting visual atmosphere, narrative and interactive challenges.

Circadian City, which entered Early Access in September 2020, takes a different approach through a life-simulation RPG structured around a full day-and-night cycle. Players balance everyday social routines and relationships with crafting and exploration in a surreal dreamworld. The contrast between waking life and the subconscious extends the studio's narrative interests into simulation and interconnected gameplay systems.

Good Heavens! expands that systemic approach into a procedurally generated open-world survival crafting RPG for one to eight players. Set across floating islands, it combines cooperative exploration, building, crafting and survival. The game entered Early Access on Steam on October 14, 2026.

Together, these projects show the studio's progression from a tightly directed cinematic platformer toward broader simulation and cooperative survival experiences. Its portfolio encompasses both authored storytelling and systems that allow players to shape their own experiences, while its publishing and porting capabilities support releases for international PC and console audiences.