Black Book

Black Book is an interesting game. One that blends multiple gameplay styles into a cocktail of intrigue, before splicing it up with a tried and tested narrative. In Black Book you control a young girl named Vastilla.

- Adam Kerr

Publisher: HypeTrain Digital

Developer: Morteshka

Genre: RPG

Release Date: Out Now

Platform: PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series

After losing a loved one to mysterious circumstances, Vastilla seeks out the Black Book, a book that can grant anyone wish to whomever can break its seven seals.

Black Book plays heavily into the theme of how far a person would go to recover someone they had previously considered lost. It’s not a theme that is particularly unique, but it’s one that’s found itself entwined with Slavic folk tales unfamiliar to myself and likely those who play the game. Opening my eyes to a world of myths I’d never read before gave Black Book an interesting narrative that was carried along in the wind of an artful world and solid gameplay.