Marrow
Fever Dream Gameworks · 2016 · Indie, Action, Gore, Violent, Adventure
PC
Mostly Positive77% · 52
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About Marrow
Marrow is a 2D, Cosmic-Horror themed, action-adventure game emphasizing challenge, puzzles, platforming, combat and navigation. Leap, crawl, slash and blast your way through the cavernous bowels of a menacing mountain in a quest to find your lost friends who now cry out for help, shrouded by the thick, living dark of the nameless peak's innards. A rotted town, crypt and Manor are merely the membrane which cover the deeper, undulating terrors left to decay countless years ago beneath the mud and rock.
Marrow's setting is a burial site, made with purpose to mask the devices and cosmic crimes of those who occupied the hill's once flat terrain, now broken and mangled within the mountain's insides.
Echoing within the hollows are the screeches and bellows of this realm's old inhabitants, shades and abominations seeking to forget the noxious truths and presences they uncovered with their unbridled experiments, attacking those who disrupt their shallow grave and mingling with the spirits of those seeking redemption, who are keen to guide you. You who might contain the grit and steely mind to face the mountain's darkest, imprisoned Secret and free them all from their sins.
Marrow will test your wits and reflexes, forcing you to face off against dozens of enemy types, either through avoidance or confrontation using the small number of still usable blades and relics left inside the mountain.
Search and explore every dark corner of Marrow's setting to increase your Grit (vitality) and Clarity (magic). Grasp new skills like Pyro-burst and Grit Regain. Use the last Luminous Orb to create tones, defend against enemy attacks and solve riddles. Enter the Fissures to uncover the Echo Realm, pull back the veil of reality and explore the world with a different perspective, but be mindful of the new dangers which dwell at the edge of normal perception. Light torches and braziers to illuminate your way, blast from spot to spot using the Orbital Anchors, and much more!
Look and Listen. The Orphans are lost within the mountain, but when nearby you can hear them chanting a familiar song, one shared between you and your friends. Follow the withering melody and send the lost children back to the mountains top, to the house on the hill.
Features
-A subterranean world to explore and survive made up of many unique, handcrafted areas, Not random, Not procedural
-Dozens of ghastly ghosts, shades and otherworldly monsters, with their own quirks and weaknesses to contend with
-Numerous Bosses, some optional, stand between you and the Secret of the mountain
-Light your way, uncover the glistening Medallions of the deep to better illuminate the path ahead, ignore these crucial items at your own peril, without them you may find yourself nearly blind in the depths
-An ending hidden behind more than just the final boss, save your friends or suffer a fate worse than even those you left behind
-A persistent world, enemies beaten will remain beaten until a Save Point is activated, reanimating your once defeated foes (Bosses not included). Do you go back to heal but once again face the enemies, or stay the course and face the unknown ahead?
-SEND ME BACK, found an item but low on health, warp back to the last save room, but beware, if you attempt this rite after the Bell has rung it may prove fatal, robbing you of your progress
-Post Game Modes, Finish the game once (under any condition) to unlock Echo Mode and Survival Mode
-Survival Mode, face the challenge of finishing the game with a set number of lives, after your last one, the game will reset and save, forcing you to start over from scratch, Oh No! Don't worry about your friends though, they are safe but have left you dolls of themselves in the places they were hiding before, which now act as an Extra Life in survival mode! The goal is simple, beat the final boss as fast as you can and brag about your best Score
-Echo Mode, view the entire game as if you are in the Echo Realm
-Mix and Match your modes! Want to play Survival Mode and Echo Mode simultaneously, you can!
Marrow's setting is a burial site, made with purpose to mask the devices and cosmic crimes of those who occupied the hill's once flat terrain, now broken and mangled within the mountain's insides.
Echoing within the hollows are the screeches and bellows of this realm's old inhabitants, shades and abominations seeking to forget the noxious truths and presences they uncovered with their unbridled experiments, attacking those who disrupt their shallow grave and mingling with the spirits of those seeking redemption, who are keen to guide you. You who might contain the grit and steely mind to face the mountain's darkest, imprisoned Secret and free them all from their sins.
Marrow will test your wits and reflexes, forcing you to face off against dozens of enemy types, either through avoidance or confrontation using the small number of still usable blades and relics left inside the mountain.
Search and explore every dark corner of Marrow's setting to increase your Grit (vitality) and Clarity (magic). Grasp new skills like Pyro-burst and Grit Regain. Use the last Luminous Orb to create tones, defend against enemy attacks and solve riddles. Enter the Fissures to uncover the Echo Realm, pull back the veil of reality and explore the world with a different perspective, but be mindful of the new dangers which dwell at the edge of normal perception. Light torches and braziers to illuminate your way, blast from spot to spot using the Orbital Anchors, and much more!
Look and Listen. The Orphans are lost within the mountain, but when nearby you can hear them chanting a familiar song, one shared between you and your friends. Follow the withering melody and send the lost children back to the mountains top, to the house on the hill.
Features
-A subterranean world to explore and survive made up of many unique, handcrafted areas, Not random, Not procedural
-Dozens of ghastly ghosts, shades and otherworldly monsters, with their own quirks and weaknesses to contend with
-Numerous Bosses, some optional, stand between you and the Secret of the mountain
-Light your way, uncover the glistening Medallions of the deep to better illuminate the path ahead, ignore these crucial items at your own peril, without them you may find yourself nearly blind in the depths
-An ending hidden behind more than just the final boss, save your friends or suffer a fate worse than even those you left behind
-A persistent world, enemies beaten will remain beaten until a Save Point is activated, reanimating your once defeated foes (Bosses not included). Do you go back to heal but once again face the enemies, or stay the course and face the unknown ahead?
-SEND ME BACK, found an item but low on health, warp back to the last save room, but beware, if you attempt this rite after the Bell has rung it may prove fatal, robbing you of your progress
-Post Game Modes, Finish the game once (under any condition) to unlock Echo Mode and Survival Mode
-Survival Mode, face the challenge of finishing the game with a set number of lives, after your last one, the game will reset and save, forcing you to start over from scratch, Oh No! Don't worry about your friends though, they are safe but have left you dolls of themselves in the places they were hiding before, which now act as an Extra Life in survival mode! The goal is simple, beat the final boss as fast as you can and brag about your best Score
-Echo Mode, view the entire game as if you are in the Echo Realm
-Mix and Match your modes! Want to play Survival Mode and Echo Mode simultaneously, you can!
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
If you are reading, I NEED YOUR HELP, I am locked in this dudes basement and he forces me to play Marrow everyday! All we get to eat is BEANS, I cant stand it anymore, and he doesnt stop singing about being "lost in necropolis", he is genuinely crazy! There are others here, one of them refused to play by his rules, so instead he pulled out an ultra dense cube and just caved their skull in!! Please I dont have much time left, I have been stuck on this ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ invisible boss for the past few days and he is getting impatient...5 found this helpful
[h1]Marrow[/h1] I think this is a game that almost justifies supporting the developer for. It is everything I hoped it would be. I also do not think it is a 'good game' and I don't even think the majority of people should really play it at all. I think the average person would get more out of playing something like Yume Nikki (or its fan games) which offer similar experiences executing a singular author's vision without restraint, they just also sidestep the frustration and suffering inherent to playing Marrow. Much of this review is going to read as negative (I stand by it) but I ultimately do recommend it; specifically to the type of person looking at a decade old indie with under 50 reviews and who after reading those reviews thinks to themselves, 'this sounds good, actually'. [h1]Short Advice[/h1] If you feel like attempting to play: [list] [*]Read the controls screen in general. [*]Jump while attacking to avoid recovery. [*]Mash left and right while jumping to hit things multiple times. [*]Knockback pushes you away from the way you are facing. [*]Backdashing is mostly useful as a way to damage boost. [*]If you get a piece of jewellery and see a white house, pay attention t…3 found this helpful
What a game man. 9/10 play it if you want a game with an uncompromised vision arent afraid to be challenged in multiple ways. Original sick art and unique atmosphere. Great sound and music across the entire game. Precise platforming controls despite just being a basic jump. Great feedback for hitting or getting hit. Difficulty is a bit overstated but this game is very punishing so if you die you go way back and savepoints are sparse in some places. Sometimes when playing this games it feels hopeless but as long as you keep trying you will find the way, or have an expert friend who can give you a hint if you are stuck :^). I thought a lot about marrow when i wasnt playing it.1 found this helpful
Combat is extremely punishing, but the exploration and amazing art direction makes it worth it.
Combat felt awful, final boss is a joke, never intend on finishing it. 8/10, best bad game I've ever played.
This is so hard it's emotionally damaging, but equally entertaining. I value a game that refuses to hold my hand and let's me feel challenged. This game is cruel in it's treatment of the player but is fair. I love the aesthetics and the music is way better than you would expect in a game like this. I think all the bad reviews for this game were probably a skill issue, and I'm saying that as someone who is bad at the game. I enjoy being bad at the game, I enjoy it forces me to pay attention, and I enjoy that it refuses to lead me through a game that I paid money to be challenged by. I would argue that a game this challenging is the ultimate value in gaming because it requires you to develop skill to succeed and Is entertaining enough to keep you playing long enough to develop that skill. The story is vague and kinda unsettling, nothing is explained as far as I've played, but plenty is there to draw conclusions from. The enemies are all really weird and creepy and I can't help how much this reminds me of a platformer Koudelka, which was also awesome and underrated in it's time.
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