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Only brought to life by scarce sparks of Color, the bleak, grey Void is a peculiar place. The player gets to explore it, get to know the Sisters, Brothers, and other weird creatures inhabiting it, and learn the ways of Color, harvesting it and drawing sigils that change the world around them.

The Void is a surreal and philosophical game developed and published by Ice-Pick Lodge.
Released on December 15th 2009 is available only on Windows in 4 languages: English, German, Polish and Russian.

It has received 1,111 reviews of which 898 were positive and 213 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.7 out of 10. 😊

The game is currently priced at 9.99€ on Steam.

The Steam community has classified The Void into these genres:

Surreal Philosophical Story Rich Adventure Emotional Multiple Endings Atmospheric Psychological Dark Survival First-Person Difficult Horror Singleplayer Resource Management Soundtrack Action-Adventure Spectacle fighter

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System requirements

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Windows
  • OS *: Windows XP SP2 / Vista
  • Processor: Pentium IV 2GHz
  • Memory: 512 MB
  • Graphics: 128 MB DirectX® 9.0c compatible video card (e.g. NVIDIA® GeForce™ FX 5600 or ATi® Radeon™ 9600)
  • DirectX®: 9.0c
  • Hard Drive: 6GB
  • Sound: DirectX® 9.0c compatible audio card

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March 2025
Let me just say this. It is pretty unique. Looking at it from afar, it seems pretty rough. I think you have to be in the right state of mind to aprreciate it. Nonetheless it entertained me very much, for it differs from basically every other game I played. Though it is quite old and mostly barren, the contrast of colour to the cold void is something very appealing to look at. So I do recommend it, but you gotta be patient with it, and be ready to take some time to get to know it. Also it is mostly a management game. Important notice: the donor glyph, the first glyph in the game, the recognition is flawed and not exactly how the game tells you, but if you know the "real way" to draw it, you can reliably use it. Trick is to start on the top right and make this first arm quite a bit longer than the hight of the circle.
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Nov. 2024
One, to start this is a strangely massively changed version for Germany and English of the original game called Tension. Tension is in many ways a way different game even in story. The gameplay was also massively shifted and made a bit easier in ways. This is unfortunately something that could have been a massive masterpiece, but had development hell, and was delivered heavily unfinished. This undercooked project deserves a remake, a "The Void 2" or whatever Ice Pick Lodge would want to do. The possibilities with the story and characters and gameplay can achieve far more than the final project which ended up feeling empty and well... Void. Ultimately unsatisfying. If you want more context about how unfinished this game is, there is instructions in game that there are downsides to certain colors but there are 0 downsides actually. The game is lying to you because that content was cut, as are A LOT of things in this game, which were rushed to finish. This game ends up being the most experimental game you will ever play in your entire life that wants to be an incredible 10/10 masterpiece but instead ends up being a 7/10 at best very rough and undercooked weird game that deserves a second go at in the future. For the love of all the colors in the world Ice Pick Lodge, revisit this game I BEG YOU! After Pathologic 3 maybe? This game can be and should be so much more! Its so beautiful and such and amazing concept that deserves to be more complete and executed WAY better. That being said, I also have to add this game has serious terrible crashes, glitches where gray screens will occur soft locking you in game by simply collecting colors in certain areas or trying to enter certain chambers.Too many people have serious bugs and issues with the game. Ignoring that even, this game has no tutorial and you will have to look for community assistance or online guides to learn to play, sorry but thats just really bad design. I would heavily recommend that if you expect the game to work perfectly out of the box, not to get it. For a final time ICE PICK LODGE PLEASE REVISIT THIS GAME! MAKE TENSION 2, OR A TENSION REMAKE!!! THIS GAME CAN BE AS BIG A MASTERPIECE AS PATHOLOGIC PLEASE RETURN AND GIVE THIS GAME THE COMEBACK IT DESERVES!
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Nov. 2024
7/10 - A very unique game - in story and gameplay. The story is very good and you want to find out what it's all about and what happens next. However, the game is difficult, sometimes unclear and lengthy - something simpler and shorter would have been good for it. Without a walkthrough, I probably wouldn't have played it to the end. Nevertheless, you should give it a try.
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Oct. 2024
This game gets tagged as an 'adventure game' sometimes, but I think the gameplay is better described as 'survival' and 'resource management'. The core gameplay is to grow resources and give some to the main characters, and they will let you to progress further into the game. Those resources are also what you need to stay alive, and they are always draining away. You can't store an unlimited amount to be used, and anything you are storing for use can't be converted back into 'food'. The more resources (colour) you spend the more dangerous the world becomes, so you have to learn how to be efficient. You can't undo any decisions, so if you accidentally 'give' the wrong amount of colour (too much or too little) then you can't get it back. Make sure to save regularly because the only way to recover a playthrough might be to go back several cycles and make different decisions about how you will grow things. If you die once it is completely game over and you go back to the title screen, no checkpoints or autosaves.
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Sept. 2024
I get to meet hot women and kill fucked up men with my gay little colors, it's amazing.
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The Void is currently priced at 9.99€ on Steam.

The Void is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 9.99€ on Steam.

The Void received 898 positive votes out of a total of 1,111 achieving a rating of 7.71.
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The Void was developed and published by Ice-Pick Lodge.

The Void is playable and fully supported on Windows.

The Void is not playable on MacOS.

The Void is not playable on Linux.

The Void is a single-player game.

There is a DLC available for The Void. Explore additional content available for The Void on Steam.

The Void does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

The Void does not support Steam Remote Play.

The Void is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.

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The Void PEGI 12
9.99€
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