Occulto

Occulto is a hand-drawn point-and-click adventure about Eliot, a young apprentice whose Master has vanished from his alchemical workshop. Eliot finds chaos in the workshop and a secret map leading to an ancient monastery, while a sinister Presence searches for the Unwritten Book, a forbidden tome of immense power once entrusted to the Master. You guide Eliot through a fairy-tale world, solving puzzles and uncovering what happened to his Master.

A wordless story

The story has no dialogue, voice acting or text logs. It unfolds through animation, environmental details and comic-style thought bubbles. The dreamlike setting draws on medieval Italy and the Middle East, with forgotten places and strange encounters. Every background, character, animation and detail is drawn by hand.

Observation and puzzles

You explore each place for clues, using observation and deduction to solve riddles. Puzzle solutions are hidden in the world, so progress comes from careful exploration rather than trial and error. The game also uses unconventional adventure-game logic: you can distract characters, use magical items such as a secret-revealing magnifying lens, and alter mechanical traps to reach hidden sanctuaries.