Fatum Betula

In a world with no past and little apparent change, you encounter an ancient birch that determines the future. Your task is to find something to feed it, though the meaning of the world and its inhabitants is left for you to interpret.

Explore strange locations, talk with unusual characters, and inspect objects for clues and useful items. Light puzzles and experimentation help you find different substances and uncover secrets.

Bring what you find back to the birch: your choice determines the outcome. Multiple endings encourage you to revisit the world and try different approaches. The low-resolution, early-3D presentation is paired with an atmospheric soundtrack.

Players often enjoy the game’s eerie, dreamlike atmosphere and low-resolution visuals, which help make its strange world memorable. Reviews also praise exploring its locations, discovering secrets, and finding different endings, with some players appreciating the reflective or open-to-interpretation writing and soundtrack. Others find the objectives and some ending requirements difficult to work out, and describe the repeated searching as frustrating or tedious.