Eresys

The game

Teamwork is the only way through. Up to four players take the roles of cultists and face the entities of the Lovecraftian mythos together, against enemies driven by smart AI. It can also be played alone, offline.

Eresys is the studio’s only multiplayer game, led on the programming side by Adonis Brosteanu.

The story

A cultist expelled from the order has opened a Void Portal on a secluded island, and the entities pouring through it have already claimed many lives. You and your fellow cultists have to send them back where they came from and seal the portal: gather what the offerings need, feed the altars, and perform the final ritual before the island is overrun.

How it plays

Everything on the island points toward that last ritual, and the entities learn from what you do.

• The book of the order can banish the ancient entity once it is complete. Its pages are scattered across the island, and the team decides who carries it.
• Blood from the enchanted victims fills your vials, and the altars, summoned from the necroworld, turn it into blood spheres.
• The entities have spent eons in the void and do not know light. Keep at least two oil lamps lit as a group, and keep them filled.
• Houses and caves give a moment of safety and the resources you need, and sometimes something worse.
• A coin or an idol can set off an unexpected event. Anything tied to the occult might.
• The AI weighs your choices and actions and finds new ways to reach you.

Where it comes from

Eresys takes its cultists, its book and its ritual from the mythology of H. P. Lovecraft. Our article on Eresys and the cults of the Lovecraft mythos traces them to the stories.

Facts

Players	1 to 4: online or LAN co-op, or single player offline
Minimum PC	64-bit Windows 7, Intel Core i5 4400 or AMD Ryzen 5 1600, 8 GB RAM, Nvidia GTX 1060 3 GB, 15 GB storage
Early Access	20 April 2023, Steam
Full release	18 December 2023, Steam
Platform	PC (Windows)