Stones of Sorrow
Released May 2015
Real cave paintings. Brutal executions. Procedural Death Labyrinth. Single player & couch co-op. Your closest blood brother has betrayed you and tricked you into a cave labyrinth. Restore your honour by brutally crushing his skull with one of the STONES OF SORROW.
55% positive · 118 reviews
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
Done
All announced content has been released
High confidence
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Evaluation
Stones of Sorrow launched on May 26, 2015 as a complete roguelite experience. Following launch, the developer (Cult Software, a solo developer named Rain) actively maintained and improved the game through a series of patches — adding 4-player local co-op in July 2015, balancing changes and control overhauls through late 2015 and early 2016, Steam Leaderboards in March 2016, and a final feature patch (Update 1.2.4) on July 5, 2016. That July 2016 update is the last recorded communication from the developer. No further patches, announcements, or developer posts have appeared since that date. The only DLC — a soundtrack pack — was released alongside the game on launch day and is the only DLC listed. No unreleased DLC exists, no roadmap or future content was ever announced, and the developer made no statements promising ongoing content beyond the updates already delivered. The post-launch update activity tapered off naturally after about 14 months, with no signal of continuation. The game appears to have shipped as a complete product with a post-launch polish phase that concluded in mid-2016.
Evidence
Update 1.2.4 — the last recorded developer communication — added a monster counter and fixed several bugs. No mention of future updates or content plans.
Steam Leaderboards added along with the Golden Greatsword reward for top-ranked player. No future content teased.
Content
1 of 1 released · no outstanding content
Media
Details
Developer
Publisher
Cult Software
Achievements
14
Platform
Windows, macOS, Linux
Controller
partial support
Steam Deck
Not rated
Players
Single-player · Multiplayer · Co-op · Local/Split Screen
About this game
STONES OF SORROW is a cave painting PDL (Procedural Death Labyrinth).
The game features historic cave paintings, action focused gameplay and brutal executions.
Enjoy the great cave art from Southern Drakensberg, Rochester to Lascaux brought to life in an action-roguelite. All the characters were painted tens of thousands of years ago by our ancestors.
50+ gameplay altering items like:
You are that violent ruler. It is up to you to restore your honour. In order to achieve that you must find one of the STONES OF SORROW and brutally crush the skull of your betrayer.
A game solely developed by Rain Pohlak from the Avant-Garde Brutal Death Metal band NEOANDERTALS. All music in the game written & performed by Rain Pohlak & NEOANDERTALS.
The game features historic cave paintings, action focused gameplay and brutal executions.
Enjoy the great cave art from Southern Drakensberg, Rochester to Lascaux brought to life in an action-roguelite. All the characters were painted tens of thousands of years ago by our ancestors.
Features:
- Every time you die, the end boss gains +1 HP.
- Leaderboards. Only the best player in the world will be able to obtain a Golden Greatsword with Spikes! It deals 666 points of pure damage!
- Cannibalism! Eat the corpses of your enemies to restore health. But beware, unless you find a special item, you can choke to death.
- Deranged NPC-s who speak in black metal quotes.
- The bloodiest & most violent roguelite there is! Ultra juicy gore!
- Fast, hard, action based gameplay. Watch your stamina bar or suffer.
- Slaughter grotesque hordes created by the nightmarish imagination of our ancestors.
- Items and perks of great mystery and power! Gain the edge and crush your enemies!
- Use collected gold to buy permanent perks for your next life!
- Level up at bonfires to inflict greater damage, gain maximum health and do faster evasive rolls.
- CO-OPTIONAL GAMEPLAY - Work together or slay each other.
- Procedurally generated underground labyrinths.
- For up to 4 players on a single screen. Play on the same keyboard or use 4 controllers. The camera automatically zooms out when players are far away from each other and back in if players are close.
- Savage executions for extra 666 gold!
50+ gameplay altering items like:
- Eating the trader gives you +20 Strength.
- Every kill makes you +0.1% faster.
- An evasive roll kills enemies with less than 66% health.
- More executions = more damage! 0.8% more damage for every performed execution.
- Touching enemies will make them bleed to death for -10% healthpoints a second.
- Every hit adds 1% to damage. Resets when being hit.
- Eating a corpse makes you poisonous for 15 seconds.
Story:
The cave paintings tell an ancient story about a ruthless leader, who slaughtered all the tribes and burned all the lands. His father was murdered at a young age, so the world needed to feel his pain. His closest blood brother helped him rule in fear. But one day he betrayed him and lured him into a maze of torment.You are that violent ruler. It is up to you to restore your honour. In order to achieve that you must find one of the STONES OF SORROW and brutally crush the skull of your betrayer.
A game solely developed by Rain Pohlak from the Avant-Garde Brutal Death Metal band NEOANDERTALS. All music in the game written & performed by Rain Pohlak & NEOANDERTALS.
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