Fit check
Is Vomitoreum worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- FPS players who want Metroidvania exploration instead of linear levels
- Horror fans who prefer bleak worlds with environmental lore
- Players seeking challenging combat and boss encounters
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players looking for a relaxed or low-pressure action game may find the challenging combat and bosses demanding
- Players who prefer short, linear campaigns may not want a vast interconnected world with revisited areas and hidden secrets
- Players seeking multiplayer shooting may prefer a game centered on that mode
Our take on Vomitoreum
Rather than presenting a conventional side-scrolling Metroidvania, Vomitoreum places exploration and ability-based traversal inside a first-person shooter. Its horror setting, Beksiński-inspired imagery, and environmental lore depart from the genre's familiar adventure framing.
What is Vomitoreum?
Vomitoreum combines first-person shooting with Metroidvania exploration in an interconnected, nightmarish world affected by an eldritch infection.
Players control the Nephilem, a being formed from cosmic ash and trapped souls, searching the ruins for tools and weapons while pursuing a way to make the fog recede. Movement abilities change how previously visited areas can be approached, while combat uses focused encounters and challenging bosses. The setting draws on the paintings of Zdzisław Beksiński, with grotesque pixel art, environmental storytelling, hidden lore, secrets, and a dark, arid atmosphere. The journey moves from a grave factory through a blighted landscape populated by demons and mutated inhabitants.
How Vomitoreum plays
- 01Interconnected world
- New movement abilities change the way earlier areas can be traversed.
- 02Focused combat
- Combat encounters are built around moment-to-moment fights.
- 03Environmental storytelling
- Secrets and lore are placed throughout the ruins and surrounding landscape.
- 04Challenging bosses
- Boss encounters test the player's limits during the search for a cure.
- 05Grotesque pixel art
- The visual style depicts demons and hellscapes in a setting influenced by Zdzisław Beksiński's paintings.
Vomitoreum compared to similar games
Sundered: Eldritch Edition is another Metroidvania, while Vomitoreum presents its exploration and combat from a first-person perspective. Sundered is described as a chaotic Metroidvania with an expanded edition; Vomitoreum emphasizes an interconnected horror world, environmental storytelling, focused encounters, and boss fights.
Vomitoreum: platforms & release
Is Vomitoreum worth it?
It is worth it if: FPS players who want Metroidvania exploration instead of linear levels. Skip it if: players looking for a relaxed or low-pressure action game may find the challenging combat and bosses demanding.
Where can I download Vomitoreum?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Vomitoreum's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Vomitoreum on?
Windows and Linux.
