Ultros

February 13, 2024 Hadoque Kepler Interactive
Platform Adventure Indie
Series X|S PS4 PC PS5 Switch
About

Ultros is a psychedelic metroidvania where you wake up stranded on The Sarcophagus — a cosmic uterus holding an ancient, demonic being. Trapped in the loop of a black hole, you will have to explore The Sarcophagus and meet its inhabitants to understand the part you play...
Storyline

You wake up stranded, after seemingly crashing your ship on The Sarcophagus — a giant, space-drifting, cosmic uterus holding an ancient demonic being known as ULTROS.

Trapped in the eternal loop of a black hole, you will have to explore The Sarcophagus and meet its inhabitants to understand the part you play.

Are you the gruesome breaker of this cycle, or can you become a link from destruction to rebirth?
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Game Info

Release Date February 13, 2024
Developer Hadoque
Publisher Kepler Interactive
Game Modes Single player
Perspective Side view
Themes Action, Science fiction, Mystery
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