The Wicked Souls

About this game

A story focused metroidvania adventure!

The Wicked Souls is a Metroidvania with a strong focus on an exciting and imaginative story.
Explore the mysterious tower in the afterlife with the postman Bones and his mischievous companion Dietrich and uncover its secrets.

Get ready for a thrilling tale!

In the afterlife, there are all kinds of important things that need to be done. Great heroes, the reapers, embark on perilous adventures in a life between the two worlds. But behind the scenes there is a system that needs to run smoothly and there are people who keep it going.

As a postman, little Bones is only responsible for delivering letters, but when he comes across a mysterious lantern, all of a sudden the fate of his entire world is in his hands. A battle between good and evil seems inevitable, as does the question of what “good and evil” actually mean. Bones has a decision to make, with monumental implications …

Gameplay Features

• Experience a thrilling story where your decisions effect the ending and the combat
  
• Explore a large, networked game world and discover what adventures it has in store
  
• Engage in action based combat with your magical and mysterious lantern
  
• Fight various fun and challenging bosses
  
• Upgrade your lantern to gain mystical abilities and spells
  
• Discover secrets hidden around the world of the afterlife
  
• Solve Puzzles based on old school Point&Click Adventures with our unique inventory system
  
• Help people around the afterlife by solving side quests
  
• Handpainted environments and traditional 2D-Animation

Handcrafted with Love

Our aim is to put together a balanced gameplay with story passages, puzzles, combat and platforming sequences. Over the course of the story, Bones will be able to improve and expand on his abilities in the skill tree. Decisions made in the quests can have a crucial impact on how the game continues, as can the different playing styles in the combat mechanics. Together with Bones, you can explore a large, networked game world and discover what adventures it has in store.

Our community is extremely important to us, so we want you to help us to improve. Fans of our project will be involved in development early on and kept up to date on all new developments directly.

Latest news

• Patch Notes·9 Feb 2024Official

  Patchnotes: TWS Demo Build v.2.0.0-0006

  ⚙️ We fixed and added the following things: 🐞 BUGS - Build with the right VSync settings
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• Patch Notes·8 Feb 2024Official

  Patchnotes: TWS Demo Build v.2.0.0-0005

  ⚙️ We fixed and added the following things: 🐞 BUGS - Fixed elevator not resetting when changing scenes - Fixed spamming broken elevator to break your attack - Disabled menu in cutscenes - Dialogue UI will not appear infront of pause menu - Fixed bones sometimes being paused after trying to close lore stones - Fixed some parts of the menu buttons not being in english - Fixed Dietrichs snail slime dialogue activating after changing scenes - Increased pogo bounce hitbox - Fixed lever animation not playing - Fixed destructable walls respawning - Fixed Wanderer not opening the door - Fixed being able to start the dialogue with rabble at the same time as picking up the lantern 🌟 ADDED FEATURES - Added more instruction texts in sewer system We thank everyone for finding and reporting all these bugs and hope that you are having fun with our demo!
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• Patch Notes·6 Feb 2024Official

  Patchnotes: TWS Demo Build v.2.0.0-0004

  ⚙️ We fixed and added the following things: 🐞 BUGS - Added missing sounds in Sewer System - Player can't get stuck in first Hook-Rat room (hopefully 🙏) - Can't Respawn to Checkpoint without activating a checkpoint - Fixed scenes loading twice when respawning to checkpoint via Pause-Menu - Fixed issues with Wanderer not spawning the rune next to him - Fixed one part in Snailcave where camera was not panning down - Fixed trinkets not being selected in Trinket-Menu - Fixed Button descriptions in Controls-Menu - Disabled Secret Light in Dialogue - Player Respawn to Checkpoint in story relevant areas 🌟 ADDED FEATURES - Added Mouse Cursor - The Secret Light will brighten more of the environment - Added new sounds to Gisela boss - Added more SFX
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• Announcements·6 Feb 2024Official

  Welcome to our Demo!

  Hello and welcome to our demo at Steam Next Fest! 🎉 A huge thank you to all the players who are taking the time to try out our game. Your support means a lot to us! We work closely with the community during development because your feedback is invaluable to us. Every comment, every suggestion and every critical feedback helps us to improve the game experience. We cordially invite you to become part of our Discord community. There you can communicate directly with the development team, ask questions and connect with other players. Your enthusiasm and ideas are the fuel that drives our game forward. Thank you for being part of this exciting journey! We hope all players have a lot of fun exploring the demo. Your support makes all the difference and we look forward to shaping the world of our game together with you. 🚀
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• Announcements·6 Feb 2024Official

  Play with the devs of The Wicked Souls

  Join us as the developers of "The Wicked Souls" dive deep into the game's secrets in an exclusive livestream on February 10th, 2024, at 10 AM PT (7 PM German time)! Watch us navigate through the mystical world, overcome challenges, and maybe even reveal some hidden Easter eggs. This is your chance to interact with us directly, ask burning questions, and gain insights into the game's development. Save the date, get your questions ready, and become part of our unique gaming community. Don't miss this rare opportunity to peek behind the curtain of our enthralling Metroidvania adventure! We will keep the stream in English. Unfortunately, we are not native English speakers, but we will do our best to make sure you understand us! We will be happy to answer quick questions in German, or you can follow us on our Discord-Channel to talk to us directly.
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