Goddess of Victory: NIKKE is a third-person shooter role-playing game developed by Shift Up and published by Level Infinite. Every fact here comes from the publisher's own site or the game's public release record, both opened on October 4, 2026. It released on November 4, 2022 for Android and iOS, with a Windows release following on February 15, 2023.
Game Facts
Developer, publisher, release dates, platforms and engine read from the game's public release record on October 4, 2026; setting and character roles from the official site's own text.
Background
NIKKE released on November 4, 2022 for Android and iOS, with the Windows version arriving on February 15, 2023. The game was originally planned for a 2020 worldwide release on Android and iOS before being moved to the later date.
The setting is a post-apocalyptic future in which the surface of the Earth was overrun by mechanical aliens called Raptures. The surviving humans fled underground and built the Ark, a metropolis ruled by the Central Government. Three private manufacturers — Elysion, Missilis Industry and Tetra Line, owned by Ingrid, Syuen and Mustang — form the 'Big Three' and produce the Nikkes.
How the Game Works
Nikkes are feminine cyborgs built with human brains and deployed as weapons against the Raptures, with the stated goal of restoring humanity to the surface. The official site describes Nikkes as obligated to obey human commands without exception, and the game's own premise text frames them as 'the sole hope who can bring victory to mankind evicted from the surface.'
The story is played from the perspective of the Commander, who graduated from the Military Academy one day before the events of the game. The Commander leads a squad called Counters, made up of the Nikkes Anis and Rapi, with Neon joining later in the story.
The Commander views Nikkes with sympathy and privately advocates for Nikke rights — which the game states is illegal under the laws of the Ark.
The official site's own character profiles are the richest first-party source here. Rapi is introduced as one of the main party members with considerable combat acumen, and as someone whose long record of insubordination has left her shuffled between commanders. Marian is introduced as the first Nikke the player meets, a gentle and straightforward character who is also the first to make the Commander aware of what death means for a Nikke.
That is where the sourced description ends.
Official Channels
- Goddess of Victory: NIKKE — official site — the publisher's own site, and the source this page is built from.
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Cosplay
Our cosplay column covers one female lead from this game as a costume design study. It is an illustrated entry, not a photograph of a real cosplayer, and we say so on the page itself.
Rapi
Rapi is a playable Nikke and the game's deuteragonist, serial number RR-15436, manufactured by Elysion and assigned to the Counters squad. The official site introduces her as one of the main party members with considerable combat acumen, and notes that a long history of insubordination has earned her a reputation for being difficult, resulting in her being shuffled between commanders. She is the character featured on the game's app icon.
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Beyond the illustrated entry above, our photo galleries collect real photographs of cosplayers at public events — freely licensed from Wikimedia Commons and credited to each photographer.
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