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The Procession to Calvary

PlayStation 4, Linux, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch • 2020

Should you play it?

Pilfer from pirates, conspire with cardinals and perform miracles with an incompetent magician. The Procession to Calvary is a Pythonesque adventure game made from Renaissance paintings, and a spiritual successor to the critically acclaimed Four Last Things.

What works

  • Unique and creative art style using renaissance paintings
  • Clever, humorous writing with monty python-esque dark comedy
  • Engaging puzzles with multiple endings
  • Classical music integration
  • Short and accessible gameplay

Things to keep in mind

  • Short length may leave players wanting more
  • Some puzzles can be obscure or frustrating
  • Limited save system and no map
  • No voice acting
  • Repetitive background music

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Tormentum - Dark Sorrow

  • Demetrios - The BIG Cynical Adventure

  • Slender Threads: Prologue

  • Grim Legends 2: Song of the Dark Swan

  • Slender Threads

  • Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers 20th Anniversary Edition

Less violent

Games that feels like The Procession to Calvary but with less combat and destruction

  • The Whispered World Special Edition

  • The Night of the Rabbit

  • Children of Silentown

  • Oknytt

  • The Inner World

  • Witch's Pranks: Frog's Fortune Collector's Edition

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The Procession to Calvary: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Survival, Violence, Competition, Thrill. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Violence. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Intimacy, Expression.

Last update: 03/08/2026