A unique worldview heals your soul. Adventure through the vast ocean together with whales, and advance purifying the darkness trying to envelop the world! Switch version release of Selfloss decided!

When hearing “adventure”, don't you imagine a story of defeating powerful enemies or saving the world? However, the journey depicted by “Selfloss” has a slightly different direction. The protagonist of this work is an elderly healer, Kazimierz. What he is seeking is neither honor nor treasure, but the ritual “Selfloss” to heal wounded souls. Advancing through the land on foot, and sometimes entrusting his body to a small boat, Kazimierz travels around a vast and somehow sorrowful world. On the way, he encounters various inhabitants, and as a healer comes to face the suffering and grief they carry. Facing his own inner self while saving someone -- such a quiet and heavy theme creates a lingering finish different from general fantasy.

The magic staff held by Kazimierz cannot be fully described in its interest simply by thinking of it as “equipment for attacking enemies”. This staff itself is an important existence supporting both the game system and the story. Players can not only move Kazimierz and the staff together, but also operate each independently. Utilizing this feature, they solve complex puzzles and pull through strategic battles. Furthermore, the light emitted from the staff possesses the power to purify the mysterious darkness “Miasma” eroding the world. Because light becomes important even when confronting enemies born from “Miasma”, the interesting place is that exploration, puzzle solving, and battle connect with a single tool as the axis. Advancing while thinking “How will this staff be used next?” itself becomes the fun of adventure.

What makes the journey of “Selfloss” impressive is the exploration traveling through both sea and land. Kazimierz not only walks the land on his own feet, but also advances through dangerous sea areas or intricate rivers riding a small boat. Moreover, because the magic staff plays an active role even when advancing the boat, movement itself connects with the worldview of the work. Inside scenery that is majestic yet makes one feel solitude, in the figure crossing the water surface on a small boat, there lies a flavor unique to this work. Rather than rushing straight to the destination, wanting to continue the journey while accepting surrounding scenery and encounters with those living there. For people seeking such a calm adventure, isn't it a world particularly concerning?

And what emits an intense personality in “Selfloss” is its unique world setting. What becomes the stage is a fantasy world incorporating elements of Slavic mythology as well while deriving inspiration from Icelandic scenery and folklore. There, amazingly, whales are worshipped as gods. Traveling through a land where the mystical culture named ocean worship spreads, a feeling as if wandering into a civilization different from reality can be savored. And as the story proceeds, hidden mysteries and mythological backgrounds in this land reveal their figures little by little. Not simply gazing at beautiful scenery, but the structure making one want to know “Why has this world become like this?” also becomes a major reason to continue exploration.

What does not let this work end as a mere puzzle adventure is the story centering around the ritual named “Selfloss”. That is for healing wounds of souls of those who lost loved ones. Kazimierz himself is traveling seeking healing as well, and touching upon the sadness of others connects to his own story too. With powerful and emotional soundtracks by Arigto overlapping there, loneliness and warmth difficult to express by words alone seem to be transmitted. “Selfloss” is not a work catching hearts by showiness alone. Purifying darkness with magic light, advancing quiet water surfaces on a small boat, and while nestling close to someone's grief, facing one's own wounds as well. Savoring those steps one by one thoroughly is the very charm unique to this game.