Devour

The core mechanic of Devour is the destruction of ten totems (whether goats, eggs, or rats). For the original two maps "The Farmhouse" and "The Asylum", as well as the fifth map "The Slaughterhouse" this takes the form of finding a fuel item and then destroying the totem with it. For the later maps "Inn" and "Town", the totems themselves must be prepared at one location before being destroyed at another, slowing progress.

Threats to the player come in two forms - the primary demon of the specific map and swarms of lesser hostiles. The primary demon moves around the full map, before switching into pursuit of a player. If successful, the player is downed and will be dragged to a random location on the map (The Farmhouse and The Asylum), be dragged to a specific location (The Inn), or be outright killed (The Town and The Slaughterhouse). On The Town and The Slaughterhouse, dead players will be banished to a different dimension, and will have to fight off the lesser demons to survive.

The game is set in the same universe as a 2020 PC game called The Watchers. Players control members of a demonic cult called the Watchers of Azazel who become aware that their leader Anna (or another cult member in other maps) is trying to raise the goat demon. Either finding or knowing that Azazel has possessed their comrade, the other members who arrive attempt to stop them and undo or prevent damage.

Devour was created by Joe Fender & Luke Fanning, the two developers of indie game studio Straight Back Games as their second game. Originally released on the 28th January 2021 with the single map "Farmhouse", four additional free maps have been released, starting with the rat-themed Asylum on April 21, 2021.

Reception for the game has been generally positive, with particular focus on its frightening atmosphere, good value, and positive referrals to Phasmophobia, which entered early access four months prior to the release of Devour. Gamesradar approved of its "highly stressful, fast-paced, downright scary experience".