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Evaluation
Apocryph launched on April 27, 2018. At launch, the developer noted that a significant content update was coming by end of May and promised continued free updates. True to that, the developer shipped three major content updates in quick succession: Patch 1.0.2 on May 25, 2018 (adding the first level of Episode 2), Patch 1.0.3 on June 11, 2018 (adding another new level), and Patch 1.0.4 on June 29, 2018 (completing Episode 2 with two more levels). After June 29, 2018, all developer communication ceased entirely — no further news posts, patches, or announcements have appeared. The game has no DLC listings and no unreleased content on the store. The three post-launch content drops all arrived within a two-month window, which appears to have completed the content roadmap the developer outlined at launch (targeting around 10 hours of total gameplay). With nearly eight years of silence since the last update and no outstanding commitments, the game is best understood as a completed, finite product.
Evidence
Patch 1.0.4 completed Episode 2 with two new levels. This is the last official communication from the developer.
Patch 1.0.2 added the first level of Episode 2, fulfilling the promised May update.
Media
Details
Developer
Publisher
Bigzur Games
Achievements
10
Platform
Windows, Linux
Controller
—
Steam Deck
Playable
Players
Single-player
About this game

Apocryph is a FPS set in a brutal dark fantasy world. It takes it's roots in old-school fantasy shooters, so prepare for intense sword-and-sorcery FPS action amidst forgotten castles, evil shrines and decrepit dungeons!

The world of Apocryph is a grim, violent place, harboring magic, dark rituals and dangers around every corner. Wherever you go you'll be facing unrelenting monsters, traps and locked passages, and can only depend on yourself and your equipment to survive the trials.

- Static, carefully handcrafted levels and level-hubs, all packed with secrets, monsters and traps.
- Your character can wield up to 9 different weapons with alternative fire modes, including melee armaments, spells, staffs and artifacts.
- Items can help you in tough situations, health potions will aid your health, mana vials can restore your mana, combat items can do some damage to an opponent.
- There are also more rare and powerful relics to be found, such as the dreaded Obliterator Mask, which encases you in a suit of nigh-impenetrable armor, allows you to bash enemies with your plain fists and send powerful shockwaves across the walls and floor, or the Essence of the Reaper, which turns you into an avatar of Death itself, boosting your speed, granting you wings to perform double jumps and a wicked scythe which cleaves and destroys any opponent.
- Some weapons and items can be used to stun enemies, freeze them solid, deal area of effect damage or even provide defensive measures.
- The game uses a sophisticated gore system. A powerful finishing blow can rip a part of the enemy right out of him, while critically over damaging an opponent literally blows them to pieces, with limbs flying across the room and sticking to the walls.

You control the Arbiter, once a person of a high rank in Xilai religious hierarchy. The Xilai were known for many things, such as their artistry, magical arts and unity. But all the worlds feared them for a different reason - the Xilai worshiped Death itself. For centuries they raided countless worlds, reaping souls in the name of their dreaded Mistress.
Events preceding the game have led to your exile, and now, after many years you return back, only to find fortresses and lands overrun with demonic spawns and vile beasts. Why were you exiled? What could cause this desolation? It's time to find some answers... and reap some demon spawn in the name of Pale Mistress.
Last evaluated Jun 27, 2026
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