Goetia
Goetia is a point & click adventure where you play the ghost of a young lady. You are Abigail. Abigail Blackwood.
The ruins of any village are the silent testament to its final moments. The ruins of Oakmarsh are no different. Their telling silence, the dust blanketing what was once a quiet village near Coventry.
The name of a manor and the family that lived within. A perverted and mad lineage, a clan whose final members devoted their life to mysticism and fanatical experiments. I am Abigail. Abigail Blackwood. Recently risen from the grave, I know nothing about the last 40 years of my family’s history… But obviously somebody is keen on seeing me lift the veil on what happened in Oakmarsh – to what led to the downfall of Blackwood Manor. And it seems like I have no choice in the matter…
Key Features
A 2D world of Victorian mystery.
Over 90 rooms to explore.
Five vast and diverse areas to discover – Blackwood Manor is surrounded by ruins, woods, caves and an abandoned village.
A progressive-rock and ambient-inspired soundtrack.
Use your ability to walk through walls in order to reach secret rooms and areas.
Possess objects like a poltergeist to lift them, use them, combine them, make them float in the air, pile them up… well, you’re a ghost after all, behave like one!
Solve puzzles in more than one way by discovering hidden rooms and special features, such as new ghostly powers.
Delve into Blackwood’s story: 40 years have passed, and many things have changed since Abigail’s death.
Feel free to explore! You can travel through the world of Goetia however you like – and if you get stuck, simply backtrack and explore another area.
Game Discussion
Steam User 15
Although it might not be great for your eyes, I recommend playing this game with the lights off and using headphones for the best experience.
Steam User 2
interesting game and fun point&click riddles but malphas sprite is atrocious LOL. I hope the other demons will look better because I was laughing so hard at the cut out eagle head holy. Also got it on sale and I'm enjoying it
Steam User 4
I LOVED this game! The art is stunning, the story was so intriguing, and the puzzles were a great variety of difficulty. I was so captivated by this game and taken surprise with that plot twist. I will definitely replay it sometime, and I hope the second game is just as fun!
Steam User 0
I really enjoyed this game.
Immersive atmosphere from the environments to sounds, journal and general art.
The style is consistent and it's nice to see the notes looking hand written instead of typed which also adds to immersiveness. Though I did notice a few bits which could have used a bit more proofreading.
The puzzles in this game are more difficult and creative than standard point and click and/or puzzle games which was very refreshing. I liked being able to figure out a lock code by finding a vague clue and then combining about 3 different elements in another document to figure it out instead of finding a piece of paper in another room with the code written on it.
I saw someone mention there is no fast travel option, but there is - it's mentioned in the first few screens of the game and does make getting around between the locations easier as there's multiple travel points in each area. You can't fast travel with objects though, however I found that all usable objects had their uses nearby and usually fairly understandable, with some exceptions but once you realise that, there is no need to deal with the frustration of carrying objects unnecessarily far away for no reason.
The only real complaint I have is not in the difficulty of the puzzles but that 2 or 3 just seemed unfair. One which didn't seem to have any reason to it and potentially trial and error (which I hate), one which had a component which made no sense, and the one most people complain about which requires an ability to differentiate a sequence of different tones which sounded a little bit too similar. I'm not tone deaf but that was too difficult for my musical listening ability.
Steam User 0
This was incredibly fun to play, the puzzles are sometimes difficult and other times so easy you want to face palm once you figure them out. Occasionally I had difficulty finding an item that I had picked up and drug somewhere only to drop it in favor of something else, but after zooming through rooms and relocating everything to one area I would find what I needed. Tip for players: don't forget to open doors as you go, it makes moving things around quicker!
Oh! I mustn't forget to mention the music! Which was beautiful, and haunting and all the wonderful things that something Gothic needs! Absolutely 10/10 stars for the music!
Steam User 0
Good atmosphere, good mystery, right amount of creepiness but no jump-scares or outright horror.
Puzzles are a little hit-or-miss, which is unfortunate for a puzzle game. Some of them make perfect sense and felt real good to solve, some I was never going to figure out without the walkthrough. I spent SO LONG searching the game for the answer to the constellation puzzle, even having read the answer I still don't understand how I was supposed to figure it out.
It's not super long, so if you like creepy point-and-click puzzlers and can get it on sale, I would recommend being a ghost for a few hours.
Steam User 0
This game was surprising in a good way, I love the art style and the story was really good with a twist I did not see coming. The puzzles had a variety of easy to difficult, some took me quite awhile to figure out but it wasn't frustrating although for some people it could be. The game was pretty big there are plenty of rooms to explore and the objects that you can click on are not obvious, but there is the plus side of pushing ctrl to show where everything is. Although saying that do not leave huge amounts of time between playing as you might forget where the items you can possess and move around (which is a good mechanic) or rooms are located *cough* I totally didn't do that a couple of times =-)
But this is a great game one that I'll be playing again for sure.