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Crisol: Theater of Idols key art: a weeping, crowned statue of a woman with a skeletal ribcage, framed by blades, candles and iron gates in red and black

Survival horror

Crisol: Theater of Idols

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A cursed Spanish island, living idols and a gun that fires your own blood.

Platforms
PC, PlayStation, Xbox
Stores
Steam
Price
Paid
Rated
Very Positive on Steam (85% of 4,585 reviews); OpenCritic 74 with 72% of critics recommending; Metacritic 74 (PC)
Length
about 11 hours for the story
Players
1
Made by
Vermila Studios
Released
2026

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What frightens On Tormentosa, a cursed island in a nightmarish version of Spain, religious statues and puppet-like idols come to life, cults practise blood sacrifice, and your only weapon is your own blood, drained with every shot.

Content: blood, gore, violence, strong language, partial nudity, suggestive themes, drug references, religious imagery.

Crisol: Theater of Idols is a first-person survival horror game by Vermila Studios, published by Blumhouse Games. As Gabriel, a soldier on a divine mission for the Sun God, you explore the cursed island of Tormentosa in a nightmarish Hispania, fighting living statues and idols with weapons that use your own blood as ammunition.

About Crisol: Theater of Idols

Crisol: Theater of Idols is a first-person survival horror game by Vermila Studios, a studio based in Madrid, published by Blumhouse Games. It was shown at Summer Game Fest in June 2024, built in Unreal Engine 5, and released on 10 February 2026 for Windows, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S. It is set in Hispania, a nightmarish version of Spain that fuses its history, folklore and religious imagery.

You play Gabriel, a soldier sent by the Sun God to Tormentosa, a cursed island of grand ruins and labyrinthine streets with a history of cults and blood sacrifice. Its statues of saints and idols come to life and move like puppets, and you can shoot them anywhere on the body.

The central idea is blood. Your weapons draw on the same blood as your health bar, so every shot costs life, and you refill from the corpses of people and animals. Silver Bull coins found while exploring buy weapon upgrades from a witch called La Plañidera, Essence from defeated statues and Crow Relics unlock skills, and caged crows around the island bring discounts. Puzzles block the way between fights.

The makers name Resident Evil and BioShock as influences. Critics praised its atmosphere and Spanish setting; GameSpot found the blood-for-bullets idea added strategy but called the enemy design and arenas repetitive.

How to play Crisol: Theater of Idols

  1. Explore Tormentosa in first person, searching ruins and streets for Silver Bull coins, items and the way forward.
  2. Fight the living statues with your blood-powered weapons, remembering that every shot costs health.
  3. Refill your blood from the corpses of people and animals you find.
  4. Spend coins with La Plañidera on weapon upgrades, and Essence and Crow Relics on skills, and solve the puzzles that block your path.

Screenshots

Crisol: Theater of Idols screenshot: bloodied wooden statue-puppets walk toward the player across a muddy dockside yard as a hand holds an ornate gold and red gun
Crisol: Theater of Idols screenshot: a grinning one-eyed devil head sign with painted wooden flames reading Salva a Tormentosa, before a gothic clock-tower building at night
Crisol: Theater of Idols screenshot: a giant crowned statue with a rotting skull face reaches a long hollow arm toward the player's ornate gun in an overgrown ruined street
Crisol: Theater of Idols screenshot: a bull-headed statue in a green tunic raises a frying pan inside an old tiled market hall
Crisol: Theater of Idols screenshot: a fairground carousel lit with bulbs at night, a fortune-teller figure sitting among candles and crows inside
Crisol: Theater of Idols screenshot: a hand holds an ornate gold pistol dripping with blood in front of blurred candles
Crisol: Theater of Idols screenshot: blood-soaked hands beside a figure drenched in blood in the driver's seat of an old vehicle with ornate window grilles

Tips

  • Don't waste shots; missing costs you health as well as ammunition.
  • Free the caged crows you find around the island; they bring discounts on upgrades.
  • Explore side streets for coins before taking on a big encounter.

Questions

What is Crisol: Theater of Idols?

A first-person survival horror game set on a cursed island in a nightmarish version of Spain, where your weapons fire your own blood.

Is Crisol like Resident Evil?

Its makers name Resident Evil and BioShock as inspirations. Like Resident Evil it mixes exploring, puzzles and fights with a scarce resource, here blood that is both your health and your ammunition.

How long is Crisol: Theater of Idols?

About 11 hours for the main story, about 14 hours with extras and about 19 hours to complete everything, according to HowLongToBeat player times.

What can I play Crisol: Theater of Idols on?

Windows PC through Steam, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S, where it is also playable through Xbox Cloud Gaming. It is single-player only.

Is Crisol: Theater of Idols very gory?

Yes. It is rated ESRB Mature 17+ for blood and gore, intense violence, partial nudity, strong language and suggestive themes, and USK 16 in Germany.

  • first person
  • spain
  • religious horror
  • blood
  • living statues
  • island
  • cult
  • puzzles
  • blumhouse

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Sources: store.steampowered.com, blumhouse.com, store.playstation.com, xbox.com, opencritic.com, en.wikipedia.org, ggdb.pro, metacritic.com