Volkolak: The Will of Gods – Out Now!!

The indie studio Volkolak Team released on August 22 its first title, a 2D Slavic dark fantasy soulsvania with incredibly fluid hand-drawn animations: Volkolak: The Will of Gods. In this engaging and challenging game we explore an enchanted world full of enemies as well as secrets, which also leads to different endings, based on the choices we make. Becoming a bogatyr, a werewolf, or simply joining the darkness, everything can happen in this story.

In addition to being available for purchase on its own, or bundled with two other games of similar genres, Folk Hero (2023) by Chudo-Yudo Games/Targem Games and Vasilia and Baba Yaga (2024) by Baba Yaga Games, Volkolak: The Will of Gods also comes with a free demo on Steam that you can download and try right now, if you want to be sure it’s to your liking. And while you think about it, how about checking out the Official Early Access Trailer, shared on the game’s official YouTube channel?

A Challenging 2D Dark Fantasy Soulsvania

Volkolak: The Will of Gods is a 2D Soulslike metroidvania, which the developers have fittingly called “soulsvania,” set in a Slavic dark fantasy world, and its story takes us to the Far-Away State, a vast and rich medieval world to explore. After the sinister curse of the necromancer Koschei the Immortal, the inhabitants of the place went mad and turned evil, so it is up to us to fight them through a complex and intuitive combat system.

As a main part of the gameplay, we have the ability to transform into a werewolf, in which form we gain access to additional abilities through altars to pagan gods. On top of that, we have different classes to choose from, and obviously in each one we find different characteristics and skills. In human form we can also equip a wide variety of weapons and gear, and receive blessings from churches.

The environments are finely designed, turning each location into a unique and fascinating representation of Slavic medieval dark fantasy, and they are inhabited by NPCs and narrative adventures unique to each class, with different storylines, which adds a lot of replay value, something we always appreciate, right? Whether it is exploring the Dungeons of Tsargrad, wandering through the Dark Forest, or crossing the Rotten Swamp, this world invites us to get lost among its mysteries and secrets for hours.

So…

Okay, Volkolak: The Will of Gods was released on August 22, and you can buy it right now, either on its own or as part of the Volkolak: The Will of Gods x Folk Hero x Vasilisa and Baba Yaga bundle, which currently has a 15% discount! Whichever option you choose, you can download the free demo before buying, to try it out and make sure you will like the full game. Obviously you will find the link right below, and once you try it, come back here and tell us what you think, deal? You know gamer, we’ll be reading you! 😉

Images Source: Volkolak Game Official YouTube Channel, Volkolak: The Will of Gods on Steam