The Occultist redefines narrative horror through the ingenious use of a pendulum and challenging puzzles that demand intense concentration. With a hauntingly beautiful setting and a gripping story, it's a suspenseful adventure that proves ingenuity is the most powerful weapon against the unknown.

The Occultist is one of those games that comes along and grabs you when you least expect it. It doesn’t arrive with the marketing roar of a blockbuster, nor does it pretend to be something it isn’t. Instead, it quietly invites you into a world of shadows, whispers, and lingering dread — and once you’re in, it holds you there with a surprisingly confident grip. At the centre of the story is Alan Rebels, blessed with the skill of mediumship and knowledge of the Occult. He is a man driven by a simple but powerful motivation: find his missing father, Gabriel; and his search leads him to a remote island where something terrible has happened — an entire population wiped out, their stories cut short, their spirits restless. It’s a classic setup, but it’s handled with enough restraint and atmosphere that it never feels tired. A lot of that comes down to the performance behind Alan himself. He’s voiced by Doug Cockle, best known as Geralt from The Witcher series, and that familiar gravel gives Alan a grounded, weary authenticity. It’s the kind of voice that sounds like it’s been through things — which fits the tone of the game perfectly.

The Occultist succeeds greatly in its atmosphere, narrative construction, and the way it uses first-person horror to create constant tension and truly effective scares. The setting of Godstone and the mystery surrounding the protagonist are engaging enough to keep the player invested from beginning to end. However, the underutilization of some important mechanics, the lack of a functional map, and limitations such as the absence of chapter selection prevent it from reaching an even higher level. Still, it's a solid and memorable experience within the genre.

The Occultist ofrece una narrativa profunda con mecánicas de investigación originales. Una joya del terror español que sorprende gratamente.

The Occultist es una experiencia de terror que destaca por su ambientación y su intención narrativa, pero que se queda a medio camino en lo jugable. Interesante y con personalidad, aunque sin terminar de explotar todo su potencial.

The Occultist es una propuesta muy notable que, sin llegar a arriesgar demasiado dentro del género, sí que aporta ideas y conceptos frescos. La mecánica del péndulo es sobresaliente, la factura audiovisual digna de un aplauso y el diseño y variedad de localizaciones de primer nivel.

Eso sí, solo te lo puedo recomendar si te gusta el terror tipo walking simulator y no te importa tomártelo con calma y explorar a conciencia. Si esperas un mínimo de acción, aquí no es, pero si disfrutas de una buena ambientación, pocos sustos pero bien tirados, puzles de relativa complejidad y una buena historia: ni te lo pienses, corre a por él.

If you are searching for a horror game focused on exploration and puzzles, The Occultist is certainly a title worthy of your attention.

If you enjoy first-person psychological horror with detective-style puzzle design, there is a lot to like here. Just go in knowing this is not a combat game, and on PS5 the frame pacing can get rough. For me, the strengths still outweigh the technical problems. The Occultist feels like a game with a clear identity and a lot of confidence in what it wants to be.

The Occultist is a great investigate horror game featuring a compelling narrative and well designed puzzles. With some excellent writing and voice acting, I was hooked in to play through its modest runtime in two sittings. With a debut game like this, I'm excited to see what will come next from Daloar.

I can’t stress how much this game creeped me out in the first half. If my catchphrase for Cronos was “thanks! I hate it.” My catchphrase for The Occultist was “NOPE! Nuh uh, piss off”. While this is a fantastic start for a burgeoning company, I think it could have been damn near perfect if they could have just stuck the landing.

Will you manage to find your father before the island consumes you?

The Occultist proves that horror doesn't need to rely on screams and gore to scare. DALOAR delivered an experience that focuses on atmosphere, narrative, and intelligent gameplay to guide the player through a journey that captivates both through curiosity and the mystery surrounding Godstone and its inhabitants.

The Occultist es un intento valiente que se queda a mitad de camino por no saber transmitir el terror y un loop de juego que confía poco en nuestra inteligencia. Son unas muy buenas cinco horas de misterio, gracias a una ambientación brutal, pero que les van a dejar un gustito a oportunidad perdida. Si son fanáticos de lo paranormal y les gusta resolver misterios sin que les pidan demasiados reflejos, Godstone los espera. Pero vayan sabiendo que a Alan Rebels le hace falta un buen curso de actuación… o por lo menos que alguien le pegue un susto de verdad. 

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The game does a good job of creating a dark and mystical atmosphere. The story is good enough to keep you wanting to continue uncovering the secrets of Goldstone Island. However, the game doesn't really make you feel scared or have to fight for survival.

The Occultist is a work that expertly blends puzzles and exploration in a compelling and mysterious setting. DALOAR's debut work entertains and encourages you to continue your investigation to fully understand what Godstone Island holds. The only drawback is its very limited running time and its technical performance, which is at times lacking.

The Occultist is a solid narrative horror game that focuses more on atmosphere and exploration than on action. Thanks to its unique pendulum mechanics, varied environments, and intriguing story, it manages to hold your interest from start to finish. Despite a few flaws, such as limited replayability, occasionally confusing navigation, and uneven voice acting, the experience remains solid and immersive. It’s a relatively short but well-paced game that will appeal to fans of survival horror focused on exploration and puzzles.

The Occultist en Xbox presenta buena atmósfera pero con IA irregular y ritmo lento que puede desanimar a algunos jugadores.

The Occultist is a great PS5 horror adventure with a strong mystery, fun pendulum-based puzzles, and a setting I enjoyed exploring from start to finish. I loved that it asks you to investigate and pay attention instead of handing you combat as the answer to everything.

he Occultist is a rich adventure with a mystical story that has its own unique identity.

Where The Occultist really pulls you in is its engaging story. Sure, the “dark cult” angle is a familiar territory, but the title still manages to feel fresh – largely thanks to intriguing NPCs. Gameplay-wise, it’s not trailblazing, but thankfully it avoids turning into just another walking simulator. The title features some simple yet interesting puzzles and mechanics. On the downside, clear budget limitations and performance hiccups show through. Still, all things considered, the game turns out to be captivating and enjoyable enough.

The Occultist gets enough of its world right to be an interesting game but it drops the ball on its gameplay.

Taking on the role of a paranormal investigator, The Occultist gives you multiple unique abilities to make use of as you explore areas and solve an assortment of puzzles. It's a bit rough around the edges, but fans of narrative driven supernatural adventures will likely get plenty of enjoyment out of it.

The Occultist combines first-person paranormal investigation with environmental puzzles that use Alan Rebels’ pendulum to uncover Godstone’s past. Exploring the island and connecting its clues held my attention far more than avoiding its predictable creatures. Several pendulum powers are rarely used after they’re introduced. Finding your way back through Godstone can become frustrating, and texture issues sometimes make important objects harder to inspect. This is for horror fans who prefer paranormal mysteries and environmental puzzles over combat or extended chase sequences.

This is not a bad horror game for people looking to jump into the horror genre or looking for a new horror experience. There are a few jump scares but nothing too outrageous for those gamers who find horror games to be overwhelming. But big horror fans may feel a little underwhelmed.

La idea principal de The Occultist no está nada mal, pues la ambientación está muy cuidada y el uso del péndulo místico está muy bien implementado en las mecánicas de exploración. Sin embargo, algunas asperezas en el control y una serie de situaciones que ya hemos visto una y mil veces dan lugar a una experiencia un tanto descafeinada. Con todo, no deja de ser un interesante título de terror, especialmente recomendable para los amantes de las historias de fantasmas.

There isn't a scary part of The Occultist that will make you jump or reach for the light switch. It's more of a slow, thoughtful experience that focuses on mood and tales. It's a game that wants you to think more than do, and you can explore its universe and learn its secrets at your own pace.

It’s disappointing that, after nearly four years of development, DALOAR Studios can only show off awards cobbled together from earlier demos on its website, while wasting both the talent of a great actor and a promising project in the name of marketing. Like it or not, in a narrative-driven game, visuals cannot make up for the absence of a compelling story. Let’s hope the performance issues will be addressed.

While I can respect the effort the developer put into this game, The Occultist simply isn't very good. Its puzzles are fairly basic, the enemies are more of a nuisance than a threat, the setting is too reliant on genre tropes, and to top it off, both bossfights bugged out upon death and made it impossible to progress (remember to backup your saves, just to be sure). Doug Cockle offers a good performance, though.

Walking simulator cutre con historia previsible y poco que aportar. No cumple las expectativas generadas por su premisa de terror.

The Occultist has a strong premise, interesting narrative, and engrossing atmosphere, but unfortunately it fails to capitalise on this with some pretty tedious gameplay, a lack of scares, a boring protagonist and out-of-place voice acting.

The Occultist should be a game that I adore, given these types of games are usually my bread and butter. But when you can’t get behind your lead protagonist, you sort of lose interest in their journey and what makes them tick. Godstone often looks the part, and while a few puzzles and scenarios are exactly what this game nails, the same can’t be said for the whole package. As it stands, this is a game with a ton of wasted potential as its individual components don’t gel, and a cool premise is something that can only get you so far.

The Occultist is a fairly by the numbers horror game, with an unlikable main character and lack of scares that really let it down.

Unfortunately, The Occultist feels like a game that’s brimming with ideas but lacks a clear focus.

There is something that really irks me when a horror game doesn't provide any scares or tension. The Occultist looked like it was going to be an entertaining experience, but it doesn't provide much entertainment. The puzzle-solving and exploration are passable, but everything else is a huge letdown.

The Occultist es una experiencia de terror recomendada para amantes del género. Se suma a la lista de juegos españoles que merecen ser jugados.

The Occultist es una obra de arte. Un juego imprescindible para los amantes del terror que ofrece una experiencia memorable y escalofriante.

The Occultist es un juego recomendado que se suma a los títulos españoles que merecen atención. Una experiencia de terror que no dejará indiferente.

DALOAR firma una ópera prima muy prometedora que demuestra un gran conocimiento de las herramientas con las que se construye el terror psicológico. La combinación de exploración, investigación paranormal y narrativa ambiental consigue que Godstone se convierta en un escenario tan importante como los propios personajes.

La mayor virtud de The Occultist consiste en hacernos sentir incómodos incluso cuando aparentemente no sucede nada. Esa capacidad para generar tensión mediante el sonido, la iluminación y el diseño de los escenarios habla muy bien del talento del estudio y deja claro que existe una base muy sólida sobre la que construir futuros proyectos.