
Tsuchigumo and Jorogumo: The demons and possessed cultist in the Inn stage are themed after these.Transformation of the Possessed: The people Azazel possess gradually look less and less human the longer the players take in gathering the ritual materials.Imperfect Ritual: What causes the mess in the Farmhouse map to begin with - Anna starts out with the aim of controlling Azazel, but because she makes one too many mistakes, instead gets possessed by the demon.Banishing Ritual: What the players have to complete in order to get rid of Azazel and its minions.Ritual Magic: Involved in the cause of all the trouble and the resolution for each map.The Inn map even adds convenient cabinets for a cultist to hide in once the demons start hunting for them. Run or Die: A very valid tactic especially once the batteries for the UV flashlights run low.They give minor but useful modifications to gameplay, like being able to run faster, revive faster, or even see items through walls. Skill Scores and Perks: Introduced in the Inn update, these are unlocked over the course of playing the game, and can be purchased via Ritual Tokens.Purely Aesthetic Gender: One may play either as a male or female cultist, though this does not influence gameplay in any way.

Getting shot does, however, make you move much slower, and can easily create an opening for Sam to run up and kill you unless he gets distracted.

Humanoid Abomination: Anyone possessed becomes one of these, only getting worse and worse as time passes.Only certain books will be able to be cursed at any time, with more becoming available as the player or players burn the books available to them. The Town map adds extra wrinkles to the progression of the game by having the players curse books in different locations around the map before bringing the cursed books up to the local church to burn them.The Inn map bucks the trend, in that it requires instead giant spider eggs, which are promptly desecrated before being burned as offerings.

In the Farmhouse it was live goats, while in the Asylum it was rats.

In the backstory established in the Town update, this happens to the residents of Mercy, the titular town, when they uncover a ritual to summon Azazel while mining and perform it under the misguided belief that it will bring prosperity to the mining colony.Demonic Possession: Tends to happen when high-ranking cultists keep on trying to summon Azazel without properly remembering the complete ritual.Cult: The player characters, as well as the poor sod possessed by Azazel, are all part of a cult of demon worshippers called the Watchers of Azazel.Luckily all maps have many of these scattered around. Combat Resuscitation: Can be done via First Aid kit.
