Free games for the New Year: Deity

Deity places you in the hooves of a purple-horned demon whose realm is invaded by torch-bearing, sword-wielding fantasy types. On the surface, it's an isometric dungeon-crawler in the vein of Diablo: but there's no direct combat and no loot to find. Instead, this is a stealth puzzle game - the student developers at Digipen cite Batman: Arkham Asylum as one of their influences, and it shows.

Hitting a foe head-on, however, will cost you a chunk of health - so the trick is in orchestrating your movements to make sure you always attack from behind. When alerted, guards will always run to your location and try to face you. This is when Deity's 'chain' system comes in to play. You quickly unlock the ability to map out a series of jumps in advance, allowing you to loop around areas to escape or catch enemies unawares.

It's a great concept that's executed well over the course of Deity's short running time. We'd love to see the team take it further - but what they have achieved is an enjoyable experiment. Download it here.

Joining in 2011, Chris made his start with PC Gamer turning beautiful trees into magazines, first as a writer and later as deputy editor. Once PCG's reluctant MMO champion , his discovery of Dota 2 in 2012 led him to much darker, stranger places. In 2015, Chris became the editor of PC Gamer Pro, overseeing our online coverage of competitive gaming and esports. He left in 2017, and can be now found making games and recording the Crate & Crowbar podcast.