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As the Simulacrum, explore cosmic ruins, battle their godlike horrors, gather Ichor, and expand a shrine in a 2D action-platformer.
Released 24 Oct 2024
Collect God Ichor
Explore Cosmic Ruins
Expand Your Shrine
Voidwrought is a 2D action-platformer set in a hand-drawn world of cosmic horrors. Explore the thawing ruins of the First Civilisation and strike down the gods that dwell there. Grow your powers, uncover ancient artifacts, and expand your shrine amid the wreckage.
Developed by Powersnake · Published by Powersnake
In a world stirred by the Red Star, you play as the Simulacrum, emerging from a cocoon to collect Ichor—the blood of gods—from the horrors that hoard it. Your journey takes you through the ruins of the First Civilisation and the depths beneath the Gray City.
Explore connected regions, fight enemies and bosses, and use movement abilities to reach new areas and uncover secrets. Finding new abilities can open routes through places you have already visited, while artifacts scattered across the world offer additional powers.
Equip Relics and Souls to shape your combat style, and excavate and expand your shrine to gather followers. Growing the shrine can reveal further rewards, abilities, and secrets; New Game+ also offers three challenge modifiers.
Players who enjoy Voidwrought often single out its open-ended exploration, hidden rewards, hand-drawn environments, and atmospheric music. Some also appreciate how new movement abilities support backtracking and how Relics and Souls let them adjust their combat approach. Experiences with controls, combat difficulty, and boss balance vary; several reviews find movement slippery or enemies overly durable, while others enjoy the challenge or find later fights easy.
The coming of the Red Star heralds a new age. Emerging from its cocoon, the Simulacrum is driven to collect Ichor, the blood of the gods, from the monstrosities who hoard it.
Voidwrought is a fast-paced action-platformer with tight traversal, varied abilities, and formidable boss battles. Find and equip powerful Relics and Souls to customize your playstyle. Excavate into the rubble of the Gray City to construct a shrine filled with loyal followers.
Descend below the star-scorched surface and explore the multidimensional depths below. Witness the corrupted revelry of the Court, lose yourself in the icy tunnels of the Old Waters, and discover the grim fate of the Abandoned Expedition.
With sharp controls, engaging exploration, and deep lore to discover, Voidwrought is a dynamic addition to the modern Metroidvania genre.
The world is filled with treasures sought by the learned, the brave, and the mad. Scour the halls of your shrine, rend the corpses of defeated deities, and hunt in the hidden corners of the cosmos to find objects capable of granting unique powers.
Discover and equip over 50 Relics and Souls, from spectral weapons to passive buffs, to match your preferred playstyle.
Some still cling to the original faith. From a tiny cult, expand your influence and excavate further into the ruins. As you expand your shrine and followers, new secrets, rewards, and horrors come to light.
Experience smooth, satisfying movement and tight controls.
Explore atmospheric, hand-drawn biomes, from the star-scorched Surface to the biomechanical Abandoned Expedition.
Fight over 70 enemies and 11 formidable bosses.
Customize your playstyle with over 50 active Relics and passive Souls.
Expand your shrine to discover new treasures, abilities, and secrets.
Enjoy a rich, foreboding score by Anima: Song of the Abyss and Vigil: The Longest Night composer Jouni Valjakka.
Up the ante and bargain your life for power with three unique New Game+ modifiers
| Platforms | Windows |
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| Achievements | 73 |
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| Controller support | PlayStation, Xbox |
| Controller required | No |
| Demo | View demo on Steam |
| DLC / extras | 1 listed on Steam |
| DRM / EULA |
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| Metacritic | 76/100 View on Metacritic |
| Website | Official website |
