This newly-announced FPS will let you blast through the worlds of Medieval Europe’s weirdest artist, and I really hope it includes the 500-year-old butt song from hell
A new first-person shooter titled Hieronymus has been announced, bringing the surreal and fantastical paintings of late-medieval Dutch artist Hieronymus Bosch into an interactive gaming experience. The game was revealed during the Future Games Show at Gamescom and invites players to explore immersive 3D adaptations of Bosch’s most iconic works.
Players take on the role of Helena van Aken, navigating through digital recreations of Bosch’s dreamlike landscapes to unravel a central mystery. The game notably features adaptations of Bosch’s most famous work, the triptych “The Garden of Earthly Delights,” known for its densely populated and fantastical imagery depicting paradise, earthly pleasures, and consequences.
The project represents an ambitious attempt to translate medieval artistic vision into contemporary interactive media, allowing players to step directly into worlds that existed only in paint and canvas for over 500 years. By converting Bosch’s intricate and bizarre compositions—filled with surreal figures and impossible architecture—into three-dimensional environments, the game aims to create an entirely new way to experience the artist’s unique perspective on human nature and morality.