Apsulov: End of Gods

About

You play as Alice waking up in a brutalist shrine deep underground where humans tried to cage ancient Norse deities. This sci-fi survival game tasks you with piecing together logs and environmental clues about a civilization that merged technology with mythological relics. The story unfolds through fragmented records as you navigate decaying research facilities overrun by supernatural forces. Combat is minimal but tense, focusing on resource management and evasion as corrupted entities hunt you. The game’s strongest suit is its atmospheric fusion of cyberpunk and Viking legend. Set in a future where humanity’s tampering with Yggdrasil’s realms has spiraled into catastrophe, it leans into body horror and existential dread. Community reviews highlight its eerie soundtrack and methodical exploration, though some note pacing issues. With support on Switch and next-gen consoles, it offers a 10-12 hour narrative-driven experience blending puzzle solving with grim revelations about hubris. Metacritic scores hover around 72, praising its originality but critiquing uneven combat.

Storyline

The humans delved far beneath the earth to find the mercy of the gods. What they found was never meant to reach the surface. Not on Miðgarðr, nor any of the nine realms of Yggdrasil. Now their discovery wreaks havoc on their world, exploiting their technology, and leaving all in misery and decay. Through all their conquests and revelations they never stopped to consider that some things are buried for a reason. In a world of technology and mythological artifacts, chaos rules over the human realm. It is in this chaos that you find your purpose and destiny. In this future viking horror, Alice, the game's main heroine, awake in a sanctuary of steel and concrete, built to research and exploit the worlds of Yggdrasil, and to house an artifact, buried in the earth aeons ago.