History VideoGame / Grime

Set in a surreal world obsessed with perfect human anatomy and proportions, you play as a rock-like humanoid with a BlackHole for a head called "The Chiseled One" by several of the malformed denizens. With no information on who and where you are or what is going on, you have to explore the world, fight and absorb enemies and uncover the reason for the world's existence, and eventually your own.

* AGodIAm: [[spoiler:It is revealed that the PlayerCharacter is an offspring of two god-like beings called Vohuw and Vered, and the world is within the dead body of the latter. One of the endings has the player leave the world and become a massive BlackHole-like entity alongside others of his Kin: The Tohun, the Spiral Hearts.]]

* HeroicMime: The PlayerCharacter never speaks which might have something to do with the BlackHole for a head. [[spoiler:Later in the game, [[FaceHeelTurn Yon]], one of your allies said that he despised you not just for the perfect proportions and destroying everything in sight but also for not saying a single word to him.]]

''Grime'' (stylized as '''GRIME''') is a SoulsLikeRPG developed by Clover Bite and published by Akupara Games. The game was released on August 2, 2021 on Windows via Epic Games Store, Steam and GOG, and Google Stadia as part of Stadia Pro.

** "Akhlan" by Shidra, their assistants [[spoiler:and the Worldparent]]. Whether it's your race or your actual name is at first uncertain, [[spoiler:but the Pale Sky's memories reveal its the first. It means "Darkness" in the language of the Worldparent's race.]] It means Glutton in Hebrew (אכלן).

** "Akhlan" by Shidra, their assistants [[spoiler:and the Worldparent]]. Whether it's your race or your actual name is at first uncertain, [[spoiler:but the Pale Sky's memories reveal its the first. It means "Darkness" in the language of the Worldparent's race.]]

* AfterTheEnd: From what is shown, the world of ''Grime'' is a grim place that seems to be on the verge of collapse. [[spoiler:It's revealed later in the game thar it's the actual corpse of a deity. More specifically, Vered the Worldparent, the Endgiver's mother.]]

** For most of the game, the Chiseled One falls victim to this at the hands of both sides, the people of Lithic fearing him due to their resemblance to the Carven and their natural perfection, while the Carven hate them for their perfection despite not being a Carven themselves and them being so shapely despite coming from the "ugly" side of the world, a walking sacrilege in their minds. [[spoiler:Those few that know who the Chiseled One really is, like Shira and the Desert Watcher hate him as they don't want to see their world destroyed.]]
** [[spoiler:The Coda dislike the Stoneborn due to their minds being maddened by the Old Pain and the Carven's crazed worship of them, and refer to them as "Dead Ones". They sealed themselves off with Shira's help to keep the Carven from ruining the Celebration.]]

** "Akhlan" by Shira, their assistants [[spoiler:and the Worldparent]]. Whether it's your race or your actual name is at first uncertain, [[spoiler:but the Pale Sky's memories reveal its the first. It means "Darkness" in the language of the Worldparent's race.]]

** Bloodmetal is a rare blood-colored ore that Shira can improve your weapons with. Although Shira is the only known being who can manipulate it into something usable, [[spoiler:the Bloodmetal Scythe proves ThereIsAnother.]]

** To a lesser extent, Bloodmetal and Levolam.
*** The first is a rare blood-colored ore that Shira can improve your weapons with. Although Shira is the only known being who can manipulate it into something usable, [[spoiler:the Bloodmetal Scythe proves ThereIsAnother.]]
*** The latter is a purplish crystalline mineral that always tries to merge with other pieces of itself, as if trying to make itself whole. Your Vessels (the physical bodies attached to your black hole head) and Surrogates (the game's [[VideoGame/DarkSouls bonfire]] equivalent) are entirely made of the stuff.

* AGodIAm: [[spoiler:It is revealed that the PlayerCharacter is an offspring of two god-like beings called Vohuw and Vered, and the world is within the dead body of the latter. One of the endings has the player leave the world and become a massive BlackHole-like entity alongside others of his kind.]]

** For most of the game, the Chiseled One falls victim to this at the hands of both sides, the people of Lithic fearing him due to their resemblance to the Carven and their natural perfection, while the Carven hate them for their perfection despite not being a Çarven themselves, a walking sacrilege in their minds. [[spoiler:Those few Carven that know who the Chiseled One really is hate him as they don't want to see their world destroyed.]]
** [[spoiler:The Coda dislike the Stoneborn due to their minds being maddened by the Old Pain, and refer to them as "Dead Ones". They sealed themselves off with Shira's help to keep the Carven from ruining the Celebration.]]

* SoulsLikeRPG: The game is inspired both by ''VideoGame/DarkSouls'', ''VideoGame/HollowKnight'' and ''VideoGame/DeadCells'', so it's understandable.

** "Akhlan" by Shira and their assistants. Whether it's your race or your actual name is uncertain.

* AfterTheEnd: From what is shown, the world of ''Grime'' is a grim place that seems to be on the verge of collapse. [[spoiler:It's revealed later in the game thar it's the actual corpse of a deity. More specifically, the Worldparent, the Endgiver's mother.]]
* AGodIAm: [[spoiler:It is revealed that the PlayerCharacter is an offspring of two god-like beings and the world is within the dead body of one of them, the Worldparent. One of the endings has the player leave the world and become a massive BlackHole-like entity alongside others of his kind.]]

* BizarreAlienBiology: All over the place. Other than the PlayerCharacter, the various denizens are a hodgepodge of differently sized body parts and bizarre landscapes such as living arms growing out of walls and pots, Boulderheads who are rock people with oversized heads, and a crab with a lower human jaw as one of the bosses. [[spoiler:They are formed and brought to life via the Breath that was passed to the female entity shown in the intro with the PlayerCharacter being their proper offspring.]]

** "The Great Endgiver" and "The Spiral Heart" by [[spoiler:the Coda]], due to [[spoiler:your nature as their ChosenOne.]]

* LastDance: [[spoiler: All of Coda, up to and including the boss fight. The people there know that their world is ending and the only purpose it now serves is to become your nourishment. By allowing you to pass through their city and giving you a last dance to remember, they are ensuring that some portion of them will remain within your memory.]]

* AfterTheEnd: From what is shown, the world of ''Grime'' is a grim place that seems to be on the verge of collapse. [[spoiler:It's heavily implied it's the actual corpse of a deity, more specifically, the Chiseled One's mother.]]
* AGodIAm: [[spoiler:It is revealed that the PlayerCharacter is an offspring of two god-like beings and the world is within the dead body of one of them. One of the endings has the player leave the world and become a massive BlackHole-like entity alongside others of his kind.]]

** "Akhlan" by Shira and his assistants. Whether it's your race or your actual name is uncertain, but it's implied to be the first.

** "Endgiver" and "Force" by Goldhead, [[spoiler:as he's aware of [[GooGooGodlike what you are]] and what you're [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt supposed to do]].]]
** "The Spiral Heart" by [[spoiler:the Coda]], due to the black hole you have for a head [[spoiler:and your nature as their ChosenOne.]]

*** The latter is a purplish crystalline mineral that always tries to merge with other pieces of itself, as if trying to make itself whole. Your Vessels (the physical bodies attached to your black hole head) and Surrogates (the game's [[Franchise/DarkSouls bonfire]] equivalent) are entirely made of the stuff.

* SoulsLikeRPG: The game is inspired both by ''VideoGame/DarkSouls'' and ''VideoGame/HollowKnight'', so it's understandable.

* TheBeautifulElite: [[spoiler: The Coda, the only beings made entirely of Flesh.]] The Carven also aspire to this.

* GentleGiant: Harmless Giants are the trope name, preferring to be left alone until provoked. Then you learn the hard way why you don't wake the sleeping giant as they have OneHitKO attacks at worst. Killing them gives an increase to your Breath cap.

* TheBeautifulElite: [[spoiler: The Coda, the only beings made entirely of Flesh.]]

** "The Chiseled One" by Yon, due to their vessel's sculpted body.

** "Endgiver" by Goldhead, [[spoiler:as he's aware of what you are [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt supposed to do]].]]

* LivingWeapon: Some of the weapons you can carry are living beings.

** To a lesser extent, Bloodmetal and Lavolem.
*** The first is a rare blood-colored ore used to improve your weapons and Shira is the only known being who can work it into something useable.

* VileVulture: One of the bosses, aptly named "Vulture", is a massive avian-like monster in the crude shape of a vulture made of human bones and fur.

** The first is a rare blood-colored ore used to improve your weapons and Shira is the only known being who can work it into something useable.
** The latter is a purplish crystal that always tries to merge with other pieces of itself, as if trying to make itself whole. Your Vessels (the physical bodies attached to your black hole head) and Surrogates (the game's [[Franchise/DarkSouls bonfire]] equivalent) are entirely made of the stuff.

** "The Spiral Heart" by [[spoiler:the Coda]], due to the black hole you have for a head [[and your nature as their ChosenOne.]]

** [[spoiler: The second has the Chiseled One defeat the FinalBoss who was trying to stop him from ascending to godhood lest it kills all the denizens in their dying world and exits the place to be surrounded by the void of space, other blackhole-like entities, and the remains of gods. He eventually absorbs the remains and becomes a massive living black hole. This is the canon ending since it's the one that allows you to fight the FinalBoss.]]

** "Akhlan" by Shira and his assistants. Whether it's the player's race or their actual name is uncertain, but it's implied to be the first.

** "Endgiver"by Goldhead.

* AfterTheEnd: From what is shown, the world of ''Grime'' is a grim place that seems to be on the verge of collapse.

* AlienSky: After escaping the Weeping Cavity into the open, the sky is an ominous pink-like color with no sun and rocks keep falling from the sky from an unseen roof.
* Main/AlienLandmass: The land itself is very strange and bizarre. Such oddities include stalactites with eyes that follow the PlayerCharacter, teeth growing out of the ground, and giant human-like heads and hands reaching upwards in the background as if they are trying to escape from this world.

* BeautyEqualsGoodness: ''Deconstructed'' and ''Enforced'' in universe. The world of Grime divides all living beings into castes, and subsequently, their place in the food chain, by how humanoid they are. [[spoiler: All stone creatures are at the bottom. If they pay tribute, they can be reshaped at the Carven Palace into lesser Carven as Servants. Servants can receive a limited amount of Flesh to become greater Carven. The Coda are made entirely of Flesh. And the Chiseled One is above them all.]]

* GrassIsGreener: All creatures in the world of Grime feel incomplete because they are not fully humanoid. [[spoiler: Stoneborn tire endlessly just to be reshapen into a slightly more humanoid form as a Carven. The Carven slave endlessly for further shaping via the application of Flesh. And the Coda, the most humanoid beings of them all, work tirelessly just for the honor of being eaten by the Chiseled One, as it does for the ''entire'' game. Shidra mocks the Coda for this.]]

* PerfectionIsAddictive: All beings except Shidra, the Chiseled One and [[spoiler: the Coda]] feel incomplete and mishapen, and crave being shaped into a more humanoid form. Shidra calls it [[spoiler: the Old Pain. And as Yon demonstrates, it does NOT get better when he is reshapen.]]
* TheResenter: Several creatures, in particular, Servants, lash out at the Chiseled One for being born with a perfect body, while they had to go through an eternity of labor to to be reshaped into more humanoid forms.
* {{Unobtanium}}: ''Flesh.'' [[spoiler: Flesh is a white, wax-like substance that can be easily shaped in contrast to all the stone in the world of Grime. It is highly prized. Stoneborn creatures and the Carven labor for it seemingly an eternity just to have some applied to their bodies so they can look more humanoid. It turns out that the Coda are the only beings made entirely of Flesh, as they live adjacent to a massive amount of it, sealing themselves with it.]]

* WasItReallyWorthIt: [[spoiler: When Yon is reshaped into a Carven, he realizes he still feels empty inside: being being reshapen doesn't cure the Old Pain.]]

* WasItReallyWorthIt: [[spoiler: When Yon is reshaped into a Carven, he realizes he still feels empty inside: being being reshapen **doesn't** cure the Old Pain.]]

* WasItReallyWorthIt: [[spoiler: When Yon is reshaped into a Carven, he realizes he still feels empty inside: being being reshapen *doesn't* cure the Old Pain.]]