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Build the night economy
Connect operations across managed holdings. Turn dirty tribute into clean funds, sustain Blood supply, gather secrets, and prepare the cover and resources that later actions need.
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The Darker Night:
Regent City
Rule a vampire court. Put a city to work after dark.
15 full-resolution images · 6.9 MB ZIP · Updated 24 October 2026
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About the game
A Court to command.
A city to keep in the dark.
Short description
The Darker Night: Regent City is a single-player vampire society management game. Rule through a Court of named vampires, recruit mortals, connect hidden operations across city holdings, and balance five rival Ministries. Keep your people fed and concealed as your decisions reshape the city—and the reigns that follow.
From the Regent’s throne, an existing city becomes a network of people, places, and obligations. Claim buildings and appoint vampire managers. Connect their operations so one holding’s output supplies another: wash dirty tribute through daylight businesses, maintain hidden blood banks, gather leverage, or prepare cover for the Court’s activities.
Your vampires have talents, loyalties, relationships, and ambitions. Decide who manages a holding, who investigates a threat, and who remains available when the next crisis arrives. Recruit mortals into your service, choose who receives the Turning, and select the maker who helps shape the new vampire.
Expansion brings more than income. The Court needs Blood, the Ministries compete for power, and mortal witnesses can turn local harm into public suspicion. Investigate before ruling, make promises, and face consequences that return with a history. When a Regent falls, successfully turned vampires retain their identity and progression, and the successor inherits a city marked by earlier rule.
Key features
How the reign works
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Rule through named vampires
Appoint managers and dispatch investigators with their own talents, loyalties, and relationships. Every assignment commits someone the Court may need elsewhere.
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Recruit mortals. Choose the Turning.
Bring mortals into the Court’s orbit, judge who receives immortality, and choose a maker. Successfully turned vampires carry their identity and progression into later reigns.
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Keep five Ministries in balance
Navigate the interests of Force, Diplomacy, Shadows, Oracle, and Magi. The Regent survives by managing competing powers, not simply maximizing their approval.
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Govern an existing city
Scout and acquire individual buildings, appoint their managers, strengthen holdings, and extend your reach. Geography, staffing, and connected supply routes shape what the Court can sustain.
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Keep the mortal city from exposing you
Predation and coercion leave consequences at real addresses. Witnesses, investigations, and unrest demand time, resources, and difficult decisions.
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Face the return of earlier choices
Rulings, investigations, and promises create persistent story threads. Later matters can name the people, places, and decisions that caused them.
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Leave a legacy across reigns
A Regent’s death changes the ruler, not the whole history. Continue with inherited vampires and lasting changes to holdings and the city.
Screenshots
Inside the current game
Twelve screenshots from the current Steam store set. Full-resolution 1920 × 1080 JPGs, with no added overlays. Development footage; the game continues to evolve.
The city after dark
The playable city board, with the Court, holdings, and activity tied to individual buildings.
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Those who answer
The Court roster brings together named vampires and their individual roles.
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Marta Reeve’s talents
Marta Reeve’s character sheet shows the talents and progression behind a Court appointment.
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An audience with the Court
Illustrated Court scenes give political decisions a face and a voice.
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Who receives immortality?
Tessa Reid faces the Regent’s choice: Turn, Release, or Kill.
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A matter before the throne
A reported disappearance brings a named petitioner and a decision to the Court.
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The city notices
Reports of daylight evidence accumulate around Wolfram Accounts.
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Choose who handles the fallout
Assign a lead and support to a response at a specific holding.
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People behind every address
A holding’s details and manager remain connected to its place on the board.
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Choose your Hand
Marta Reeve appears in the Court chamber during the selection of the Regent’s Hand.
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A Regent rules
The opening scene introduces the authority and obligations of the Regent.
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Welcome to Regent City
The current main menu overlooks the city and its five Ministries.
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Brand assets
Logo & key art
The approved game logo, seal, and key art. Transparent PNGs are shown on a checkerboard so their edges remain visible.
Regent City logo
Approved transparent game-title lockup.
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Moon-and-blood seal
Approved transparent Regent City emblem.
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Regent City key art
Approved illustrated key art for The Darker Night: Regent City.
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Ready for your coverage
Take the press pack with you
The image ZIP contains all 12 screenshots, the transparent game logo and seal, and the approved key art, plus captions and press notes. Individual full-resolution images are available from the gallery viewer.
Image credit: The Darker Night: Regent City / Spinnerzeit.
Useful to know
Is this a city builder?
You govern an existing city. Individual buildings can be investigated, acquired, staffed, and connected into operation networks. The focus is the Court, its economy, and the consequences of its rule.
What carries across reigns?
Successfully turned vampires retain their identity and progression. Some holdings and changes to the city also carry forward. Unturned prospects reset with the reign.
When does it release?
The Steam store currently lists the game as coming soon. A full-release date has not been announced.
How can press and creators get access?
Contact spinnerzeit@gmail.com with your publication or channel and preferred platform to ask about current preview access, interviews, and additional material.
The studio behind the Court
About Spinnerzeit
Spinnerzeit is an independent game studio based in Germany. Its games explore power, society, and the consequences of control. The Darker Night: Regent City and The Darker Night Tactics approach its vampire universe through different forms of strategy.
Press, creators & interviews
For current preview access, interviews, or additional material, include your publication or channel and preferred platform.
spinnerzeit@gmail.comAlso from Spinnerzeit
The Darker Night Tactics
Coming soon · Turn-based vampire tactics RPG
Command a vampire coterie, outplay enemies on a modular tile-based city map, customize characters, and spend mortals as part of your strategy.
- Tile-based tactical encounters with gothic urban style.
- Coterie building through equipment, abilities, traits, and synergies.
- Territory control, fog of war, neutral humans, and evolving city encounters.
- Grayscale ink art with blood-red accents and motion.
