Pilgrimage to the Heart
BRIMIR
Side-View Permadeath Action RPG
A primordial giant died standing, impaling the sky. His corpse became the world.
Become a pilgrim and climb his body — toward the heart that still beats.
Free demo on Steam
The World
Climb the body of a dead god
The world is a corpse
The primordial giant Brimir died standing, run through the sky. Time turned his body into terrain — his skin became earth, the gaps between his ribs became canyons, his fluids became seas. Fallen souls harden into runes, and wardens take root in the open wounds.
A pilgrim is one who climbs
The living build their towns at the giant's feet. Pilgrims climb him instead — past Irminsul, the pillar joining earth and sky, over the canyons of the ribs, toward the chest buried in cloud. How high you climb is what a floor means here.
The heart is an unreached summit
Even in death the heart beats. No one has reached it. Every pilgrim fails somewhere in the body and becomes part of that flesh. And still — the next one starts climbing.
The Ascent
Climb the giant's body
From the skin at his feet to the heart in his chest — every floor is a different part of him.
The FeetThe Dawn Petrifields
Where the pilgrimage begins — stone country wreathed in radiant light, just outside Midgard.
The ShinsThe Wilds of Four Quarters
Wilds split four ways — the Whispering Woods, the Beast Den, the Twilight Desert, the Silent Tomb.
The WaistDreaming Woods
A moss forest smothering the giant's waist. Bones and glowing spores tangled in half-sleep.
IrminsulSky Spire
The giant's spine, run through the sky. A rune-carved trial of ascent.
The RibsSundering Chasm
Blood that never cooled, still running like lava between the ribs.
The ChestJade Sea
A vast jade sea pooled inside the body. Clots drift across it like islands.
The BoneFrozen Marrow
Bone frozen solid, past the reach of the heart's warmth. The furthest country of the dead.
Just short of the heartThe Pericardium
The inside of something still alive. The pulse comes up through your feet, and the heart is just past it.
The inner foldsThe Heart Wall
First dry land past the valve. An outer fold crumbling as it dries, and under it flesh set hard in layers.
The Pilgrimage
What you build is the story
Carve your runes
Runes are the congealed souls of the fallen. Combine hundreds of them to forge a pilgrim that is yours alone.
Scars and wardens
Wounds torn open in the giant's flesh. A warden waits inside each one. Open it, beat it, climb higher.
The weight of dying
Die and you are forgotten. There is no resurrection. Only those who can die earn the right to reach the heart.
The heartbeat
Every beat drives the giant's blood through the body like a tide. Linger too long and it sweeps you out past the dawn.
Start the climb
Try the free demo first, or take the full pilgrimage. The community lives on Discord — builds, clips, and pilgrims comparing how far they got before it ended.
Community boards and player guides are Korean-only for now.