Phylactery Identity References

Steam: every image it asks for

Fourteen slots, every one a different shape, so every one gets its own composition (your call: a different image per size). Drawn below at one scale (1 : 5). The upload path is settled: every slot was filled with placeholders in the rehearsal (steam-release/RUNBOOK.md section 7, 2026-10-15); today the docs were re-read and the page checked: a new upload of the same type replaces a filled slot ("cannot be deleted, but you can update them"). The event images live in the announcement editor, not with the rest. Base capsules may carry only artwork, the game's name and an official subtitle; the hero carries no words at all. One trap for a warm game: Steam tints the page background blue and fades its edges.

Main capsule 1232×706

Header capsule 920×430

Small capsule 462×174

Vertical capsule 748×896

Library capsule 600×900

Library header 920×430

Library hero 3840×1240

Library logo 1280×720

Page background 1438×810

Event cover 800×450

Event header 1920×622

Screenshots x5+ 1920×1080

App icon 184×184

Shortcut icon 256×256

Slot	Size	Shows on	Valve's rule	The shape invites (a hypothesis)
Main capsule	1232×706	top of the store front (the big carousel)	art + logo, no other text	the full key-art scene, the logo inside it
Header capsule	920×430	top of the store page, Recommended, Big Picture, Daily Deal	art + logo	a band: a figure on one side, the lettering on the other
Small capsule	462×174	search, top sellers, new releases; shrunk to 184x69 and 120x45	the logo "should nearly fill" it	the lettering alone over texture; it must survive 120x45
Vertical capsule	748×896	top of the front page during seasonal sales	art + logo	one standing figure, head to toe
Library capsule	600×900	the library grid (the "box")	logo required, no other text	a book cover: the It Follows cover is already exactly this shape (2:3)
Library header	920×430	library rows ("Recent Games")	title only	a second band, free to differ from the store header
Library hero	3840×1240	top of the library page, under the logo (parallax)	NO words; faces in the centred 860x380	a panorama: the cave, wide
Library logo	1280×720	over the hero: bottom-left, top-centre, centre or bottom-centre	transparent PNG, the wordmark only	the wordmark itself
Page background	1438×810	behind the store page; Steam tints it BLUE and fades the edges	ambient, "not too bright"	rock and dark, almost nothing
Event cover	800×450	every announcement (required), the store page news, the library	artwork + branding	the release announcement's image
Event header	1920×622	top of an event page (suggested)	template clipping notes	the release announcement's banner
Screenshots x5+	1920×1080	the store page	gameplay only; 4+ marked all-ages	real frames (the ending stays off)
App icon	184×184	Steam lists, the community hub	JPG	one mark
Shortcut icon	256×256	the desktop shortcut	ICO or PNG	the same mark, bigger

The sources you named

The painting, the photo, and the game. The game's UI icons and font are left out on purpose (they are what this work replaces). Frames marked THE ENDING are the game's secret: store art may not show them, but the pose and the covered egg are sources.

N1 It Follows, the egg cover (the one on /artifacts that is not red)made in the It Follows illustration session, 2026-09-25 (a327ex-site/media/pages/artifacts/it-follows-3.jpg)Oil-painted, classical, gold on near-black; the shaft and the egg exactly as in the game; title in an old-style serif. 2:3, the library capsule's shape.his story's cover

N2 Queen Bee (女王蜂), "火炎 / Kaen (Fire)", single jacketSony Music Associated Records, 2019-01-30; opening theme of the anime Dororo (2019); vocalist Avu-chanThe image the ending pose was built from (round 36): one body arched far back on a flat orange-red field, a head of blue flame, gold eyes, one arm flung out with a clawed hand. Identified today by a reverse image search (Yandex), cross-checked against the single's listings; the old session had only the picture.non-free cover, reference only · source

N3 Round 36: Kaen beside the first in-game version of the poserounds/36-coil/pose.png (the cave before round 41's surfaces)How far the pose already came over: the arch, the flung arm, the hanging arm.the game

The game

the room

**G02** Fire and the lens at work2026Effects read as thin bright lines on dark: the light is the drawing.the game

**G03** The shaft, cropped from the room camera2026The same composition as the It Follows cover: a vertical beam onto a small pale egg; at game resolution the lich is a few pixels.the game

the six objects

**G04** Burned mask (viewer)2026Sooted porcelain, gashes, a pierced eye: the most face-like object, a ready emblem.the game

**G05** The hand (viewer)2026The Sabazios blessing gesture: an icon of power given (and of giving it up).the game

**G06** Lodestone (viewer)2026Raw, dark, weathered: the heaviest silhouette of the six.the game

**G07** Psyonian orbs (viewer)2026Clear glass spheres: the only object that is several things.the game

**G08** Prismatic gem (viewer)2026The one rainbow in a game of amber: the prismatic accent's source.the game

**G09** Attack lens (viewer)2026A glass disc with one burning point of light: almost a logo already.the game

the ending (the game's secret)

**G10** THE ENDING: the lich arched back beside the covered egg2026The Kaen pose in the game, next to the egg wrapped in snakes; store art may not show the ending, so this is the source of a pose, not a frame to use.the game (round 92 clip, 1280x720, cropped x2)

**G11** THE ENDING: the two-shot in darkness2026Everything but the two figures gone to black: the game's own most graphic image.the game

**G12** THE ENDING: the egg alone, lit from inside2026One pale-gold egg on black: the simplest image the game makes.the game

effects

**G13** The prismatic beam (round 18 sheet, older cave)2026His bones' colours as a streaming rainbow: the beam is the game's prismatic accent in motion.the game (round 18, before the cave surfaces changed)

Album and single covers

Covers in Kaen's family and beyond: a body on a flat field, Japanese single jackets, death treated seriously, eggs, serpents, prisms, and covers whose lettering is the identity.

queen bee

**A01** 奇麗 (Kirei)女王蜂 (Queen Bee), 2015A violet smoke plume erupts from the top of a back-tilted head, eyes covered, against flat saturated yellow: Kaen's 'element crowns the head on a colour field' idea with a complementary pair, and the cream clothing sits close to bone-cream.non-free cover, reference only · source

**A03** HALF女王蜂 (Queen Bee), 2018A gold-plated rib cage and spine is the only bright mass on a black tee against a flat blue-grey, so a skeleton reads instantly as a graphic emblem rather than as horror.non-free cover, reference only · source

**A04** 強火 (Tsuyobi)女王蜂 (Queen Bee), 2025One clawed hand with a flame at each fingertip, blue-white to orange, on deep red: a hand-only composition that reads at thumbnail size and rhymes with the bronze Sabazios hand.non-free cover, reference only · source

**A05** 蛇姫様 (Hebihime, 'Snake Princess')女王蜂 (Queen Bee), 2012A tiny gold-clad figure at the foot of a vast heap of crumpled gold under a black storm sky, with a vertical kanji title: a scale contrast and a gold-on-black palette that fits a serpent-and-treasure theme.non-free cover, reference only · source

**A06** 孔雀 (Kujaku, 'Peacock')女王蜂 (Queen Bee), 2011Glossy black gloves with bone-like ridges clasp a bare torso in smoky blue-teal light, with the title as two white vertical kanji at lower right: skeleton hands, gloss and glow in one image.non-free cover, reference only · source

**A07** 犬姫 (Inuhime)女王蜂 (Queen Bee), 2022A figure in pale green court robes kneels in a near-black teal field with the two-kanji title in metallic gold at lower left, a clean model for gold lettering that sits in the dark instead of on a plate.non-free cover, reference only · source

figure on field

**A08** Island LifeGrace Jones, 1985 · Jean-Paul Goude (cover image, a montage; per en.wikipedia 'Island Life')A single body bent into an impossible arabesque against a flat pale-blue room reads as one clean silhouette, the nearest cousin to an arched-back, limbs-flung lich.non-free cover, reference only · source

**A09** VulnicuraBjörk, 2015 · Artwork design M/M (Paris); cover photograph Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin (per en.wikipedia 'Vulnicura')A figure in black latex with arms thrown open and a radiating spiked crown for a head sits against a near-white to yellow gradient, so silhouette and head-element survive at thumbnail size.non-free cover, reference only · source

**A10** KiCk iArca, 2020 · Cover image by Arca, Carlos Sáez and Carlota Guerrero (per en.wikipedia 'KiCk i')One small figure with mechanical limbs stands in a vast pale grey field, showing how much empty flat colour a single body can hold and where a logo could live.non-free cover, reference only · source

**A11** Aladdin SaneDavid Bowie, 1973 · Photograph by Brian Duffy (per en.wikipedia 'Aladdin Sane')One bold painted mark across a closed-eyed face against a near-white field, plus a single teardrop, gives a cover a whole identity out of a single graphic gesture.non-free cover, reference only · source

**A12** Heaven to a Tortured MindYves Tumor, 2020A crouched figure dissolving into streaks of white light on black shows how a body can be half-erased by a light source, the dark-field counterpart to the shaft of sun on the egg.non-free cover, reference only · source

**A13** HomogenicBjörk, 1997 · Art direction Alexander McQueen; photography Nick Knight; sleeve design Me Company (per en.wikipedia 'Homogenic')A symmetric figure whose head is crowned by a black sculptural form over a white-and-red robe on a pale blue gradient: a head-element and a strong shape-colour split in a centred portrait.non-free cover, reference only · source

anime op singles

**A14** KICK BACK (Chainsaw Man opening)米津玄師 (Kenshi Yonezu), 2022A chainsaw-headed figure hauling a pull-cord against a flat saturated red, with the lettering as a distressed band across the top: head replaced by an object, one colour field, bold lettering.non-free cover, reference only · source

**A15** Inferno (Fire Force opening)Mrs. GREEN APPLE, 2019A single orange flame emblem centred on pure black with a condensed white wordmark is the minimal icon-on-black version of the same idea, readable at a few pixels.non-free cover, reference only · source

**A16** 紅蓮の弓矢 (Guren no Yumiya, Attack on Titan opening)Linked Horizon, 2013A gold-line crest on dark brown with no figure at all shows a game logo can be a heraldic emblem with lettering built into its geometry.non-free cover, reference only · source

**A17** 廻廻奇譚 / 蒼のワルツ (Kaikai Kitan, Jujutsu Kaisen opening)Eve, 2020 · Regular-edition jacket illustration by Mah (per ja.wikipedia, citing Natalie)Black ink washes pooling around pale hands on a pure white field, with almost no colour, is a model for a monochrome capsule that lets one dark gesture carry the image.non-free cover, reference only · source

**A18** 怪物 (Kaibutsu, BEASTARS season 2 opening)YOASOBI, 2021Red-on-black wolf silhouettes between bare tree trunks with a thin vertical title: a two-tone, high-contrast figure that works as a pure silhouette.non-free cover, reference only · source

death and bone

**A19** CloserJoy Division, 1980 · Design by Martyn Atkins and Peter Saville; photograph of the Appiani family tomb (Staglieno, Genoa) by Bernard Pierre Wolff, 1978 (per en.wikipedia 'Closer')A found photograph of a mourning tomb sculpture inside a thin frame on a huge white field, with the title in tiny small caps: death handled with restraint and white space.non-free cover, reference only · source

**A20** OxygèneJean-Michel Jarre, 1976 · Michel Granger (painting 'Oxygène'; per en.wikipedia 'Oxygène')A skull exposed under the torn crust of a planet inside a blue glow gives bone a cosmic scale, and the painted surface is one the lich's cave art could imitate.non-free cover, reference only · source

**A21** In UteroNirvana, 1993 · Robert Fisher (art direction, design) with Kurt Cobain (per en.wikipedia 'In Utero')A transparent anatomical figure with feathered wings centred on cream cracked parchment shows a body read as anatomy and as angel at once, with the title in plain small type.non-free cover, reference only · source

**A22** Grateful Dead (Skull & Roses)Grateful Dead, 1971 · Alton Kelley and Stanley Mouse, from an illustration by Edmund J. Sullivan for the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam (per en.wikipedia)A Victorian engraving of a skeleton crowned with roses reused inside a flat-colour poster frame with hand-drawn lettering: a direct precedent for reusing an old engraving of the dead.non-free cover, reference only · source

**A23** FilosofemBurzum, 1996 · Theodor Kittelsen (painting 'Op under Fjeldet toner en Lur'; per en.wikipedia 'Filosofem')A century-old painting of a lone cloaked figure blowing a horn beside a boulder in a pale misty valley, with a blackletter title, shows an old painting plus type can be a whole cover.non-free cover, reference only · source

egg serpent light prism

**A24** The Dark Side of the MoonPink Floyd, 1973 · Storm Thorgerson (concept); design Hipgnosis and George Hardie (per en.wikipedia)A single thin beam of white light enters a prism on pure black and leaves as a spectrum: the light-in-darkness and the prism in one shape, with no lettering at all.non-free cover, reference only · source

**A25** The Serpent's EggDead Can Dance, 1988 · Sleeve design Brendan Perry and Vaughan Oliver (per en.wikipedia 'The Serpent's Egg')A serpentine river seen from above in olive and ochre, with the title in a thin serif at lower right, makes the snake and the egg a landscape rather than an object.non-free cover, reference only · source

**A26** It's Blitz!Yeah Yeah Yeahs, 2009 · Urs Fischer (art direction, cover photography); art direction Karen O and Seb Marling (per en.wikipedia 'It's Blitz!')A fist crushing an egg, yolk and shell caught mid-burst against flat white, makes the egg a thing that can be hurt, and the hand-and-egg pairing is the cleanest possible thumbnail.non-free cover, reference only · source

**A27** Titanic RisingWeyes Blood, 2019 · Brett Stanley (photography, set builds); Elijah Funk (layout) (per en.wikipedia 'Titanic Rising')A bedroom sunk in deep blue water with bright light streaming down from the surface into the room, one small figure at the desk, is a close match for sunlight falling through a hole into a dark space.non-free cover, reference only · source

**A28** Brotherhood of the SnakeTestament, 2016 · Eliran Kantor (per v13.net's 2016 cover roundup)Two pale vipers with fangs bared rise side by side over a burnt-orange ground, giving a ready-made composition for snakes approaching from the foreground.non-free cover, reference only · source

**A29** MelioraGhost, 2015 · Zbigniew M. Bielak (artwork; per en.wikipedia 'Meliora')Long rays of light radiate from the top of the frame through a dark gothic hall, with a gold wordmark at the apex: light fanning down through darkness in a symmetrical layout.non-free cover, reference only · source

lettering

**A30** Return of the Obra Dinn (Original Game Soundtrack)Lucas Pope, 2021A dithered 1-bit title in heavy blackletter over a dithered moon and ship, in two tones, shows lettering that looks native to a low-res pixel-dithered game.non-free cover, reference only · source

**A31** Darkest Dungeon (Original Video Game Soundtrack, Deluxe Edition)Stuart Chatwood, 2017A jagged condensed serif title flanked by a small ornament on a black-and-red silhouette landscape is a game logo whose letterforms carry the mood by themselves.non-free cover, reference only · source

**A32** 唱 (Show)Ado, 2023 · Jacket illustration by ヤスタツ (Yasutatsu) (per ja.wikipedia 唱 (Adoの曲), citing Tower Records)Huge gold kanji woven between the figures inside an ornate frame show a title that is part of the picture's structure rather than laid over it.non-free cover, reference only · source

**A33** HabitSEKAI NO OWARI, 2022An ornate, spiky title in a muted engraved style over a scratchy line illustration on dusty pink is a model for lettering that shares the drawing's linework.non-free cover, reference only · source

**A34** 無罪モラトリアム (Muzai Moratorium)椎名林檎 (Sheena Ringo), 1999 · Jacket design by art director 木村豊 (Yutaka Kimura) (per ja.wikipedia 無罪モラトリアム, citing Da Vinci News)A hand-brushed kanji banner held up inside a press scrum makes the title a physical object in the scene, with the artist's name set small and sideways at the edge.non-free cover, reference only · source

Skeletons and liches in poses

Bodies made of bone: arched and falling, floating and enthroned, thinking, dancing; Japan's skeletons; relics dressed in jewels; the lich as modern illustration draws it.

pose arched hurt falling

**S01** Death and the MaidenHans Baldung Grien, c. 1518-1520The pale maiden arches away in a S-curve with drapery in both hands while Death grips her from behind, a white figure on near-black reading as one backward-leaning shape.public domain · source

**S02** Lich's Mastery (Magic: The Gathering, Dominaria)Daarken, 2018A figure arches back with head thrown and mouth open, one hand clutching a violet glow at the chest, among red candles and pale drapes.copyrighted, reference only · source

**S03** Untitled (1973)Zdzislaw Beksinski, 1973A thin figure drapes over a black monolith with one arm flung up toward a glowing orange head and the other hanging with red hands, on a rust-orange cloud field.copyrighted, reference only · source

**S04** Ecstasy of Saint TeresaGian Lorenzo Bernini, 1647-1652A pale figure swoons back under a fan of gilded rods that read as one shaft of golden light falling from above onto a white body.CC BY-SA 4.0 (photo: Livioandronico2013); sculpture public domain · source

**S05** The NightmareHenry Fuseli, 1781A white-robed figure hangs backward off a bed with head thrown down and one arm trailing to the floor, a pale diagonal in a deep red-and-black room.public domain painting (photo on Commons: CC BY 2.5, Tulip Hysteria) · source

pose floating casting enthroned

**S06** Kel'Thuzad (Heroes of the Storm key art)Blizzard Entertainment, 2017A skeletal lich in blue-and-gold robes with ruby gems stands with one clawed hand raised and the other low trailing a blue wisp, a symmetrical bone-and-gem silhouette.copyrighted, reference only · source

**S07** Death on the Pale HorseGustave Dore, 1865A cloaked skull-faced rider floats high on a pale horse through a black sky of flying monsters, with a long scythe diagonal.public domain · source

**S08** Vecna (Dungeons & Dragons)Credited nord-sol.com on the image (Wizards of the Coast; unverified), 2020A horned, gaunt lich with a glowing eye and long claws floats in a dark pillared hall with a spellbook hovering at his hand and one cold shaft of light behind.copyrighted, reference only · source

**S09** Transi of Rene de ChalonLigier Richier, c. 1545-1547A standing decayed figure lifts its heart toward the sky with one arm stretched high, a pale vertical column against a dark painted panel, an offering held up.public domain · source

**S10** The Ancient of Days (Europe a Prophecy, frontispiece)William Blake, 1794A bent figure inside a golden sun disc reaches down through black clouds with compasses, a ring of amber light with a V of rays beneath.public domain · source

pose contemplative

**S11** Skeleton contemplating a skull, lateral view (De humani corporis fabrica, 1543; 1940 photolithograph)Andreas Vesalius (woodcut for the Fabrica), 1543A lone skeleton leans on a tomb with its chin in one hand and the other hand resting on a skull, one pondering diagonal from skull to heel.CC BY 4.0 (Wellcome Collection photolithograph of a public-domain 1543 woodcut) · source

**S12** Tabulae sceleti et musculorum, Tab. VIII: skeleton from behind with the rhinoceros ClaraBernhard Siegfried Albinus (engraved by Charles Grignion after Jan Wandelaar), 1749A skeleton seen from behind with one arm flung wide and the other loose, spine and ribs as a clear S, standing before a huge dark animal.public domain · source

**S13** Tabulae sceleti et musculorum, Tab. IV: skeleton from the front with the rhinocerosBernhard Siegfried Albinus (engraved by Charles Grignion after Jan Wandelaar), 1747A front-view skeleton in a loose contrapposto, one arm thrown out with the hand trailing and the other hanging, legs together with a pointed foot, a calm lich-like stance.public domain · source

**S14** Memento Mori: a skeleton in a nicheMaster IAM of Zwolle, late 15th centuryA skeleton sprawls in a niche with one hand lifted and a long banner whipping above, the whole body one S-curve of bone and cloth.public domain · source

**S15** Still Life with a Skull (Vanitas)Philippe de Champaigne, c. 1671A skull sits between a clear glass flask with a tulip and an hourglass on a pale ledge against black, glass and bone as quiet objects.public domain · source

**S16** Osteographia, plate XXXVI: skeleton kneelingWilliam Cheselden (engraved by Gerard Vandergucht), 1733A skeleton kneels in profile with palms pressed together and the skull tilted up, one long diagonal from knee to raised head.public domain · source

**S17** Skeleton leaning on a spade (De humani corporis fabrica)Andreas Vesalius (woodcut for the Fabrica), 1543A frontal skeleton rests one elbow on a spade handle with the other arm hanging loose, relaxed and facing the viewer, mountains behind.CC BY 4.0 (Wellcome Collection image of a public-domain 1543 woodcut) · source

danse macabre

**S19** Eve, the Serpent, and DeathHans Baldung Grien, c. 1510-1515A decayed Death stands beside Eve while a thick serpent loops a tree trunk, pale bodies and a metal-grey snake ring against black.public domain · source

**S20** The Triumph of DeathPieter Bruegel the Elder, c. 1562A burnt amber and ember-orange plain under a black-red sky is crowded with bone-white skeletons, showing how a warm horizon holds hundreds of pale figures.public domain · source

**S21** In ictu oculiJuan de Valdes Leal, c. 1670-1672A gold-brown skeleton strides out of a black arch, one hand snuffing a candle and the other holding a coffin and scythe, with a tiara, crown and globe in gold and red below.public domain · source

**S22** Skeletons Fighting over a Hanged ManJames Ensor, 1891Two skeletons in hats, shawls and a red skirt tug a hanged figure in a pale room ringed by masks, bones dressed in cloth with a mask-like skull.public domain · source

**S23** Dance of Death: The Trumpeters of DeathHans Holbein the Younger, c. 1526 (Cleveland impression)Skeletons blow trumpets and hit kettledrums under a stone arch, bold black hatching and white bones forming strong diagonals.CC0 · source

japan

**S24** Takiyasha the Witch and the Skeleton Spectre (triptych)Utagawa Kuniyoshi, c. 1844A giant cream-white skeleton fills two panels, skull and ribcage towering over tiny figures, the scale a poster-ready bone silhouette on grey.public domain · source

**S25** Beauty surrounded by skeletons (hanging scroll)Kawanabe Kyosai, after 1871Pale ink skeletons gather round a woman and one in a top hat pulls her sleeve, bones drawn light and playful on cream silk.CC BY 4.0 · source

**S26** The Ghost of Kohada Koheiji (One Hundred Ghost Stories)Katsushika Hokusai, c. 1831-1832A skull with exposed bone peers sideways out of a red mosquito net, one clawed hand hooked over the edge, as a flat red-on-blue colour block.CC BY-SA 3.0 · source

**S27** Oya Taro Mitsukuni Watching Skeletons (Wakan hyaku monogatari)Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1865A host of grey ghost-skeletons with swords, bows and a lantern swarm in pure black space around a seated samurai, pale bones on black with one red scabbard.public domain · source

relic and jewel

**S28** Holy Body of Saint Gratian (Waldsassen Basilica)Unknown (17th-18th century catacomb saint), photo by Wolfgang Sauber, 17th-18th centuryA whole skeleton stands dressed in a gem-studded, gold-embroidered court dress under glass with a gilt arch around it, a bone figure fully set with jewels.CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

**S29** Relics of Saint Munditia (Peterskirche, Munich)Unknown; photo by Nheyob, 17th century displayA crowned skeleton lies in a black and silver glass reliquary in red gem-set brocade, candles at each end and a smaller skull above, bones laid out like a sleeping figure.CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

**S30** Skeleton of Saint Innocentius (Basilica of St. Lorenz, Kempten)Unknown (catacomb saint), photo by Neitram, 17th-18th centuryA skull with gold-filigree plates set with gems over the eye sockets, a gold-leaf laurel and pearl strands, hands layered with rubies and ruby-red velvet.CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

lich illustration

**S31** Phylactery Lich (Magic: The Gathering, Magic 2011)Michael Komarck, 2010A hooded skeletal lich with glowing violet eyes holds a staff hung with a glowing orb inside a cave of stalagmites, a cave-and-light setup close to the game.copyrighted, reference only · source

**S32** Demilich (Magic: The Gathering, Adventures in the Forgotten Realms)Daniel Zrom, 2021A skull in a stone niche with cut-diamond eyes and gem shards for teeth, bone and glittering facets in one object.copyrighted, reference only · source

**S33** Acererak the Archlich (Magic: The Gathering, Adventures in the Forgotten Realms)Andrey Kuzinskiy, 2021A crowned, masked skeletal lich lunges with a hooked staff carrying a floating ghost skull, in a teal stone crypt with swirls of pale smoke.copyrighted, reference only · source

**S34** Death (Castlevania: Symphony of the Night)Ayami Kojima (credit as listed on the Castlevania wiki file; unverified), 1997A skull under a deep blue hood and checkered collar grips a scythe whose long blade and pole make two clean diagonals on a white ground.copyrighted, reference only · source

**S35** Untitled (1984)Zdzislaw Beksinski, 1984Two emaciated skeletal figures embrace on a flat amber-orange field, bone-brown bodies with no background, a warm reverent tone.copyrighted, reference only · source

**S36** Lich (Dungeons & Dragons 5e Monster Manual)Wizards of the Coast (artist not verified), 2014A robed lich throws one arm out with a long clawed hand while the other hangs in shredded sleeves, a clean flung-claw silhouette on plain white.copyrighted, reference only · source

**S37** Lich (Dungeons & Dragons 2025 Monster Manual)Vik Menezes (credit printed on the image), 2025A lich with head back and open mouth raises one clawed hand in a swirl of teal glyph light over floating tomes, in a ruin lit amber from behind.copyrighted, reference only · source

**S38** Gravelord Nito (Dark Souls)FromSoftware, 2011A giant assembled from stacked small skeletons holds one amber flame in a near-black frame, the flame the only warm light.copyrighted, reference only · source

**S39** Skull Knight (Berserk, manga panel)Kentaro Miura, 1990sA bone-white skeletal knight on a skeletal horse in cloak and rib-plate with a rose mark, hard black-and-white inking in a forest.copyrighted, reference only · source

The game's themes

The egg and the serpent, phylacteries and reliquaries, one light in darkness, glass and prism, offering and sacrifice, and posters that do much with one motif.

egg and serpent

**T01** The Orphic egg wound round by a serpent (engraving for Bryant's A New System, or an Analysis of Ancient Mythology)James Basire, after Jacob Bryant, 1774One serpent winds a tilted spiral of bands around a hatched egg on blank white, the game's win state (snakes covering the egg) as a single flat emblem that could be cut down to a logo mark.Public domain · source

**T02** Brera Altarpiece (Montefeltro Altarpiece), detail of the hanging ostrich egg (crop, 2x upscale)Piero della Francesca, c. 1472-74A small pale egg dangles on a thin gold thread inside a grey scallop-shell niche, one tiny white oval as the whole point of a calm architectural space, close to the cover's egg held in a cave hollow.Public domain · source

**T03** Ouroboros from the alchemical text of Zosimos (Paris, BnF Parisinus graecus 2327)Anonymous Byzantine copyist, after Zosimos of Panopolis, late 15th c. copy of a 3rd c. textA thick black serpent ring swallowing its tail with a blank white interior, a ready circular frame (a roundel) for logo or capsule work; low-res, text-heavy page, so use the ring only.Public domain · source

**T04** Aurora consurgens (Zurich, Zentralbibliothek Ms. Rh. 172), fol. 21v: dragon in a fired vessel with a bird alighting on itAnonymous, c. 1420A blue dragon coils inside a round-bellied pot over red flames while a man tips powder in, flat medieval colour blocks on green: vessel, serpent and fire in one readable emblem.Public domain · source

**T05** The Garden of Earthly Delights, central panel, detail of the cracked eggHieronymus Bosch, c. 1490-1510A huge pale cracked-shell egg fills the frame with small figures spilling out of the break, a rare painted treatment of an egg as a rebirth vessel with crackle texture.Public domain · source

**T06** Atalanta Fugiens, Emblem VIII: 'Take the egg and pierce it with a fiery sword'Michael Maier (engraver Matthaeus Merian), 1617A single white egg sits alone on a plinth in a deep perspective hall while a sworded man and fire flank it, the egg as the only light object at the centre of a dark monochrome engraving.Public domain · source

**T07** Asiatic devices allusive to the cosmogony: mundane eggs, one entwined by the Ophion serpent (etching)Barlow, 1795Right panel is a serpent spiralling round an egg as an isolated icon and left panel an egg on a stepped plinth with a crescent, two ready egg-emblem silhouettes on one sheet.Public domain (Wellcome Collection Public Domain Mark) · source

**T08** A crowned alchemical flask containing a young king in red (watercolour after Splendor Solis)After Salomon Trismosin, 16th c. original, later watercolour copyA figure stands inside a long teardrop glass vessel surrounded by a gold aureole with a crown above, a soul-vessel (phylactery) as one tall glowing glass shape on a pale ground.CC BY 4.0 · source

**T09** Relief of Phanes/Aion inside the zodiac ring (Modena, Galleria Estense)Anonymous Roman, c. 2nd century ADA winged youth is wrapped by a serpent whose head reaches his chest, standing inside an egg-shaped oval ringed by a zodiac band: the Orphic egg and the coil as a symmetric framed emblem with a built-in border.CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

**T10** Laocoon and his Sons (Vatican, Roman copy)Hagesandros, Athenodoros, Polydoros of Rhodes (Hellenistic original), 1st c. BC-1st c. ADThick pale serpent coils cross three bone-coloured bodies against a dark ground, a lesson in how heavy coils read as big graphic S-curves over a pale subject.CC0 · source

**T11** The golden cosmic egg (Hiranyagarbha), Bhagavata Purana seriesManaku, c. 1740A single flat gold ellipse sits on a blue-grey field of white concentric contour lines, the egg as a pure glowing shape with no detail at all, the simplest possible egg icon.Public domain · source

phylactery reliquary

**T12** Votive hand of Sabazius (Walters Art Museum 54.2453)Anonymous Roman, c. 3rd century ADThe real Sabazios hand: two raised fingers, a snake curling up the wrist and tiny figures on the palm above a temple niche, green patina on bone-pale ground, a direct model for the bronze hand prop.Public domain · source

**T13** Head tefillin (phylactery) resting on a rockDavidbena (photo), 2020The literal phylactery: a black cube with knotted black leather straps on pale stone, useful for the box-and-strap silhouette, not as a style reference.CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

**T14** Arm Reliquary (South Netherlandish)Anonymous, c. 1230A gilded hand with two raised fingers rises from a narrow silver sleeve against grey seamless, one gold shape on a vertical silhouette, near the blessing-hand gesture.CC0 · source

**T15** Reliquary head of Saint Yrieix (silver with gilt band and gems)Anonymous French, c. 1220A silver face with empty carved eyes on a jewelled collar, a hollow vessel that holds a skull, so the lich-as-reliquary idea in cool silver with one warm gold band.CC0 · source

**T16** Triptych: Annunciation with the Prophets David and Isaiah (painted enamel, Walters 44316)Master of the Orleans Triptych, c. 1500Both side prophets hold long curling scrolls lettered in gothic capitals, the original speech-banderole sense of phylactery, with the ribbon looping round each figure like a title banner.Public domain · source

**T17** Rock crystal amuletic sphere pendant, gold-bandedHunnic or Frankish, 4th-5th centuryA clear crystal ball strapped in beaded gold with a hanging loop: an amulet and a glass orb in one object, pale glass and gold on a soft gradient, a model for the orb icon.CC0 · source

**T18** MonstranceDiego de Atienza, 1646-49A gold sunburst ring of rays around a small clear window on a slender stem, a radial halo around a see-through centre that could frame the egg on a capsule.CC0 · source

light in darkness

**T19** The Calling of Saint MatthewCaravaggio, 1599-1600One diagonal shaft of amber light enters a dark room from a high window and lands on the chosen figure, a single beam driving the whole composition, like the hole far above the cave.Public domain · source

**T20** The Philosopher in MeditationRembrandt van Rijn, 1632A tiny seated figure in a huge dark vault with one golden window and a spiral stair catching the glow, the scale of small body to black cave in exactly the target amber and near-black.Public domain · source

**T21** The Alchemist, in Search of the Philosopher's Stone, Discovers PhosphorusJoseph Wright of Derby, 1771A kneeling alchemist is lit from below by a glowing glass flask in a dim gothic vault, the glass vessel as the light source of the whole picture.Public domain · source

**T22** An Experiment on a Bird in the Air PumpJoseph Wright of Derby, 1768A ring of faces is lit by one candle behind a glass globe that holds a white bird, a glass orb as the lit sacrifice at the centre of a dark room.Public domain · source

**T23** The Magdalen with the Smoking FlameGeorges de La Tour, c. 1635-40One candle flame and a skull in her lap in warm orange on near-black, the restrained two-tone palette where bone-cream sits under amber light.Public domain · source

**T24** Antrum Platonicum (Plato's Cave)Jan Saenredam, after Cornelis van Haarlem, 1604An engraved cave with a lantern hanging in the middle and a bright arched opening at upper left, plus a Latin lettering band along the top and bottom that is ready-made border typography.CC0 · source

**T25** The Empyrean (Paradiso, canto 31)Gustave Dore, c. 1868Two tiny figures stand under a vast radial engraving converging on a pinpoint of light, a concentric composition around one bright centre where the egg could sit.Public domain · source

**T26** An Allegory of the Vanities of Human LifeHarmen Steenwijck, c. 1640A slanting pale shaft of light crosses a dark wall toward a table where a skull, books, a lamp and a jar lie in a heap: the single closest match, a diagonal beam plus laid-out objects plus a skull.Public domain · source

**T27** A Beam Through the Darkness, Son Doong CaveTrantuanviet (photo), 2022A bright blue-white shaft drops through a hole in the ceiling onto a rock shelf with one tiny standing figure, the real-world version of the shaft from a hole far above, with soft volumetric fog.CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

glass and prism

**T28** The Burning GlassNicolas Lancret, first half of 18th c.A girl holds a small glass to focus a thin sunbeam onto a heap of twigs, a lens focusing a ray as a tiny charming action, with the thin diagonal beam as the compositional line.Public domain · source

**T29** Stephoidea (radiolarians), Kunstformen der NaturErnst Haeckel, 1904White linework glass skeletons with small pink and yellow accents float on pure black, ornament that reads as prismatic gems in darkness, a good reference for gem and orb glyphs on a black field.Public domain · source

**T30** The Crystal BallJohn William Waterhouse, 1902A woman holds a glass sphere at chest height beside a skull and an open book, the orb a small bright circle against deep red velvet, glass and skull in one quiet interior.Public domain · source

**T31** Stained-glass window light on the floor, Eglise des Jacobins, ToulouseRemih (photo), 2026Coloured light pools in amber, red and white over a dark tiled floor, showing how prismatic light sits on a black ground, close to the amber plus prismatic accents palette.CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

**T32** Magnetite lodestone lifting paperclipsRyan Somma (photo), 2008 (upload)A raw lodestone with a rough warm surface lifts paperclips into the air against pure black, the rock prop plus its power in one low-key photograph.CC BY-SA 2.0 · source

**T33** Frontispiece of Ars Magna Lucis et UmbraeAthanasius Kircher (publisher Scheus, Rome), 1646Straight rays cross a dense engraved frontispiece from a radiant source via mirrors, with a cave opening and beam at lower right, light as geometry in a very ornate frame.Public domain · source

offering sacrifice

**T34** Still Life with Quince, Cabbage, Melon and CucumberJuan Sanchez Cotan, 1602Four plain objects hang and sit in a stone niche with a vast empty black space beside them, extreme negative space and objects treated as icons, like the six prop objects.Public domain · source

**T35** Agnus Dei (The Lamb of God)Francisco de Zurbaran, c. 1635-40A bound white lamb lies lit from the left against near-black, a pale offering as one calm shape, bone-cream on black.Public domain · source

**T36** Melencolia IAlbrecht Durer, 1514A brooding winged figure sits among tools, a polyhedron and a sphere laid down around her with a comet and rainbow arc behind, the laid-down objects of a figure who has stopped working.Public domain · source

**T37** The Emperor, from The Dance of DeathHans Holbein the Younger, c. 1526 (published 1538)Death looms over a throne while the emperor's orb and an hourglass lie on the floor, giving up power as skeleton plus dropped regalia in clear black and white woodcut shapes.CC0 · source

**T38** Still Life with Lemons, Oranges and a RoseFrancisco de Zurbaran, 1633A cup, a basket and a plate of fruit sit in a row on a dark ledge in warm light against black, the laid-out-in-a-line offering arrangement the six objects could use on the cave floor.Public domain · source

**T39** Three Roman votive offerings representing faces (terracotta)Anonymous Roman, antiquityThree terracotta votive heads in soft clean light on white, votive faces left as gifts, a shape reference for the mask offering.CC BY 4.0 · source

graphic posters

**T40** Jajo weza (The Serpent's Egg), Polish film posterJan Mlodozeniec, 1977/78A white tilted panel of heavy black lettering sits over flat thick-outlined brown figures, with the O of JAJO holding a tiny orange glyph: title lettering as the centre of the design.copyrighted, reference only · source

**T41** Alien, one-sheet20th Century Fox, 1979One cracked egg lit by a thin green-yellow seam floats in total black over a ridged floor with widely spaced title letters: the one-object-in-darkness capsule to learn from, almost the cave-egg premise.copyrighted, reference only · source

**T42** Close Encounters of the Third Kind, one-sheetColumbia Pictures, 1977A road runs to a glowing horizon under a star field with centred, calm title text, one light source at the vanishing point and a stack of centred type.copyrighted, reference only · source

**T43** Vertigo, posterSaul Bass, 1958A white spiral of fine line coils round a falling black figure on an orange disc, a coil that wraps its subject, the egg-covered-by-snakes idea in flat graphic form.Public domain (per Wikimedia Commons) · source

**T44** Seconds, alternate posterSaul Bass, 1966A black box with its lid ajar holds one small figure above a bold red title on white, a container with a small figure inside in four flat shapes plus one red accent.Public domain (per Wikimedia Commons) · source

Lettering

Candidate type for the PHYLACTERY wordmark (rendered here in the game's bone cream on the cave's black), and what other dark games did.

inscriptional

**F01** Cinzel (wght 500)Natanael GamaThe Trajan-descended baseline: carved-stone caps say 'dark fantasy' instantly, but it is the overused Dark Souls-era look and carries no personality of its own.OFL 1.1 (free, commercial use allowed); TTF + OFL.txt in ttf/cinzel/ · source

**F02** Cinzel Decorative (Bold)Natanael GamaSwash P, L and A turn the Roman baseline into reliquary engraving, a title that looks cut into a casket lid, though the flourishes get busy at capsule size.OFL 1.1 (free, commercial use allowed); TTF + OFL.txt in ttf/cinzeldecorative/ · source

**F03** MarcellusAstigmaticFlared, chisel-cut Roman capitals with a gentle lowercase: stone-inscription authority with less genre cliche than Trajan.OFL 1.1 (free, commercial use allowed); TTF + OFL.txt in ttf/marcellus/ · source

**F04** ForumDenis MasharovWide, light Renaissance Roman capitals; a quiet museum-plaque voice that suits a game about letting go, but thin for a small capsule.OFL 1.1 (free, commercial use allowed); TTF + OFL.txt in ttf/forum/ · source

**F05** Cormorant SC (SemiBold)Christian ThalmannRazor-serifed Garamond small capitals read as an engraved bookplate, the most elegant Trajan alternative while staying sharp enough for a logo.OFL 1.1 (free, commercial use allowed); TTF + OFL.txt in ttf/cormorantsc/ · source

old style book

**F06** IM Fell EnglishIgino MariniRoughened, ink-bled edges echo the slightly worn gold lettering of the It Follows cover and read as a surviving printed page, not a game.OFL 1.1 (free, commercial use allowed); TTF + OFL.txt in ttf/imfellenglish/ · source

**F07** IM Fell Double PicaIgino MariniThe Fell Types' baroque Roman with worn ink edges: the same 'old printed book' feel as the It Follows cover, a little narrower and more textured.OFL 1.1 (free, commercial use allowed); TTF + OFL.txt in ttf/imfelldoublepica/ · source

**F08** EB Garamond (wght 500)Georg Duffner, Octavio PardoClosest free match to the It Follows cover lettering (use medium weight): a sturdy, soft Garamond that reads as a bound book, not a game.OFL 1.1 (free, commercial use allowed); TTF + OFL.txt in ttf/ebgaramond/ · source

**F09** Cormorant Garamond (wght 500)Christian ThalmannA delicate, tall-ascendered Garamond that is elegant and bookish but too light to survive a Steam capsule without a heavier cut.OFL 1.1 (free, commercial use allowed); TTF + OFL.txt in ttf/cormorantgaramond/ · source

**F10** Sorts Mill GoudyBarry SchwartzWarm, wide Goudy forms with soft bracketed serifs, close to the cover's proportions but gentler and more hand-pressed than ominous.OFL 1.1 (free, commercial use allowed); TTF + OFL.txt in ttf/sortsmillgoudy/ · source

**F11** Libre Caslon DisplayImpallari TypeHairline-serifed Caslon display gives a rare-book title page that holds at large sizes but loses its hairlines on a small library logo.OFL 1.1 (free, commercial use allowed); TTF + OFL.txt in ttf/librecaslondisplay/ · source

**F12** CardoDavid PerryWide, bookish Renaissance Roman with large x-height, the best free match to the cover's wide proportions after EB Garamond.OFL 1.1 (free, commercial use allowed); TTF + OFL.txt in ttf/cardo/ · source

gothic scroll

**F13** UnifrakturMaguntiaJ. 'mach' WustTrue Fraktur with sweeping capitals recalls lettered speech scrolls in medieval art, but all-caps it turns illegible and heavy-metal while mixed-case 'Phylactery' works.OFL 1.1 (free, commercial use allowed); TTF + OFL.txt in ttf/unifrakturmaguntia/ · source

**F14** Pirata OneRodrigo Fuenzalida, Nicolas MassiA condensed, angular blackletter-lite that is instantly legible but pushes a pirate/metal menace too loud for a quiet game about giving things up.OFL 1.1 (free, commercial use allowed); TTF + OFL.txt in ttf/pirataone/ · source

**F15** Grenze Gotisch (wght 600)Omnibus-TypeSquared, heavy Gothic cut like woodtype from a scroll caption, striking as a title though the long Y tail makes the all-caps line ragged.OFL 1.1 (free, commercial use allowed); TTF + OFL.txt in ttf/grenzegotisch/ · source

**F16** Jacquard 24Sarah Cadigan-FriedA pixel-built blackletter that bridges the game's current pixel UI font and the medieval phylactery-scroll idea.OFL 1.1 (free, commercial use allowed); TTF + OFL.txt in ttf/jacquard24/ · source

**F17** Texturina (opsz 72, wght 600)Guillermo Torres, Omnibus-TypeA calm textura-inspired Roman that reads more rustic chapbook than gothic scroll, human rather than metal.OFL 1.1 (free, commercial use allowed); TTF + OFL.txt in ttf/texturina/ · source

**F18** FrukturViktoriya Grabowska, Eben SorkinBrushy, bouncing Fraktur-derived forms with plenty of character but a cartoonish tone for a game about sacrifice.OFL 1.1 (free, commercial use allowed); TTF + OFL.txt in ttf/fruktur/ · source

uncial insular runic

**F19** Uncial AntiquaAstigmaticRounded uncial forms with tall P and L evoke Insular manuscripts and the egg's curves, an overtly monastic, rebirth-flavoured voice.OFL 1.1 (free, commercial use allowed); TTF + OFL.txt in ttf/uncialantiqua/ · source

**F20** MedievalSharpWojciech KalinowskiAngular pen-cut medieval caps with sharp joins and runic-adjacent flair, legible but slightly costume-fantasy.OFL 1.1 (free, commercial use allowed); TTF + OFL.txt in ttf/medievalsharp/ · source

**F21** Mystery QuestSideshowCurled, swashing storybook caps with spirals inside the letters read as whimsical spooky and miss the solemn lich tone.OFL 1.1 (free, commercial use allowed); TTF + OFL.txt in ttf/mysteryquest/ · source

**F22** Almendra DisplayAna SanfelippoHairline calligraphic caps with long swash tails evoke a reliquary inscription or alchemical plate, but the hairline weight vanishes at capsule size.OFL 1.1 (free, commercial use allowed); TTF + OFL.txt in ttf/almendradisplay/ · source

engraved alchemical

**F23** SpiraxBrenda GalloArt-nouveau curls on the Y, L and E read like an apothecary or alchemist's label, giving the lich a decorative, bottled-power register.OFL 1.1 (free, commercial use allowed); TTF + OFL.txt in ttf/spirax/ · source

**F24** Elsie Swash Caps (Black)Alejandro InlerA fat Didone with ball terminals and long swashes is theatrical Victorian poster style, more circus than tomb.OFL 1.1 (free, commercial use allowed); TTF + OFL.txt in ttf/elsieswashcaps/ · source

**F25** Vast ShadowNicole FallyA slab serif with a built-in inline drop-shadow gives a sign-painter's engraved look, more Western saloon than reliquary.OFL 1.1 (free, commercial use allowed); TTF + OFL.txt in ttf/vastshadow/ · source

**F26** Tilt PrismAndy ClymerBevelled, inline capitals look like faceted glass, a direct nod to the prism, gem and lens powers, though the thin outline struggles at small sizes.OFL 1.1 (free, commercial use allowed); TTF + OFL.txt in ttf/tiltprism/ · source

contemporary display

**F27** Bodoni Moda (opsz 96, wght 600)Owen EarlUltra-high-contrast Didone with near-invisible hairlines is the fashion-cover register of the Kaen side, glamorous and brittle but fragile on a capsule.OFL 1.1 (free, commercial use allowed); TTF + OFL.txt in ttf/bodonimoda/ · source

**F28** Playfair Display (wght 700)Claus Eggers SørensenA sturdy bold transitional Didone with magazine-cover confidence, high-contrast without losing its hairlines at small sizes.OFL 1.1 (free, commercial use allowed); TTF + OFL.txt in ttf/playfairdisplay/ · source

**F29** Fraunces (opsz 144, wght 600, WONK 1)Undercase Type, Phaedra Charles, Flavia ZimbardiA soft, quirky 'old-style Didone' with ink-trap curves bridges book and fashion, warm in the cave light yet unmistakably contemporary.OFL 1.1 (free, commercial use allowed); TTF + OFL.txt in ttf/fraunces/ · source

**F30** Instrument SerifRodrigo Fuenzalida, Jordan EgstadA condensed editorial serif with tall stems feels like a quiet modern album sleeve and fits narrow hero-banner space.OFL 1.1 (free, commercial use allowed); TTF + OFL.txt in ttf/instrumentserif/ · source

**F31** Syne (wght 800)Bonjour Monde, Lucas Descroix, George TriantafyllakosAn extra-wide ExtraBold grotesque gives a gallery-poster voice that bluntly contradicts the cave and book mood.OFL 1.1 (free, commercial use allowed); TTF + OFL.txt in ttf/syne/ · source

**F32** Unbounded (wght 700)NaN (Google Fonts)A rounded, ultra-wide heavy sans is gamey and contemporary and clashes with the gothic subject.OFL 1.1 (free, commercial use allowed); TTF + OFL.txt in ttf/unbounded/ · source

**F33** Big Shoulders Display (wght 800)Patric KingA tall condensed industrial grotesque fits banner shapes and Kaen-style poster impact but reads sports/industrial, not medieval.OFL 1.1 (free, commercial use allowed); TTF + OFL.txt in ttf/bigshouldersdisplay/ · source

**F34** AntonVernon AdamsA heavy condensed gothic sans with loud poster legibility at any size (Kaen jacket register) but zero medieval or reliquary cue.OFL 1.1 (free, commercial use allowed); TTF + OFL.txt in ttf/anton/ · source

**F35** PP Editorial NewPangram Pangram FoundryA light, sharp-serifed Roman set in flat red on cream mirrors the flat-colour-field editorial look of the Kaen jacket and would give PHYLACTERY a fashion-masthead voice.commercial, licences from $40 per style (full-family and app/game-embedding terms per Pangram Pangram FAQ); specimen is the foundry's own 'MoMA Book Fair' in-use image · source

**F36** GT SectraGrilli TypeLetterforms derived from a broad-nib pen and then cut with a scalpel give blade-sharp calligraphic terminals, a ritual-knife precision that suits sacrifice and bone.commercial, per-style Desktop / Web / App licences (prices only in the shop; embedding/unlimited by enquiry, unlimited from $10,000 per style); specimen is the foundry's own development diagram · source

**F37** Canela CollectionCommercial Type (Miguel Reyes)A Caslon-derived serif with only vestigial flaring and a stone-carving lineage is the contemporary descendant of Trajan-style inscription without the dark-fantasy cliche.commercial, Canela family $325, Canela Text $350, full collection $800 (desktop, one-time; app and web licences priced on request) · source

**F38** Druk CollectionCommercial Type (Berton Hasebe)Heavy compressed Druk is the poster voice of fashion and streetwear covers, the loudest possible Kaen-side wordmark and a hard counterweight to the gothic lettering.commercial, Druk collection $600 (families $150-$200, desktop, one-time; app and web licences by enquiry) · source

game logos

F39 Dark Souls (Remastered) logoFromSoftware / Bandai NamcoWide, distressed Roman capitals with a hairline cut through the middle; no authoritative font credit exists (some font-ID sites claim Adobe Garamond Bold, unverified), so treat as custom lettering; it defines the stone-carved, scratched dark-fantasy look to avoid copying.custom logo, reference only (image as served by its official Steam store page; not for reuse) · source

F40 Elden Ring logoFromSoftware / Bandai NamcoChisel-cut Roman capitals with long spurs, rendered as gold-cream cracked stone; custom lettering (no font credit found), and the closest game precedent for gold-on-black as a material.custom logo, reference only (image as served by its official Steam store page; not for reuse) · source

F41 Hollow Knight logoTeam CherryCondensed Roman capitals framed by a symmetrical bug-and-filigree ornament; appears custom (community guesses of Trajan Pro and Perpetua are unsourced), a title card that reads like a bookplate.custom logo, reference only (image as served by its official Steam store page; not for reuse) · source

F42 Blasphemous logoThe Game KitchenLowercase blackletter-derived lettering in gold-foil texture; appears custom (no font credit found) and shows blackletter working as liturgy in gold rather than as metal.custom logo, reference only (image as served by its official Steam store page; not for reuse) · source

F43 Darkest Dungeon logoRed Hook StudiosHand-cut flared gothic lettering in glowing red beside a torch emblem; a forum thread and a blog name Blambot's Dwarven Axe BB (commercial) for it, unverified, and the emblem is custom regardless.custom logo, reference only (image as served by its official Steam store page; not for reuse) · source

F44 Death's Door logoAcid Nerve / Devolver DigitalChunky hand-cut serif where a door arch with the crow replaces a letter; appears custom (no font credit found), the lettering itself carries the story.custom logo, reference only (image as served by its official Steam store page; not for reuse) · source

F45 Inscryption logoDaniel Mullins GamesPixel-edged flared Roman capitals with an orange glow and a blood-ink drip; appears custom (no font credit found), pixel type made ominous.custom logo, reference only (image as served by its official Steam store page; not for reuse) · source

F46 Signalis logorose-engineUltra-light, widely tracked geometric capitals; appears custom (no font credit found), proof that a dark game can wear a quiet hairline logo.custom logo, reference only (image as served by its official Steam store page; not for reuse) · source

F47 Hades logoSupergiant GamesHigh-contrast Roman capitals with the A stretched into a bloody blade through the word; custom lettering (no font credit found), a logo that carries its premise in one gesture.custom logo, reference only (image as served by its official Steam store page; not for reuse) · source

Phylactery: visual identity, round 94, references