FAITH: The Unholy Trinity

About FAITH: The Unholy Trinity

FAITH: The Unholy Trinity collects all three chapters of Airdorf Games' FAITH series, published by New Blood Interactive. Chapter one came out on its own in 2017 and Chapter II followed in 2019. The collection came out on PC on October 21, 2022, on Nintendo Switch on October 10, 2024, on Xbox Series X|S on October 24, 2025 and on PS5 on April 9, 2026.

The story begins on September 21, 1986, when two priests went to the Martin family home in rural Connecticut to investigate a possession, and only two people came out alive. A year later the young priest who survived, John Ward, goes back. In the chapters that follow he faces worse things and, helped by a stranger, travels the countryside to stop a Satanic cult from summoning a powerful demon.

You play from above in sparse 8-bit pixel art, walking through haunted woods, abandoned homes and grimy sewers. Ward is slow and his crucifix is his only defence: hold it out to perform exorcisms, push back possessed cultists and cleanse haunted objects, but while you hold it up you cannot move or turn. Most enemies kill in one hit and send you back to the last checkpoint. There are puzzles built on cryptic riddles and boss fights, and the notes, letters and newspaper clippings you find tell the story and raise the damage Ward does.

The horror works through contrast. Most of the time the screen is dark, simple and quiet, then a rotoscoped animation of a possessed figure or a demon fills it for a few seconds, over cold synth loops and voices from an old speech synthesizer. The makers state that blood and gore appear throughout.

Each chapter has more than one ending, and some need hidden puzzles, secret areas or optional bosses. It suits players who like retro horror, the 1980s fear of Satanic cults, and tense chapters that reward exploring for secrets.

How to play FAITH: The Unholy Trinity

1. Pick a chapter, starting with the first, set at the Martin house.
2. Move the priest around the dark map and look for notes, keys and objects.
3. Hold out your crucifix to exorcise possessed people, drive back enemies and cleanse haunted objects; you stand still while you hold it.
4. Solve the riddle puzzles and face the bosses to move forward; if you die, you start again from the last checkpoint.
5. Replay chapters to find secrets and other endings.

Tips

• Read every note, letter and clipping: they explain the story and raise the damage your crucifix does.
• Get into position before you raise the crucifix, since you cannot move or turn while holding it up.
• Watch the edges of the dark screen; enemies often come from outside your light.
• Play with headphones in a dark room; the speech-synthesizer voices and synth music carry much of the dread.

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