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Occultus Vitae: Hidden Life

A psychological horror adventure where you explore abandoned locations and unravel dark legends. Set in a remote castle hiding a Nazi black magic experiment gone wrong, you'll face haunting environments…

18 March 2025

Occultus Vitae: Hidden Life is an indie developed by Place2Start Studio, released 18 March 2025 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Occultus Vitae: Hidden Life is

Occultus Vitae: Hidden Life is an indie game developed by Place2Start Studio and released in 2025. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only. It runs on Unreal Engine 5.

The premise, in the publisher's words

As a seasoned adventurer of the unseen, you’re drawn to places others fear to tread. Legends, conspiracy theories, and forbidden tales are your lifeblood. When you hear a chilling rumor of a Nazi experiment gone horribly wrong beneath a forgotten castle, your curiosity gets the better of you. Explore the underground laboratory rumored to have been the site of a failed experiment in black magic—a place where something monstrous was unleashed, leaving only death and madness in its wake.
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How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are horror and mystery. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Occultus Vitae: Hidden Life launched on 18 March 2025, within three weeks of Inzoi, Assassin's Creed Shadows, Split Fiction and Monster Hunter Wilds.

Released around the same time: Inzoi, Assassin's Creed Shadows, Split Fiction, Monster Hunter Wilds.

Official trailer

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When did Occultus Vitae: Hidden Life come out?
Occultus Vitae: Hidden Life was released on 18 March 2025 for PC (Microsoft Windows).

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