Caustic Bloom PC

Play as Ted, a new employee trapped in the underground laboratory Sarcophagus II after a corrosive gas sparks violent growth across the facility. A desperate fight in the biohazard quarantine chamber leads to Ted's transformation, reshaping survival in this top-down Metroidvania. Non-linear exploration unlocks via new abilities, while random path generation alters blocked routes across playthroughs for replayability. Manage a single resource-jelly-as health and ammo in combat; firing projectiles shrinks you, but absorbing enemy drops lets you grow larger. Swap colors to shift playstyles dramatically with gained powers. Indie action-adventure fans who enjoy ability-gated progression and resource tension will find a fresh twist here.

In Caustic Bloom, you play as Ted, a new employee at “Sarcophagus II”, an underground laboratory, dedicated to all sorts of interesting studies. One afternoon, things take a turn for the worse when a gas fills the lab, causing everything it touches to grow and become violent. You’re able to escape to a biohazard quarantine chamber, but the windows of the chamber were not built to hold against what’s waiting on the outside. A struggle ensues, a transfiguration takes place, and Ted’s world will never be the same.

Top-down Metroidvania

Caustic Bloom combines the non-linear, ability-gated exploration with a top down perspective and combat for a fresh take on a beloved genre.

Health = Ammo

You have just one resource to manage: Jelly. As you fire off projectiles, you are firing of pieces of yourself. When you destroy an enemy, they drop jelly blobs for you to collect. As you collect more jelly, the larger you become. The more jelly you fire off, the smaller you become.

Swap Colors

As you progress through the game, you will gain new abilities for yourself. One of the most notable being the color swap abilities, which can wildly change how your character plays, depending on what color you are currently in.

Random Path Generation

While the map stays the same, blocked paths and passageways abound and can change playthrough to playthrough. You may find your way through the first time you play, only to find that door blocked by debris the next time through.