Midnight Moments

Midnight Moments may have won me over in a genre I normally don’t gravitate towards. I say may because I’m still playing it and working on more scenes filled with glowing streetlights, citizens chattering, and buildings where I can imagine almost anything happening inside. This is a very well-designed chill game with no pressure and a great canvas of vibing creativity.

While Midnight Moments may not be for everyone, that’s exactly what makes it stand out from others. It isn’t trying to be filled with objectives or fast paced. So many times games try to add so many elements that key gameplay gets drowned out. Developers Happy Volcano on the other hand chose to stick with one element and do it well. They embrace slowing down, and focusing on a more a tranquil experience. Simply enjoying the lulling sounds of the rain and vibrant neons, being truly immersed in a cyberpunk oasis.

Midnight Moments offers little to differentiate itself from similar peers but for a change of scenery. What it does offer, however, is competent, diverting, and provides moments of quiet and peace in a world that only appears to be growing louder.

Midnight Moments is less of a traditional game and more of a creative sandbox aimed at players who enjoy designing visually striking dystopian cityscapes. It offers a solid selection of building tools, customization options, and impressive lighting effects that allow creative minds to experiment with architecture, atmosphere, and composition. However, the lack of gameplay mechanics, objectives, varied presets, and quality-of-life features such as an undo function prevents it from feeling like a fully-fledged city builder. If you’re looking for a relaxing digital canvas to create your own cyberpunk-inspired metropolis, Midnight Moments delivers a satisfying experience. Those expecting resource management, progression systems, or city simulation elements will likely find it too limited. Ultimately, it succeeds as a niche creative tool, but falls short of offering the depth and replayability many players associate with the city-building genre.

Midnight Moments provides you with simple, straightforward tools and assets to create impressive little cyberpunk dioramas. While the tools have some slight issues and the assets could be better, the title particularly shines in using simple shapes and geometric language to create impressive scenes with unimpressive, easy-to-use shapes.

More assets, improved placement tools, connected wiring systems, labelled menus, and a few quality-of-life updates could transform Midnight Moments into something special. The foundation is already there. Right now, it is an enjoyable cyberpunk diorama builder that succeeds on atmosphere and offers a genuinely relaxing creative space, even if it could benefit from more depth and variety. I liked my time with it; I just wanted more of it.

A nice tool for making Cyberpunk dioramas, with an easy to use toolkit. Could do with a bit more content, though, and the fun nosedives after a build is finished.