Circadian cycle

Other (objects, etc.) theme

Day and night cycles on their own outside of plot, location, or triggered events, possibly influencing NPC activities accordingly.

482
games
70
platforms

Alternate name: Day/night cycle

Preferably not if this is tied to level/mission changes and does not progress naturally by itself, a note should be added if it does not.

Editor note: Circadian cycle technically refers to primarily biological cycle tied to the dark-light cycle rather than the dark-light cycle itself, so this should be renamed.

The first Circadian cycle video game was released in 1979.

Bethesda Softworks, Nintendo and Deep Silver published most of these games.

Parent groups

Dynamism, Nature simulation, Time, Story time span, UVL: Tags that may need renaming, Visibility

Child group

Obscured time

Platforms

Windows 141
Linux 109
Mac OS X 30
X360 23
PS3 20
MS-DOS 15
Apple II E 11
PS4 9
C64 8
NES 6
Xbox One 5
PS2 5
Famicom Disk System 4
Amstrad CPC 4
GameCube 4
Amiga 4
Mac OS Classic 4
Atari ST 3
GBC 3
Switch 3
PS Vita 3
ZX Spectrum 3
Xbox 3
Wii 3
Nintendo DS 3
N64 3
Android 3
Tandy Coco 2
Internet Only 2
X68000 2

By year

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