Lucifer Within Us is Kitfox’s new game about digital exorcism

Lucifer Within Us poses a intriguing premise — what happens when the digital and spiritual mix … and when daemons infect the machine. It’s the newest indie coming from Kitfox Games and the designers behind The Shrouded Isle, and it’s coming to PC at an unspecified release date. Kitfox made the announcement today at the Kinda Funny Games Showcase at this week’s Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), gaming’s big even in Los Angeles.

You play as a digital exorcist of sorts (I think of it as like a white hat hacker) as you solve a murder mystery in a world that takes inspiration from the likes of Blade Runner, Black Mirror, and The Matrix. You’re dealing with technology that can scan your very soul. It’s a different sort of game, but that’s not surprise from the people who made The Shrouded Isle, a management sim about cults. You question suspects (who may be lying to you), banish daemonic AIs, and expose the false utopia of the digital world.