u/SmilingClare

Hi there. I've been thinking about this game for years now but haven't found it yet...The main character wakes up chained to a sacrificial altar, about to be sacrificed by a cultist. A flying skull appears, helps the protagonist kill the cultist, and frees him from his chains. After that, the player fights through the level, killing the remaining cultists while progressing through the story. The dialogue with npcs often had a slightly sarcastic tone. That's pretty much all I remember

Platform(s): PC

Genre: horror, occult / supernatural, metroidvania

Estimated year of release: ~1980-2018

Graphics/art style: 2d, high-quality pixel art prob. inspired by the 80s–90s

Notable characters: flying skull, white man (protagonist), cultists

Notable gameplay mechanics: you can talk to npcs, you can move between floors using stairs

Other details:

• strong lovecraftian / cosmic horror atmosphere
• top-down perspective (or isometric)
• multiple floors connected by stairways
• npcs you can talk to
• dialogue with a sarcastic sense of humor
• the first area is dominated by red colors and resembles hell
• soundtrack

If I remember anything else, I'll add it

Hi there. I've been thinking about this game for years now but haven't found it yet...The main character wakes up chained to a sacrificial altar, about to be sacrificed by a cultist. A flying skull appears, helps the protagonist kill the cultist, and frees him from his chains. After that, the player fights through the level, killing the remaining cultists while progressing through the story. The dialogue with npcs often had a slightly sarcastic tone. That's pretty much all I remember

Platform(s): PC

Genre: horror, occult / supernatural, metroidvania

Estimated year of release: ~1980-2018

Graphics/art style: 2d, high-quality pixel art prob. inspired by the 80s–90s

Notable characters: flying skull, white man (protagonist), cultists

Notable gameplay mechanics: you can talk to npcs, you can move between floors using stairs

Other details:

• strong lovecraftian / cosmic horror atmosphere
• top-down perspective (or isometric)
• multiple floors connected by stairways
• npcs you can talk to
• dialogue with a sarcastic sense of humor
• the first area is dominated by red colors and resembles hell
• soundtrack

If I remember anything else, I'll add it

Hi there. I've been thinking about this game for years now but haven't found it yet...The main character wakes up chained to a sacrificial altar, about to be sacrificed by a cultist. A flying skull appears, helps the protagonist kill the cultist, and frees him from his chains. After that, the player fights through the level, killing the remaining cultists while progressing through the story. The dialogue with npcs often had a slightly sarcastic tone. That's pretty much all I remember

Platform(s): PC

Genre: horror, occult / supernatural, metroidvania

Estimated year of release: ~1980-2018

Graphics/art style: 2d, high-quality pixel art prob. inspired by the 80s–90s

Notable characters: flying skull, white man (protagonist), cultists

Notable gameplay mechanics: you can talk to npcs, you can move between floors using stairs

Other details:

• strong lovecraftian / cosmic horror atmosphere
• top-down perspective (or isometric)
• multiple floors connected by stairways
• npcs you can talk to
• dialogue with a sarcastic sense of humor
• the first area is dominated by red colors and resembles hell
• soundtrack

If I remember anything else, I'll add it