Spirit of the North

4.4
Extremely Fun
Amazing Storytelling
Spirit of the North is a single-player 3rd-person adventure game inspired by the breathtaking and mysterious landscapes of Iceland. Play as an ordinary red fox whose story becomes entwined with the guardian of the Northern Lights, a female spirit fox.

What is SOTN?

Spirit of the North is a single-player 3rd-person adventure game inspired by the breathtaking and mysterious landscapes of Iceland. The story takes root from various pieces of Nordic folklore.
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A Perilous Journey

Play as an ordinary red fox whose story becomes entwined with the guardian of the Northern Lights, a magical spirit fox. As you journey over the mountains and under red-stained skies, you’ll discover more about your companion and land left in ruin.
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An Unspoken Story

Uniquely designed to purposefully have no dialog or narration. Players must breathe in their surroundings to solve various puzzles and speculate the meaning of a lost ancient civilization.

Key Features

  • Make your way across stunning landscapes, on an emotionally stirring journey.
  • Solve environmental puzzles to change the world around you, using ancient powers bestowed upon you by the guardian of the Northern Lights.
  • Follow the mysterious Spirit Fox across a land left in ruin as you discover more about a lost civilization.
  • Moving orchestral soundtrack featuring 14 original compositions.

Available Achievements

ANCIENT HISTORY
80 XP
AWAKEN
15 XP
A GUARDIAN FORGOTTEN
15 XP
BEST FRIENDS
15 XP
BLOOMS OF LIGHT
30 XP

Epic Player Ratings

Captured from players in the Epic Games ecosystem.
4.4
This game is
Extremely Fun
This game has
Amazing Storytelling
This game is
Relaxing
This game has
Quickly Understood Controls
This game is
Highly Recommended

Spirit of the North Ratings & Reviews

  • 31%
    Critics Recommend
  • 62
    Top Critic Average
  • Weak
    OpenCritic Rating
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GameSpew
by Becca S.
7 / 10
Some players might be put off by Spirit of the North due to how heavily it relies on its players to figure things out, but that’s also its biggest charm.
PC Invasion
6 / 10
Spirit of the North is a decent game let down some by subpar controls and underuse of the player character's abilities. It still manages to be somewhat entertaining but is far from a must-play.
TheSixthAxis
by Dominic Leighton
7 / 10
Spirit of the North is a lovingly crafted indie adventure that's let down by some wonky platforming and simple puzzling, while the mysterious explorative adventuring evokes the memory of Journey, just without quite achieving the same emotional impact.
Reviews provided by OpenCritic

Spirit of the North System Requirements

Minimum

Recommended

OS versionWindows 10 - 64Bit
OS versionWindows 10 - 64Bit
CPUIntel Core i5-4460 or equivalent
CPUIntel Core i5-4460 or equivalent
Memory8
Memory8
GPUNVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 or equivalent
GPUNVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 or equivalent
DirectXDirectX 11
Storage4
Storage4
SoundCardOnboard soundcard
SoundCardOnboard soundcard
Languages Supported
  • Audio: N/A
  • Text: English
Spirit of the North developed by Infuse Studio, published by Merge Games Ltd. © 2022. Spirit of the North and Infuse Studio are trademarks or registered trademark of Infuse Studio. Merge is a trademark or registered trademark of Merge Games Ltd. All other trademarks, copyrights and logos are property of their respective owners.