Originally announced in October of 2024, The Occultist has seen it’s fair share of bits and pieces of information shown to us since that time. At the Future Games Show today, we finally got another trailer and with it a bit more backstory on our leading man Alan Rebels and what makes him perfect for this dreary world that players will soon call home.
The trailer itself is short, but the team has given us a new glance into some of the aspects that make Alan tick. The most notable quotes that peaked my interest the most are the ones that throw the most mystery towards the sort of horrors we’ll be experiencing on our journey.
“The island attracts him like a magnet. In the past, it was kind of a paradise for people who wanted to search for a new beginning or a new life. Everything you find on the island tells the story of it’s inhabitants final moments. We were looking to create a dark, immersive atmosphere that would draw you deep into Godstone Island. The player is the one that truly completes the fear and terror with their own preferences.”
In The Occultist, paranormal investigator Alan Rebels travels to the mysterious island of Godstone to determine the cause of the sudden disappearance of his father. Even though he mentioned the island repeatedly over the decades, all that Alan really knows is that his father was born and spent his early years there.
However, Alan does not travel alone. He carries with him his mystical pendulum, an object of unknown origin that accompanied him on all his past paranormal investigations. As he explores the foggy streets and maddening buildings, apparently being the only things that remain on the mysterious island of Godstone, it becomes clear: This will be a case unlike any other.
Godstone was inhabited until 1950 by an infamous, macabre cult that performed disturbing experiments and cruel rituals. No one has ever set foot on the island since – until today. Using his paranormal talents, Alan must interact with the ominous souls that seem to remain in the foreboding streets and buildings left on Godstone; or avoid them at all cost, should they be wrathful.
Being a paranormal investigator, none of this is new to Alan Rebels. The mysterious Godstone however and his search for answers to his father’s disappearance put Alan’s skills to the test. More than any investigation before, Godstone shakes Alan’s convictions of what is possible in the world of the occult. Maybe Godstone hides a curse that can be lifted… but should it be?
The Occultist releases on April 8th of this year, and can be purchased on Steam, PS5, and Xbox.
