Caput Mortum is an adventure developed by WildArts Games, released 27 August 2025 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Caput Mortum is
Caput Mortum is an adventure game developed by WildArts Games and released in 2025. It was published by Black Lantern Collective. It is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Nvidia PhysX.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Travel back to 16th-century France and delve into the mysterious depths of a seemingly abandoned alchemist's tower. Do you dare brave the horrors that beckon you below... deeper still?
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are fantasy, historical, horror and mystery. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 15 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Caput Mortum holds a critic score of 80 out of 100. That places it above 64% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2025 averaged 78, so it scored 2 points above the year average.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel Core i7-2600, 4 GB RAM and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770. At 4GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 2GB.
What it launched against
Caput Mortum launched on 27 August 2025, within three weeks of Hollow Knight: Silksong, Mafia: The Old Country, Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater and Hell is Us. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4. It arrived 5 years into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Hollow Knight: Silksong, Mafia: The Old Country, Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater, Hell is Us.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Caput Mortum yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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