Verho - Curse of Faces

In a world where revealing your face is fatal, masks offer protection from the Curse of Faces. You play a traveler venturing into Yariv, the land believed to be the curse’s source, to uncover its secrets and decide whether to end the curse or use its power.

Explore dangerous locations, search for hidden routes and rewards, solve puzzles, and meet masked characters with their own stories. Combat mixes melee and ranged weapons with magic; careful positioning, jumping, blocking, and timing attacks help you deal with enemies and bosses.

Defeating enemies earns experience for improving character stats, while weapons and spells offer different ways to approach fights. Equipment has stat requirements, weapons can be upgraded, and choices during the story and character quests can shape how events unfold.

Many supplied reviewers enjoy exploring Yariv for secrets and useful finds, and praise its dark atmosphere, worldbuilding, and story. Weapon and spell variety and the deliberate, timing-based combat also appeal to some players. Criticism most often concerns enemy attacks and hitboxes, with some reviewers also citing uneven difficulty or frustrating later areas; opinions on the combat and exploration differ.