The Ritual is an adventure developed by neilmakesgames, released 26 February 2016 on PC (Microsoft Windows).
What The Ritual is
The Ritual is an adventure game developed by neilmakesgames and released in 2016. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only. It runs on Aseprite.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Every few years, in the face of poor harvests, pestilence, or mysterious disappearances, the villagers in this remote country must make a sacrifice to restore balance and prevent the destruction of their society. The entity to which they make this offering has been called many things: monster, demon, or beast. The villagers do not know the true name or origins of the beast, nor do they care to. They know enough: if allowed to slake its thirst for the blood of the innocents, it will spare them and perhaps even favor them with a bountiful harvest in the fall. The children to be sacrificed are left deep in the woods, or sometimes on an island nearby. Sometimes they are drugged, sometimes they…
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are horror. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
The Ritual launched on 26 February 2016, within three weeks of Tom Clancy's The Division, Stardew Valley, Firewatch and SuperHot.
Released around the same time: Tom Clancy's The Division, Stardew Valley, Firewatch, SuperHot.
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When did The Ritual come out?
The Ritual was released on 26 February 2016 for PC (Microsoft Windows).
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