The Void
Ice-Pick Lodge · 2009 · Surreal, Philosophical, Nudity, Story Rich, Adventure
PC
Very Positive82% · 94177Metacritic
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About The Void
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Navigate 29 chambers of a mysterious Void by drawing sigils with color to reshape the world, nourish mysterious Sisters, battle grotesque Brothers, and hunt for fragments of Color that fundamentally alter your abilities and the environment around you. Every action you take ripples across the entire world, forcing you to balance between power and consequence as you search for a way to break free from an endless cycle.
When a person’s soul is extinguished, for a brief flickering moment it passes The Void—a grey limbo, breathed back to life by scarce droplets of Color scattered across it. Ravenous, monstrous Brothers beckon the soul to preserve every bit of it; enticing, sly Sisters beg to be fed. The whole Void, inhabited also by a multitude of weird and sometimes scary creatures, changes with every droplet of Color used, making every action you take have repercussions across the whole world.But perhaps there is another way to use the Color. The way to break out of the never-ending cycle of the Void. Nourishing Color in gardens and fighting the Void’s creatures, unlocking the Sisters’ hearts and taking on their Brothers, the player gets the chance to find it… and achieve ultimate transcendence.
- Explore the Void. Broken into 29 separate chambers, the place you have fallen into is full of secrets, twists, and turns.
- Nourish, hunt, mine. Each type of environment offers its own features: grow Color in some, hunt for it or mine it in others, unlocking new chambers through the Sisters.
- Draw your soul. All important actions in the game are executed through drawing on the screen, the effect depending both on the sigil drawn and the color used.
- Get to know the Sisters. Each of them representing a combination of two Colors, each of them alluring and greedy, the Sisters are willing to spill their hearts out—if you fill them with Color first.
- Obey… or disobey. Seeing you as one of their own, the grotesque Brothers are willing to share their wisdom—as long as you obey. And if you don’t, be prepared for hard fights with intimidating gigantic foes.
- Gaze long into the Void and feel it gaze into you. The only resource in the game, Color changes both you and the world around you with every droplet used. Accumulating Red inside your heart can make you strong, but it also makes predators more aggressive; find the perfect balance or just watch the world react to every choice of yours.
- Listen to the Voice of Color and find your true purpose.
What Steam players say
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This might be Ice Pick Lodge's weirdest game, and that's saying something. Play it with a guide. The Brothers' design are second to none. There are some weird things about female representation, but Dybowski was still a part of the studio at the time.7 found this helpful
The Void from the same minds behind Pathologic isn’t just a game… it’s straight up art that happens to be playable. Nothing about it is normal. The mechanics, the way you interact with the world, even the logic behind what you’re doing, it all feels alien on purpose. You’re not just “playing”, you’re trying to understand something that doesn’t want to be understood easily. The visuals, the atmosphere, the whole concept of color as life… it’s weird, uncomfortable, and kind of hypnotic. It doesn’t care if you’re having fun in a traditional sense, it just pulls you into its own rules and leaves you there. It’s confusing, sometimes frustrating, but also unique. There’s nothing else quite like it. Not for everyone, it is very abstract and unique, but if it clicks, it clicks. 9/10, this is art disguised as a game.2 found this helpful
https://youtu.be/wNnkxIDkMy0 The player is dead, but they live by absorbing color from the environment, but not literally, only figuratively from the plants. Then that color is used to cast spells but awkwardly to fight off some monsters. And sometimes the clothes disappears?1 found this helpful
DeVOID of fun.
if you know you know use console commands from the beginning its a lot more fun
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