- Released
Aug 27, 2025
434 days ago- Platforms
- PC
- PS5
- Xbox Series X|S
- Switch
- Popularity
#1,734of 3,301
By IGDB popularity
Release dates
North America dates- Dec 22, 2025317 days ago
- Switch
- Dec 3, 2025336 days ago
- PS5
- Xbox Series X|S
- Aug 27, 2025434 days ago
- PC
About
Caput Mortum is a short first-person horror experience inspired by retro 3D dungeon crawlers and survival horror games. It focuses on exploration and atmosphere while providing puzzles, simple combat, and light resource management.
Trailers
Screenshots
How long to beat
HowLongToBeat ↗ · 13 players- Main story
- 2.5 h
- Main + extras
- 3 h
Reviews
Game info
- Released
- 2025 · see every game from that year
- Modes
- Single player
- Perspective
- First person
Unreal Engine 4Studios
Age ratings
- ESRBTBlood, Violence
- PEGI12No content descriptors
Languages
12 languagesChinese (Simplified), English, French, German, Italian, Japanese and 6 more
| Language | Audio | Subtitles | Interface |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chinese (Simplified)简体中文 | – | ||
| EnglishEnglish (US) | – | ||
| FrenchFrançais | |||
| GermanDeutsch | – | ||
| ItalianItaliano | – | ||
| Japanese日本語 | – | ||
| PolishPolski | – | ||
| Portuguese (Brazil)Português (Brasil) | – | ||
| Portuguese (Portugal)Português (Portugal) | – | ||
| RussianРусский | – | ||
| Spanish (Mexico)Español (Mexico) | – | ||
| Spanish (Spain)Español (España) | – |
Themes & tags
- Fantasy
- Historical
- Horror
- Mystery
- Stealth
- Survival
- 16th century
- 3d
- alchemy
- atmospheric
- combat
- cosmic horror
- dark
- dark fantasy
- dungeon crawler
- dungeon crawling
- eldritch horror
- environmental puzzles
26 more tags
- exploration
- first person horror
- france
- fully customizable controls
- healing
- indie developer
- interactive
- interactive environments
- knowledge
- lore rich
- medieval
- monsters
- nextfest june 2025
- nightmares
- nostalgia
- old school
- psychological horror
- retro
- retro graphics
- roaming encounters
- scary
- short
- short game
- short story
- spooky
- underground
Story & names
Travel back to 16th-century France and delve into the mysterious depths of a seemingly abandoned alchemist's tower. Do you dare brave the horrors that beckon you below... deeper still?
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Also known as
- CMAcronym
- Caput MortemAlternative spelling
Release dates by region
4 releases in 1 region
worldwide
- Aug 27, 2025PC
- Dec 03, 2025PS5
- Dec 03, 2025Xbox Series X|S
- Dec 22, 2025Switch
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Where to find it
Data from IGDB and Steam. Critic scores from OpenCritic. Dates shown for North America, in your local time zone.