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Press release:
December 18, 2023.
The Austin-based (Texas, the US) indie games publisher Devolver Digital and Cape Town-based (South Africa) indie games developer Free Lives, are today very happy and excited to announce that their ecological reverse city-builder “Terra Nil”, is now available for the Nintendo Switch via the Nintendo Eshop.

Developed by South Africa’s own Free Lives (Broforce, Gorn, Anger Foot), Terra Nil is a chill, meditative twist on the city-builder genre. Using advanced eco-tech you’ll transform desolate, barren wastelands into thriving, vibrant ecosystems. Soil will be purified, oceans cleansed, trees planted, and wildlife reintroduced as you turn a dead world into a living one—then clean everything up and leave without any trace you were ever there.

There are four very different, replayable, procedurally generated biomes to tackle in the game—including volcanic glaciers, ruined cities, and tropical islands. Each has its own uniquely challenging climate, geology, flora, and fauna. Create swamps, rainforests, rivers, and more and watch a dry, cracked landscape suddenly explode with life and color.

Previously only available on PC and mobile via Netflix, today’s release marks Terra Nil’s debut on the Nintendo Switch: the perfect platform for nature restoration on the move.

About Devolver Digital:

We are
Devolver Digital
purveyors of fine digital entertainment wares from independent artists worldwide.

A boutique game label
Owned and operated by
a team that replies to Slack threads with a non-stop deluge of hilarious gifs and passive aggressive shots at one another.

Despite our Differences
A collection of Individuals
works with independent developers from all over the world to produce and promote some of the most original, eccentric, and beloved games of the past decade.

About Free Lives:
Free Lives are a team of teenage anthropomorphic turtles, led by their anthropomorphic beard wielding rat sensei in honing and perfecting their art of game jam jitsu to battle bills, pants, petty criminals, evil overlords and alien invaders. They met in the storm sewers of Cape Town, where they bonded over a love for dank accommodations, consuming copious amounts of pizza and remaining isolated from society-at-large.