Ninth Night Games Back to the Tree
Support the Studio

Keep the Watchfires Lit

Nine rings. One night.

Every game in the Ninth Night is free, ad-free, and yours to keep — forever. It stays that way because of the few who choose to stand behind it. Here is how you can be one of them.

The Promise, First

Patronage, not a paywall

Nothing in the Ninth Night is ever locked. There is no "play the first half free," no chapter behind a membership, no ending you must pay to see. A child who opens one of these games can finish it — every time, forever — whether their family gives a single coin or not.

That is not a choice we might revisit. It is the whole point. Our name comes from the nine nights Odin hung upon the world-tree to win the runes, and then gave them away. A studio built on that story does not seize the last runes and charge admission.

So your support buys nothing that anyone else is denied.
It buys a place inside the work — and it leaves the gate open for the next family.

Where the Line Falls

Free for all · A place for patrons

⚒ Always free · for everyone
  • Every game, start to finish — no account, no paywall, ever.
  • Plays in any browser, on any device, online or off.
  • No ads. No tracking. Nothing collected from your children.
  • Free to use in your home, co-op, classroom, or library.
  • New realms and new games, released free as they're finished.
✦ For patrons · a place in the work
  • The devlog behind the curtain — the making, and the why.
  • Your name in the mead-hall roll; a place in the sagas.
  • Print-and-play companions — boards, maps, rune charts.
  • The offline vault — the whole catalog as one archive.
  • A vote in the forge, and early access to what's next.
Three Roads

Ways to Stand Behind It

Patreon

Take a seat in the hall as a patron — steady support that funds new games, new realms, and new lessons, season after season.

Join the Hall
Buy Me a Coffee

No pledge, no commitment — a single horn of mead for the forge, whenever the mood strikes. Every cup keeps a game free.

Raise a Horn
itch.io

No coin at all — follow the studio and rate the games on itch.io. Free to do, and it helps new players find their way to the tree.

Find the Games

One hall, kept warm

However you help — a seat in the hall, a single coin, or a word to a friend — you keep these games free for the next curious soul who climbs the tree. That is the whole of it, and it means a great deal.