The Axis Unseen

The Axis Unseen is a heavy metal horror indie game created by one of the developers of Skyrim and Fallout.

Hunt nightmarish monsters from ancient folklore in a mysterious open world, collecting their enhanced sense powers and discovering elemental arrows.

Beware, the hunter is also the hunted.

The Axis Unseen is a game all about immersion and discovery. Almost all of the UI exists on your bow and hands. Navigate using landmarks instead of a minimap. Creatures will track you with sight, sound and smell and and have specific weaknesses. Can you uncover the mysteries of this world and how to defeat the creatures?

For people who want a less hardcore experience, the difficulty can be changed at any time and there is even a pacifist mode where you can take pictures of the creatures to unlock things instead.

Hunt monsters from folklore. Follow their tracks and blood trails. Pay attention to the wind direction so they can't smell you approaching.

Almost all of the UI in the game exists in the world itself. You have to check your quiver to see how many arrows you have. Tattoos on your hand light up to show your health and active powers. Your bow shows how much energy you have collected from the creatures you have killed and how much sound you are making.

The Axis Unseen features original music by Clifford Meyer, previously of the legendary post-metal bands ISIS and Red Sparowes. It is a unique blend of heavy metal and primitive instruments. The music dynamically adjusts to what is going on in the game. Sometimes it is atmospheric, other times it is intense metal.

Upgrade your senses with the powers of the creatures. See scent particles. Feel the warmth left behind on their tracks. See colors that no human has ever seen.

Your bow and arrow keeps you alive. Upgrade your bow or even find different arrow types such as fire, wind controlling or time distorting arrows. Experiment to see all the different ways the arrows can interact with each other, such as wind arrows making the fire spread faster.

Find out what happened to the hunters and other visitors to this place who came before you and what secrets they uncovered by finding their journals. Where did this world come from? How do you stop the creatures from escaping into your world? As you explore this world you will also make your own journal entries and drawings about the monsters, powers and equipment that you find.

The Axis Unseen is developed by Nate Purkeypile. Nate Purkeypile has been making games for 20+ years and worked on titles such as Skyrim, Fallout 3/4/76, Starfield, Metroid Prime 3 and BloodRayne 2. He was the Lead Artist on Fallout 76 and the Co-Lead/Lead Artist on the Fallout 3 DLC, Point Lookout.

“A knockout indie entry in gaming.” - TechRaptor

“Just Purkey Games has made something special… You’re off the edge of the map. Here be dragons. But if you play it right, the scariest thing in this world might just be you.” -Shacknews

“The Axis Unseen is the most Skyrim-like game I’ve played since Skyrim… stripped back and filtered through the likes of Elden Ring and Praey for the Gods.” - The Escapist

Note: If you have an AMD card and are experiencing crashes on startup, reinstall your drivers without the optional Radeon software. This is a general Unreal 5/AMD issue and it can causes crashes. This is outside of my control. RivaTuner can also causes crashes.