Travelling At Night Public demo status

Travelling At Night’s first public demo went live on Steam on 10 August 2026 (announced for 6PM BST / 10AM PDT). It covers the Introduction chapter in Antibes and Sanitarium Aujourd’hui, ending as you board toward Mimata. This page summarises inclusions, exclusions, and polish so guides stay calibrated.

What you can do

Explore twenty-plus NPCs; recruit Vincent; craft at thin places; wear a truncated six-outfit set; expand Footnotes; manage Dread and Trace; chase Nenah leads; grow Careers, Passions, and sixteen skills. Word density rivals Cultist Simulator at launch. Combat remains absent—by design.

Travelling At Night — HUNTED trailer

What you should not expect yet

Full multi-region travelling; Lalla Chaima and Corso Reverte recruitment; complete voice coverage everywhere; final UI everywhere; nineteen outfits; every faction ending. Weather Factory continues balancing Antibes-focused work against the rest of the cake.

Polish honesty

Developer posts mention prior beta issues (recipe menus, dialogue smoothness, rare world holes). Public demo is a deep slice they are proud of, not a claim of final sheen. If something clips, repath and check storefront notes. Controls habits: Controls.

How this wiki uses status

Guides assume Vincent is recruitable, crafts exist, and Mimata ends the slice. Builds assume four careers. World pages assume listed NPCs. If a patch changes recruitment or meters, update notes here first, then ripple to Complete demo.

Player checklist tied to status

Wishlist the full game; finish Introduction literacy; start a second Career; read Platforms for GOG timing relative to Steam stability. Lore curiosity: Lore primer. Official links: Wiki links.

Trailer context

Marketing trailers (including WORMS-era tone pieces used on guide pages) set horror-noir mood; they are not combat promises. Gameplay remains dialogue, craft, and meters.

Inclusion checklist (player-facing)

Live: Antibes + Sanitarium, four careers, Passions, sixteen skills, Vincent, crafts, six outfits, Footnotes, Dread/Trace, Nenah leads, Mimata seam.
Not live: full travel roster, Chaima/Corso, final polish everywhere, nineteen outfits.
Keep this split taped above your monitor if FOMO hits.

Trailer versus systems

Trailers sell dread and beauty; systems pages teach verbs. If a trailer implies chase energy, remember Pursued can be bureaucratic-occult rather than action-combat. Status pages exist to prevent category errors.

Player support etiquette

When friends ask “is it done?”, answer with the inclusion checklist, not with vague hype. When they ask “is it broken?”, distinguish polish nits from systems misunderstanding. Point them at How to play before hardware panic. Status pages are customer-support for a combat-free CRPG community.

Wishlist timing

Wishlist before or during demo week so you catch full-launch noise. Demo completion without wishlist is fine; just know you may miss the night train announcement later.

Content boundary reminders

If a guide mentions east Berlin ice or Hush House playable floors as demo facts, distrust it. If a guide mentions Vincent following and six outfits, trust it. Boundary discipline keeps the wiki useful. Status pages are the bouncer. When friends paste combat mods or fake companion unlock codes, point them here and to Wiki links. The demo is deep enough without counterfeit content. Play Antibes; leave Mimata wanting more; that wanting is the feature Weather Factory shipped on 10 August 2026. Screenshot your own inclusion checklist after clearing Mimata. Proof beats memory when arguing what the demo contained in August 2026. Keep official posts bookmarked beside that screenshot. If a friend claims combat landed in a silent patch, ask for the storefront note—status literacy includes rumour refusal. The Introduction remains dialogue, craft, meters, and departure. If your clear lacked crafts or Footnotes, the demo is not “too short”—your verb set is. Status pages measure shipping; checklists measure literacy. Hold both standards.