Apocryph

Apocryph is a FPS set in a brutal dark fantasy world. It takes it's roots in old-school fantasy shooters, adding rogue-lite elements, such as procedural levels, items, character perks, as well as permanent…

27 April 2018

Adventure Indie Shooter Action

Apocryph is an adventure developed by Bigzur Games, released 27 April 2018 on Nintendo Switch, Linux and PC (Microsoft Windows).

Verified 31 Aug 2026 Sources: IGDB , Steam

What Apocryph is

Apocryph is an adventure game developed by Bigzur Games and released in 2018. It is available on Nintendo Switch, Linux and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

Apocryph is a FPS set in a brutal dark fantasy world. It takes it's roots in old-school fantasy shooters, adding rogue-lite elements, such as procedural levels, items, character perks, as well as permanent death.

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Apocryph launched on 27 April 2018, within three weeks of God of War, God of War (2018), Frostpunk and The Forest. It arrived 1 year into the Nintendo Switch's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: God of War, God of War (2018), Frostpunk, The Forest.