Welcome to the Fold.

The Directorate: Novitiate demo is live on Steam — and our players are already knee-deep in blood, magic, broken memories, and Syndicate warfare.

Since launch, you’ve:
 • Crushed Syndicate enemies with killer Gun Katas
 • Built custom loadouts combining spells, guns, artifacts, and Axioms
 • Debated your impact on the Syndicate war to come

Keep sharing your theories, feedback, and wild combat clips.
Be seen. Be heard. Be known.

As Mercury, you’re chaining spells and bullets like it’s second nature - but now it’s time to pull back the curtain on some of the mysteries of the universe.

Earth isn’t alone.
There’s another realm - the Fold.
It’s where magic comes from. Where souls go when people die. And gateways now bleed into Los Angeles.

Folded Spaces are ruptures - born of magic, disaster, or ancient power.
They’re volatile.
They’re deadly.
Get in. Get out.

Inside, nothing plays by the rules.
The air lies thick with fog, smoke, and ash.
Buildings twist into impossible skylines.
Flesh fuses with concrete.
Up is down.
Memories bleed into the present.

You’ve glimpsed a world no one was ever meant to see.

Play the Directorate: Novitiate demo now during Steam Next Fest — through October 20.

Kill or be killed.There’s always a price to pay.

Demo Update 01 - October 2, 2025

• Removed forced slow walk area in the corner of the crate room

• Increased cooldown on first boss magic strikes by 0.3 seconds

• Reduced the delay on first boss waiting before leap attack

• Increased damage inflicted by Huskrook Puppets

• Changed icon color of Axiom of Lunacy from pink to yellow for ease of selection

• Moved meat grinder in final fight room to avoid trapping players

• Edited mobility of door in the confessional booth to address Lumen issues

• Edited Mission Select text for readability

• Fixed the door locking after dying to the first boss

• Added a missing attack for the first boss

• Fixed the quantity of notes for Paper Trail Achievement

• Removed gun collision on first Psychometry vision

• Additional minor bug fixes