[6] The player takes on the role of a lost soul that accidentally lingers in a place called "the Void" before meeting its absolute death.

These inhabitants are beautiful naked Sisters and monstrously deformed Brothers, two conflicting factions that the player must interact with.

These Brothers are: Mantid, the "Elder" of the Brothers, who walks on stilts and has a spear impaled through his abdomen; Whaler, who wields two blades and whose head is sewn onto his back; Pit, who is fused with a mining drill; Ironclad, who has multiple cannons that fire at the player; Tyrant, who has several limbs and heads along with three visible hearts and who rolls along on a stone wheel; Caterpillar, who is connected to a rolling sphere or spheres through tubes in his abdominal area; Warden, who forms a cage made of his ribs and hangs from the ceiling like a swinging birdcage; Montgolfier—who, in the Russian version, had hair, but in the English version, does not—is fused with a hot air balloon; Triumphator, who is fused with a large, gear-powered phonograph and acts as a one-man band; and Patriarch, the oldest of the Brothers, who is similar to a senior in a wheelchair and appears to have no head.

Typical game actions are talking to NPCs, fighting predators or Brothers, collecting plants and growing gardens.

Overall, the game has received positive reviews in Russia and abroad, with the exception being the Polish press that played the non-director's cut edition.

In the first international reviews the game got high scores, and enthusiastic praise from Rock, Paper, Shotgun.

In the first English-language review, Resolution claimed it to be rarely fun, but offering "a viciously beautiful, enormously interesting experience.

"[13] Rock, Paper, Shotgun wrote an overwhelmingly positive review, saying "The Void is the most important game you are GOING TO FUCKING PLAY.