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Bone Nail · Published by 2P Games, Bone Nail
Very Positive — 87% positive (402 reviews)
Last updated 10 Oct 2026
Welcome to Diamond City, a realm trapped in an endless cycle of madness! This story-rich dark fantasy sim lets you master alchemy, grow magical crops, run a thriving shop, and build relationships with humans and non-humans alike. Discover the city's many fates through your choices.
Indie, RPG, Simulation, Strategy · 2026 · More free games
In The Piper of Dawn, craft magical crops and run a shop while navigating the complex social dynamics of Diamond City. Experience a rich, story-driven dark fantasy simulation where your decisions influence its endless cycle of madness.
About this game
The Piper of Dawn is a story-rich management RPG with multiple endings set within the isolated city of Diamond City. Step into the shoes of a gifted alchemist and use your skills to grow magical crops and build a thriving shop, all while navigating a dangerous web of human and non-human factions. Earn their support and ultimately decide the city's fate.
A Sprawling, Branching Adventure: Immerse yourself in an expansive dark fantasy narrative featuring multiple story routes and unique relationship paths for six central heroines.
A Living, Volatile World: Meet more than 40 memorable NPCs from six supernatural factions, each with their own personalities and ambitions. Build your reputation through business and story events to earn their trust and support.
Every Decision Matters: Your choices and reputation shape the story, leading Diamond City—and everyone within it—to one of many different endings.
Explore a wide variety of management systems that take center stage at different points throughout the game, including farming, fulfilling orders, shopkeeping, alchemy, Peoplesprout husbandry, Oracles, card games, fishing, and more. Spend each day however you like and tailor the experience to your own playstyle.
Farming
Grow over 100 unique crops, each with its own growth stages and trait modifiers, while mixing and matching different traits to discover new possibilities and tailor each harvest to your needs.
Expand your plantation from the surface down into subterranean biomes, each offering unique terrain effects, and set up powerful alchemical circles to create a self-sustaining farm with ever-growing yields.
Shopkeeping
Design your shop, decorate it to your liking, and empty your customers' pockets!
Different display stands let you sell different goods, from fresh crops and alchemical potions to rare curiosities.
As your reputation grows with the city's six major factions, non-human customers will begin visiting your shop—and may even slip lucrative special orders onto your board...
Peoplesprout Management
Grow your own loyal workforce: Peoplesprouts! The Peoplesprout system takes care of the grind by providing three specialized worker types: Farmers, Retailers, and Manufacturers, covering almost every repetitive task in the game. Simply use the Peoplesprout management system, assign each one based on their unique talents, and watch them work their magic.
Overworking your Peoplesprouts will drain their Sanity, so helping them recover in Peoplesprout dwellings is just as important. To prevent this from getting too much of a headache, you can also release those you no longer want.
From humble Peoplesprouts to powers of legend.
Alchemy
Continue improving your alchemical skills through the Tree of Life, and build your fortune, gain power, and claim your domain!
Deepen your alchemical mastery to mass-produce high-value creations, or transmute worthless junk to grant your Peoplesprouts powerful new abilities. While you're free to experiment with alchemy however you see fit, all alchemy still follows the law of Equivalent Exchange. Oh, and volatile elemental interactions can lead to unpredictable results, so finding the right balance is key. Combine your creations with Oracles to perform jaw-dropping alchemical miracles!
Oracles
Build your ultimate deck of Oracles and give yourself buffs bordering on the divine!
...Yes, it's actually a gacha system.
Draw and combine Oracles bestowed by ancient gods to gain powerful bonuses during each time rewind. Just be careful of their whispers—you may find yourself falling under their influence.
Faction Reputation
Six distinct factions vie for influence across Diamond City, from the profit-driven merchants of Commercial Street and the Silver Key Fae seeking to coexist with humanity, to the Goddess's followers and the Witch's fanatical devotees. Build relationships with each faction to earn reputation, unlock lucrative contract orders, and experience different endings.
Oracle Summons
Gacha is a blast. Paying for it? Not so much.
Luckily, Oracles and freeform alchemy don't cost a thing. The Ancient Gods and Outer Gods are more than happy to make friends with you.
The Golden Cage Card Parlor
Card games are a blast. Losing money? Not so much.
Luckily, you have two legendary gods on your side: Save and Load. Challenge various NPCs at the Golden Cage and win big through Blackjack.
Fishing
Fishing is a blast. Going home empty-handed? Not so much.
But here, you'll always catch something. From the fountain to Drowning Lake, different fishing spots across the world let you catch all kinds of fish—and even the occasional Ancient God.
Yes, you read that right. You can reel in gods.
Sissi
A barmaid blessed with superhuman strength—and your very first full-time hire. She originally dreamed of becoming a housemaid, only to discover a surprising natural talent for farming.
Nene
The daughter of a mathematician, Nene has a brilliant mind, razor-sharp intuition, and the combat skills to back them up. But her true talent shines through in the end: after becoming a Peoplesprout keeper, Nene finally found the perfect place to put her skills to use.
Gretel
Feel like adventuring alone is far too safe? Then bring this amazing trouble magnet along! She'll bring a never-ending stream of danger your way.
With shimmering rose-gold fur, a fluffy tail, and incredible marksmanship, Gretel seems to encounter mysterious incidents wherever she goes, recording each one in her Field Notes.
Jimo Li
Meow? Meow, meow!
Aurora Ludwig
Princess, goddess, sacrifice... Aurora bears many identities and possesses extraordinary magical power that greatly influences Diamond City itself.
A woman shrouded in mystery, her true nature remains impossible to discern.
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About Bone Nail Studio
Bone Nail Studio is a team of passionate game developers (and cat lovers) dedicated to creating fun and engaging games. We strive for quality in everything we do, though we occasionally go a little off the rails. This is our fourth game and the official sequel to Yog-Sothoth's Yard. Anyway, we hope you enjoy exploring the world we've created!
Thank you all for your continued support!
—Bone Nail Studio
System Requirements
Will my PC run this? →Minimum
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows 10
- Processor: Intel i5 Quad-Core
- Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 Ti
- Storage: 4 GB available space
Recommended
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
Supported Languages
Latest news
Patch NotesOfficial
The Piper of Dawn – Version 1.0.11 Update
Hi everyone, this is Little Bone Nail!The 1.0.11 update introduces improvements to planting queue controls and fixes a number of issues related to Alchemy, genes, fishing, and Blackjack.Details are as follows:【Improvements】Humanwood planting queues now support drag-and-drop seed sorting, allowing players to arrange the sowing order freely.In Blackjack, a notification will now appear when the number of cards in hand exceeds the hand limit.【Bug Fixes】Fixed an issue where exchanging hybrid seeds through Seed Alchemy could consume additional Alchemy materials.Fixed an issue where the Cthulhu faction effect behaved incorrectly during Alchemy.Fixed an issue where material quantities could be calculated incorrectly when performing ten consecutive Alchemy attempts under the Cthulhu faction effect.Fixed an issue where crops with an innate gene could replace one of four existing genes when planted.Fixed an issue where the Perfect Genes achievement (grow a crop with all-gold genes) would not unlock correctly under certain conditions.Fixed an issue where right-clicking at the exact moment the fishing line broke during nighttime fishing could cause the game to become stuck.Fixed an issue where returning to the main menu during the story sequence at the end of the first week could result in a black screen and freeze.Fixed an issue where Humanwood with Water Control Specialization could receive an incorrectly named Skill Source Seed after being released.Corrected several inconsistencies in terminology across the game text.【How to Fix “Fatal error: Failed to load il2cpp”】Open Windows Security → Virus & threat protection → Protection history and check whether il2cpp.dll or GameAssembly.dll has been quarantined. If so, restore the file and add the game installation folder to the exclusion list. If you use third-party antivirus software, please check it as well and add these files to its trusted list / whitelist.In your Steam Library, right-click the game → Properties → Installed File...Read full article on Community Announcements (MM Games)Patch NotesOfficial
The Piper of Dawn – Version 1.0.10 Update
Hi everyone, this is Little Bone Nail.The 1.0.10 update mainly focuses on bug fixes, particularly issues that could cause the game to become stuck while passing time or during Alchemy.Details are as follows:【Bug Fixes】Fixed an issue where the game could become stuck while passing time or during settlement due to the Free Alchemy device.Fixed an issue where the Alchemy result would not automatically appear after a failed Extreme Alchemy attempt.Fixed an issue where the main story could become stuck under certain conditions and prevent further progression.Thank you again for playing and for all your feedback. We hope you continue to enjoy the game!Read full article on Community Announcements (MM Games)Patch NotesOfficial
The Piper of Dawn – Version 1.0.9 Update
Hi everyone, this is Little Bone Nail!The 1.0.9 update mainly focuses on bug fixes, including several issues that could cause the game to become stuck.Details are as follows:【Improvements】Improved localization text for English, Japanese, and other languages.Optimized Humanwood work logic during nightly settlement and while passing time. The game should now remain smoother and more stable even when a large number of Humanwood are working.【Bug Fixes】Fixed an issue where the game could become stuck when 10 Gardener Humanwood were working at the same time.Fixed an issue where audio and subtitles were out of sync in the ending video.Corrected several incorrect item descriptions.Fixed incorrect decoration layer ordering in certain scenes.Fixed display issues affecting some interfaces after switching languages.【How to Fix “Fatal error: Failed to load il2cpp”】Open Windows Security → Virus & threat protection → Protection history and check whether il2cpp.dll or GameAssembly.dll has been quarantined. If so, restore the file and add the game installation folder to the exclusion list. If you use third-party antivirus software, please check it as well and add these files to its trusted list / whitelist.In your Steam Library, right-click the game → Properties → Installed Files → Verify integrity of game files.Install the latest Microsoft Visual C++ 2015–2022 x64 Redistributable.Try right-clicking the game .exe and selecting Run as administrator.Thank you again for playing and for all your feedback. We hope you continue to enjoy the game!Read full article on Community Announcements (MM Games)Patch NotesOfficial
The Piper of Dawn – Version 1.0.8 Update
Hi everyone, this is Little Bone Nail!The 1.0.8 update adds two new control options and fixes several issues related to genes, Humanwood, Alchemy, and Blackjack.Details are as follows:【Improvements】Added two new options under Settings: ① Collect all production outputs with one action ② Quickly remove crops Both options are disabled by default and can be enabled manually in Settings.Improved the Recycle All function in Building Mode. It will now only apply to the currently selected category.Humanwood can now display a Not Working status (affected by random skills), making it easier to identify which characters are currently not working.Added a quest pop-up after faction story events to help prevent players from missing faction orders.Continued improvements to story content and presentation.【Bug Fixes】Fixed an issue with the Clone gene effect.Fixed issues with the Humanwood skills Occultist and Broadcaster.Fixed an issue where the Cthulhu Oracle faction effect would not apply to the Free Alchemy Formation while passing time.Fixed an issue affecting the Free Alchemy Formation.Fixed an issue in Blackjack where playing a seventh card could cause the game to become stuck.Adjusted enemy card descriptions in Blackjack. References to “hand” now clearly specify player hand where applicable.Fixed inconsistencies in the names of certain items.【How to Fix “Fatal error: Failed to load il2cpp”】If you encounter this error when launching the game, please try the following:Open Windows Security → Virus & threat protection → Protection history and check whether il2cpp.dll or GameAssembly.dll has been quarantined. If so, restore the file and add the game installation folder to the exclusion list. If you are using third-party antivirus software, please check it as well and add these files to its trusted list / whitelist.In your Steam Library, right-click the game → Properties → Installed Files → Verify integrity of game files.Install the latest Microsoft Visual C++ 2015–2022 x64 Redistr...Read full article on Community Announcements (MM Games)Patch NotesOfficial
The Piper of Dawn – Version 1.0.7 Update
Hi everyone, this is Little Bone Nail!The 1.0.7 update introduces several quality-of-life improvements while also fixing a number of issues related to farming, Humanwood, and Blackjack.Details are as follows:【Improvements】Added a Quick Add function to commissioned trade, allowing items to be added with a single action instead of one by one.Added a Remove All Alchemy Materials button to the Alchemy interface for faster material retrieval.Added Quick Purchase to merchants, allowing multiple items to be purchased at once without repeatedly opening the purchase window.Seed-related interfaces, including planting guide signs and Humanwood sowing queues, now display the amount of produce associated with each seed, making it easier to check current inventory.Planting guide signs now display hybrid seeds with different base seeds separately, instead of combining their quantities.When the Salesperson Humanwood skill is triggered (after a customer spends all of their carried money), the customer will now prioritize purchasing items they actually need.Continued improvements to story presentation.【Bug Fixes】Fixed an issue where adding or removing hybrid seeds in Humanwood planting plans could change the seed base.Fixed an issue where different gene ordering could result in inconsistent actual effects.Fixed display issues with hybrid seeds.Fixed an issue where Humanwood could fail to work under certain conditions.Fixed an issue where forced inheritance genes could still take effect after enabling Stop Genome Updates.Fixed an issue in Blackjack where the effect of the Jack of Diamonds would not activate when played again after being returned to the hand.Read full article on Community Announcements (MM Games)
