The Night Cart waiting in a Transylvanian village beneath a full moon.

Official press kit · August 2026

Night Cart: The Immortal Plague

November 2026

Transylvania, 1619

A plague is consuming a corner of Transylvania.

It’s 1619. The plague has emptied villages, barricaded churches, and turned once-busy roads into lonely trails haunted by soldiers, outlaws, and whispers of the dead.

You are a humble cart driver hired by Nera, a mysterious immortal woman answering a summons from her creator, Count Saint Germain. Together, you’ll travel the moonlit roads of 1619 Transylvania, venturing deeper into a land where every crossroads, ruined chapel, forgotten mill, and abandoned homestead tells the story of a world falling apart.

Leave the safety of your cart and venture into forgotten places, hidden laboratories, ruined forts, caves, cemeteries, and abandoned settlements. Explore in first person, search for weapons and useful items, uncover journals and environmental clues, and face dangerous encounters using swords, firearms, alchemical tools, and the environment itself.

Travel at your own pace through a handcrafted gothic landscape built around exploration and discovery. Follow the main road toward your objective or leave it entirely to find hidden paths, optional locations, powerful equipment, strange characters, and dangerous encounters. Major areas can be approached in different orders, and curiosity often leads to something worth finding.

Can you uncover the truth behind the plague… and the woman riding beside you?

Title
Night Cart: The Immortal Plague
Developer
Bearded Giant Games
Release
November 2026
Platforms
Windows · macOS · SteamOS + Linux
Distribution
Steam
Website
playnightcart.com

The journey

Drive. Explore. Leave the road.

  1. 01

    Use your horse-drawn cart to travel between roads, ruins, settlements, and wilderness, stopping wherever curiosity leads you.

  2. 02

    Travel with Nera, an immortal companion who fights alongside you, comments on the world, and reacts to your journey.

  3. 03

    Explore interconnected roads, wilderness, ruins, caves, churches, cemeteries, laboratories, and other hidden locations, each with its own enemies, discoveries, and rewards.

  4. 04

    Fight deliberate, dangerous encounters in first person using charged melee attacks, firearms, alchemical tools, movement, and the environment itself.

  5. 05

    Choose when to fight, when to move past danger, and how deeply to explore. Use consumables, your horse, explosive objects, terrain, and your equipment to turn encounters in your favor.

  6. 06

    Challenge powerful enemies and bosses guarding key locations, then use what you discover to push farther into the region.

  7. 07

    Meet memorable characters, uncover environmental stories, and piece together the mystery surrounding Count Saint Germain and Nera.

  8. 08

    Immerse yourself in a haunting atmosphere inspired by Romanian history, folklore, and gothic horror.

A modern retro gothic experience

Built for old legends and modern screens.

Night Cart blends retro-inspired visuals, oppressive darkness, and atmospheric exploration into a world shaped by isolation, superstition, and decay. The game is designed to adapt to both modern and retro setups, with support for 4:3, 16:9, 16:10, and ultra-wide displays.

System requirements

Windows. macOS. Linux.

Native support across the three Steam platform families at launch.

Windows

Minimum

Architecture
64-bit processor and operating system
OS
Windows 10 64-bit
Processor
Intel Core i5-6600 / AMD Ryzen 3 1200
Memory
8 GB RAM
Graphics
NVIDIA GTX 1050 Ti / AMD RX 560
DirectX
Version 12
Storage
8 GB available space
Sound
DirectSound Compatible
Notes
SSD recommended

Recommended

Architecture
64-bit processor and operating system
OS
Windows 10/11 64-bit
Processor
Intel Core i5-10400 / AMD Ryzen 5 3600
Memory
8 GB RAM
DirectX
Version 12
Storage
8 GB available space
Sound
DirectSound Compatible
Notes
SSD recommended

macOS

Minimum

Processor
Apple processor · Apple M1
OS
macOS 13 Ventura
Memory
8 GB RAM
Graphics
Apple M1 integrated graphics
Storage
8 GB available space
Notes
Headphones recommended for the best atmospheric experience.

Recommended

Processor
Apple processor · Apple M1 or better
OS
macOS 14 Sonoma
Memory
8 GB RAM
Graphics
Apple M1 integrated graphics or better
Storage
8 GB available space
Notes
Headphones recommended for the best atmospheric experience.

SteamOS + Linux

Minimum

OS
Ubuntu 20.04 / SteamOS
Processor
Intel Core i5-6600 / AMD Ryzen 3 1200
Memory
8 GB RAM
Graphics
NVIDIA GTX 1050 Ti / AMD RX 560
Storage
8 GB available space
Notes
Native

Recommended

OS
Ubuntu 22.04 / SteamOS
Processor
Intel Core i5-10400 / AMD Ryzen 5 3600
Memory
8 GB RAM
Graphics
NVIDIA GTX 1660 / AMD RX 580
Storage
8 GB available space
Notes
Native

Official cover artwork

Key art

The portrait cover brings Nera, the Night Cart, and the moonlit road together in one press-ready composition.

JPG · 748 × 896

Download cover art
Night Cart: The Immortal Plague cover art, with Nera before a moonlit horse and cart.
Night Cart: The Immortal Plague · Official cover art

Full-resolution images

Screenshots

Open any image for its original 6320 × 3556 press-ready PNG. All twelve supplied screenshots are available directly on this page.

The Night Cart waiting in a Transylvanian village beneath a full moon.
The journey begins
First-person view from the driver’s seat on a road toward a village.
Riding the moonlit road
Nera standing beside the Night Cart in Senereus village.
Senereus village
The player confronts Father Citrin inside a clockwork-filled chamber.
Father Citrin
Nera and the player approach a barricaded church at night.
The fortified church
Nera fights Maica Negreanu inside a dark chapel.
Nera against Maica Negreanu
The player faces Maica Negreanu in a candlelit chapel.
Maica Negreanu
The player raises a sword against an Ogre beneath a full moon.
The Ogre
A Blood Cross Knight advances through a dark cemetery.
The Blood Cross Knight
A plague-born creature confronts the player in a moonlit field.
A plague-born creature
The player explores the machinery inside a dark clocktower memorial.
Inside the clocktower memorial
Night Cart’s inventory, item details, and character sheet interface.
Inventory and character sheet

Clean compositions

Cinematic selects

Full-frame stills selected from the strongest static and atmospheric recordings.

The cart crossing a village beneath the moon.
The cart beneath the moon
Nera standing beneath a full moon.
Nera under the moon
A deserted road through the old fortress.
The old fortress road
The Night Cart resting beside a forest camp.
The cart at camp
The moon emerging over a distant outpost and winding lantern-lit road.
The moonlit outpost
The moon emerging through dark clouds.
Moon through clouds

Selected footage

B-roll

Extended MP4 selections are embedded here with the complete 16:10 frame and synchronized source audio.

Cart through the village8.3 seconds · complete static take
Nera under the moon62 seconds · UI-free atmospheric portrait
Old fortress road17.1 seconds · clean static hold
Cart at camp12.5 seconds · complete static take
Moonlit outpost17 seconds · complete static take