Graven

Graven is a first-person action-adventure game set in a dark medieval fantasy world. You play a faithful priest of the Orthogonal order, exiled to death for a crime committed in defense of another. You awaken in a small boat adrift in a swamp; a stranger takes you to solid ground and gives you a mysterious staff and book, along with a cryptic warning. You set out to ease suffering, uncover deception and destroy eldritch forces encroaching on reality.

Explore and uncover

You solve puzzles and search for lore to learn the motives of the heretical sects behind the plagues and seasons disrupting the land. The world spans multiple biomes and expands as you explore. Return to familiar places with new abilities to reach further into chasms and discover the powers hidden there.

Use your abilities

Your staff and other abilities let you affect the environment in different ways: spread fires, charge machinery, reveal hidden paths and freeze rivers so you can cross them. You find new weapons and can customize them by upgrading them at blacksmiths and alchemists.

Enemies and co-op

The game includes over 20 distinct enemies and three bosses. You can also join up to seven friends in cooperative play.

A parallel path

You can walk a parallel path that leads into the recesses of the world, where reality becomes a bitter plaything.

Visual and voice design

Graven combines modern development tools and techniques with a stark late-90s aesthetic. Character designs are by Chuck Jones, whose work includes Duke Nukem 3D and Half-Life, and Stephan Weyte provides voice talent; his credits include Blood, Fire Emblem and Dusk.