---
title: "Nameless - The Departed Cycle"
description: "Something lurks in the Umbral Forest, its wicked tendrils snaking out to reshape the very woods themselves. Is this the beast Israh Almasi seeks to hunt and sla"
image: "https://t.vndb.org/cv/30/104830.jpg"
---

# Nameless - The Departed Cycle

![Nameless - The Departed Cycle](https://t.vndb.org/cv/30/104830.jpg)

**Developer:** Fiendish Fiction

**Release date:** Oct 1, 2022

**Platform:** Windows, Linux, macOS

**Language:** English

**Rating:** 6.3/10 (6 votes)

## Description
Something lurks in the Umbral Forest, its wicked tendrils snaking out to reshape the very woods themselves. Is this the beast Israh Almasi seeks to hunt and slay for the sake of his dying son? Or something even darker and more sinister than he ever could have imagined?

Meanwhile, a mysterious man has made himself at home at Israh’s campsite. He calls himself Nameless… and he only comes at night.

Follow the red star to the Umbral Forest and unravel the mysteries within.

[From [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2142810/)]

## Characters
### Israh Almasi
- **Gender:** Male
- **Hair:** Black, Long, Beard, Moustache, Dreadlocks
- **Clothes:** Trousers, Bracer, Belt, Tank Top, Leather Armor
- **Items:** Sword
- **Eyes:** Green
- **Body:** Muscular, Dark, Scar, Younger Appearance, Vitiligo
- **Role:** Non-blood-related Father, Genie
- **Personality:** Serious
- **Subject of:** Completely Avoidable Death
- **Voiced by:** Gerald Hill

### Nameless
[spoiler]His true identity is Vermillius, the first manticore.[/spoiler]

- **Gender:** Male
- **Hair:** Shoulder-length, Orange, Chest Hair
- **Body:** Slim, Dark, Fur, Younger Appearance, Freckles, Horns, Pointed Ears, Claw
- **Clothes:** Trousers, Cloak, Choker, Multiple Earrings
- **Eyes:** Amber
- **Subject of:** Confinement, Completely Avoidable Death, Gaslighting
- **Engages in:** Shapeshifting
- **Voiced by:** Jerron Bacat

### Aranea
- **Gender:** Female
- **Hair:** Black, Ponytail, Long, Multiple Braids, Braided Crown
- **Body:** Slim, Pale, Young-adult, Mole
- **Eyes:** Grey
- **Clothes:** Cloak, Skirt, Ring, Corset, Bracelet, Choker
- **Role:** Precog, Healer

### Bastion
- **Gender:** Male
- **Hair:** Brown, Ponytail, Curtained
- **Eyes:** Brown
- **Body:** Slim, Kid, Olive, Mole
- **Clothes:** Trousers, Shirt, Hair Tie
- **Role:** Orphan, Precog, Non-blood-related Son
- **Subject of:** Injury

### Visage
- **Gender:** Unknown
- **Role:** Spirit
- **Subject of:** Confinement
- **Engages in:** Shapeshifting, Gaslighting
- **Personality:** Cruel, Manipulative

## Shops
- [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2142810/)
- [Itch](https://fiendishfiction.itch.io/nameless)

## Releases
### English
- **2022-10-01**: Nameless - The Departed Cycle
- **2024-06-10**: Nameless - The Departed Cycle - [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2142810/), [SteamDB](https://steamdb.info/app/2142810/info/), [Itch.io](https://fiendishfiction.itch.io/nameless)

## Tags
ADV, Male Protagonist, Adult Protagonist, Violence, Gore, One True End, Protagonist with a Face, Dark Skinned Protagonist, Non-Japanese Voice Acting, Dark Skinned Hero, Boy x Boy Romance Only, Protagonist with Facial Hair, Spooktober VN Jam, Protagonist with Children, Descriptions of Violence, Completely Avoidable Protagonist Death, Only One Good Ending, Muscular Protagonist, Sexual Innuendo, Forest, Varied Text Boxes, Dark Fantasy, Only a Single Hero, Life and Death Drama, Colored Name-tags, Bloody Scenes, Completely Avoidable Hero Death, Choices from Other Perspectives, Other Perspectives, Non-human Protagonist, Non-human Hero, Protagonist with a Sprite, Mage Hero, Off Screen Sex Only, Child Support Character, Protagonist with Partial Voice Acting, Bad Endings with Story, Hero with Freckles, Shapeshifting, Only Adult Heroes, Sword Wielding Protagonist, Bad Ending(s)

## More Games from Fiendish Fiction
- [Up All Night](https://pinovel.net/v29476)
- [To Mari, From the Deep](https://pinovel.net/v31995)
- [Up All Night: Rumination](https://pinovel.net/v32448)
- [Nameless - The Departed Cycle](https://pinovel.net/v38724)
- [Up All Night: Daybreak](https://pinovel.net/v43151)
- [Reaper's Rite](https://pinovel.net/v44176)
- [Daimu](https://pinovel.net/v47559)
- [The Space Between Stars](https://pinovel.net/v51808)
- [A Chance Encounter](https://pinovel.net/v58135)
- [Weekend Ritual](https://pinovel.net/v59705)
- [Strange Spirits](https://pinovel.net/v67312)
- [Birds of Paradise](https://pinovel.net/v36817)

---
*View the full details at [pinovel.net/v38724](https://pinovel.net/v38724).*

```json
{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoGame","@id":"https://pinovel.net/v38724#game","name":"Nameless - The Departed Cycle","description":"Something lurks in the Umbral Forest, its wicked tendrils snaking out to reshape the very woods themselves. Is this the beast Israh Almasi seeks to hunt and sla","url":"https://pinovel.net/v38724","image":"https://t.vndb.org/cv/30/104830.jpg","author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Fiendish Fiction"},"aggregateRating":{"@type":"AggregateRating","ratingValue":"6.3","bestRating":10,"worstRating":1,"ratingCount":6}}
```