Graven delves into a gruesome medieval world of deities and monstrosities as a disgraced Priest of the Orthogonal Order. When a heretical member of the Order sacrifices the Priest’s adoptive daughter, the Priest lethally retaliates in a bout of righteous fury. Tried and found guilty by his brothers and now exiled to the burning sands, he closes his eyes for one last prayer, for peace. The Creator speaks to him directly: “You will have to earn your peace.”

Heed the Creator by hunting down the foul heretical sects responsible for conjuring plagues and twisting the natural order of the seasons. Blending action, exploration, and puzzle-solving, Graven takes cues from classic shooters, immersive sims, and action RPGs alike. Journey across three expansive, open-ended regions, and scour the lands to purge evil.

Carefully observe a reactive world to find the way: with a journal, the player drives the exploration instead of following waypoints. Listen to townsfolks’ woes and slay the monsters responsible for their torment. Banish over thirty distinct enemies from plagued madmen to swamp beasts with powerful sorceries such as wild blasts of lightning and scorching rays of flame. Solve environmental puzzles with those same powers, altering the world with spells.

Wield destructive conventional weaponry, including magic staves and wrist-mounted crossbows. Find hidden gold to upgrade weapons and spells at blacksmiths and alchemists. Return to previously-plundered areas with new abilities to uncover secrets and entirely new areas. With more than 30 weapons and spells, Graven encourages experimentation. Play solo, with one friend in split-screen co-op, or even in a party of four online for complete arcane chaos.

1C Entertainment and developer Slipgate Ironworks have released a new Graven Early Access update today via Steam, GOG, Epic Games Store  for $24.99 USD / 20.99 EUR / 19.99 GBP.

In today’s update, return to the plague-ridden town of Cruxfirth for a more fleshed-out first hub world. Assist the destitute townsfolk in new side quests and delve into the Damned Estuary for a hub-ending final showdown. Decimate abhorrent creatures with the Writ of Subjugation, an illicit scroll of primitive but effective magic, and the Ballista, a heavy crossbow capable of felling large targets at great distances.

Due to community feedback 3D Realms and Slipgate Ironworks received after releasing the first content update, the teams have decided to extend development to polish and improve GRAVEN, as well as add a third content update releasing later this year. To ensure a simultaneous PC and console release, the launch date has now shifted to 2023.

With next year’s full PC and console release in mind, Slipgate has also introduced full gamepad support and multiple difficulty settings. Starting today, the GOG and Epic Games Store versions of GRAVEN now support online 4-player co-op. Various community-requested features including respawning items, cosmetic upgrades for weapons, purchasable ammo, and more debut with this latest content update.

Heed the Creator as a disgraced Priest hunting down the heretics behind plagues threatening the world. Observe and tinker with a reactive world inspired by immersive sims. Unleash arcane chaos with elemental sorcery or get the Priest’s hands dirty with conventional weaponry. Play solo or with a party of four online on Steam, GOG, and Epic Games Store.

“We’ve been working hard on GRAVEN lately, ensuring we are focused on the game as a whole,” said Frederik Schreiber, CEO of 3D Realms. “We’re working on every aspect of the game, while continuing to create new content for our Early Access supporters.”

Full Changelog:

New Features

• New Side Quest - Cull the Horde
• New Side Quest - Hair of the Dog
• New Side Quest - Personal Library
• New Side Quest - Blacksmith's Armor Notes
• New Region - The Damned Estuary (Boss arena)
• All Regions - Audio pass
• All Regions - Lighting pass
• All Regions - Breakables pass
• New Enemy Boss - The Festering Congregation
• New Behavior - Nearby enemies after killing a player will receive a healing buff
• New Behavior - Archivist will respawn until killed
• New Behavior - Skeletons will taunt the player
• New Behavior - Skeletons have destructible armor
• New Behavior - Skeletons have damage modifiers based on heat/cold damage
• New Behavior - Skeleton archers have a change to shoot ethereal bolt
• New Behavior - Dihedral Priest become 'dizzy' if receiving hard hit to the head
• New Behavior - Dihedral Deacons throw spear on death
• New Behavior - Dihedral Clerics throw potion on death
• New Behavior - Critters can be killed
• New Weapon - Writ of Subjugation
• New Weapon - Ballista
• All weapons have visual upgrade changes
• All weapons have underwater behavior changes
• All weapons have sprinting behavior changes
• Add difficulties Easy, Normal, Hard
• Add the option to skip the intro sequence
• Add in-game camera shake intensity setting
• Add purchasable ammo from blacksmith
• HUD - Additional low health indications
• HUD - Additional damage indications
• HUD - Quest complete notification
• Add multi-tiered death penalty
• Add hotbar saving
• Waiting for other players' notification when waiting at a load zone for other players
• Gamepad magnetism and aim assist
• Gamepad UI navigation
• Add pickup VFX for mana, gold, health vials and health potions

Bug Fixes and General Tweaks

• UI: New Fonts
• UI: Scaling and sharpness pass on all menus
• Save System: FIXED: Library main doors’ wood blocks not saving
• Save System: FIXED: Gates with infected that go from Town to the Cruxfirth Archives not properly saving
• Save System: FIXED: Infinite loop if you named profile 'Default'
• Enemy: Infected horde bonus adjustments
• Enemy: FIXED: Skitterflys breaking in the Black House Bog region
• Enemy: FIXED: Skeletons making weapons bloody
• Enemy: FIXED: Lichanthrope not having a stun animation
• Enemy: FIXED: Undecaying Honor opening door in clotted being triggerable before appropriate time
• Weapon: Orthogonal Hymnal mana consumption rate is now fractional rather than whole number
• Weapon: FIXED: Peat burner not damaging the player
• Weapon: FIXED: All melee weapons hit effects playing multiple times on a single hit
• Item: FIXED: Throwing health potions never colliding with the world
• Spell: Tweak Discharge VFX
• Coop: Further refinement of inventory handling
• Coop: FIXED: Global footstep sounds
• Coop: FIXED: Various incorrect attenuation settings
• Coop: FIXED: Host alt-tabbing suspending the game improperly causing desync
• Coop: FIXED: Client PP water effects appearing/disappearing oddly
• Coop: FIXED: OverTime objects occasionally being added multiple times (and didn't clear on death)
• Coop: FIXED: Dead enemies falling through the ground on client
• Coop: FIXED: Weakpoint FXs not visible on client
• FIXED: Random lines throughout world while 3DFX mode is on
• FIXED: Auto-award of quest behavior on loading saved game
• FIXED: OverTime damage not properly applying at low framerates
• FIXED: Various lore items having wrong texture backgrounds
• FIXED: Various floating assets across the world
• FIXED: Boat going into reverse after 10 minutes of completing intro

Key Features:

• Solve puzzles and scour lore to uncover the motives of the foul heretical sects behind the plagues and seasons undermining the land.
• Alter your environment with all that surrounds you, wielding spells and crystals to adjust as you see fit in your pursuit.
• Discover new weapons and upgrade them at blacksmiths and alchemists to customize your capability.
• Expand your horizons by returning to old stomping grounds with new abilities and seeing how far down the chasms go.
• Slay over thirty distinct enemies in an ever broadening world across numerous biomes.
• Walk the parallel path, lest you stumble into the recesses of the world, where the fog knows no light, and creatures beyond time roam free.
• Earn your peace.

Graven will be available on PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch and PC in 2023.