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A calm tarot tile-match.

Match three celestial tiles to clear them, and empty the board before your tray fills. Every board is checked to be winnable before it reaches you, so a loss is never bad luck, only a near miss, and the game shows you exactly how near. Hand-drawn tarot, soft chimes, no clock.

Download Nocturne on the App Store Free · iOS 17+
A Nocturne level in progress, celestial tiles laid out on a starfield

Every tile, hand-drawn.

The faces are celestial: the tarot majors in gold, the twelve signs of the zodiac, the classical planets, and the phases of the moon in silver. Gather three of the same to clear them.

Tarot majors
The Star, Moon, and Sun
The zodiac
All twelve signs, in gold
The planets
Classical symbols, in silver
Moon phases
New to full and back

Made to unwind.

Nocturne is a puzzle you can lose yourself in for a few minutes, then set down. Nothing hurries you, and nothing plays tricks.

Take all night
There's no clock and no lives to lose. Play a level slowly, or set it down and come back to it.
There's always a way out
Every board is proven solvable before you see it, and the difficulty comes from real play, not a formula.
It shows you how close
When a board beats you it was near, and Nocturne counts exactly what you missed it by.
Silver buys the provisions
Every board you clear pays Silver. It buys the four provisions (Lanterns, Undos, Tides and Shuffles) and the tile backs, colours and backdrops on the Appearance shelf. Nothing runs on a timer, and nothing expires.
The night deals again
The Daily Reading arrives once a night, and a Full Moon is the hardest board Nocturne lays out.
Made for the dark
Hand-drawn tiles and soft chimes on a near-black ground, so nothing glares back at you.
The Nocturne title screen, a crescent moon over a starfield
A quiet place to land

Free to finish. Yours to keep.

Every level can be played to completion without spending a thing. If Nocturne earns a place on your phone, there's a one-time way to say so.

Nocturne
Free
  • Over a thousand levels, then endless
  • Every level finishable for free
  • Silver earned from every board you clear
  • Tile backs, colours and backdrops to unlock
  • The Daily Reading, a new board each night
  • Nothing to set up or sign in to
Luminary
One-time
  • Everything in Nocturne
  • A generous gift of extras
  • A golden tile back
  • Keeps a tiny studio going

You earn Silver by clearing boards, and it buys the four provisions. If you'd rather not wait for it, Silver can also be bought outright. Every level can be finished without spending anything.

Private by design.

Levels are generated on your device and your progress stays there. The details live in the privacy policy, which is short and meant to be read.