Naughty Dog's 'Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet' Explores Religion and Isolation in Sci-Fi Setting

Set in an alternate future diverging from the 1980s, the upcoming PS5 game follows a bounty hunter stranded on a mysterious planet with a complex religious history.

Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet is a new sci-fi action game developed by Naughty Dog, set 2,000 years in an alternate timeline that diverges in the late 1980s.
The game centers on protagonist Jordan A. Mun, a bounty hunter who crash-lands on the desolate planet Sempiria, which has been cut off from the galaxy for 600 years.
Themes of faith, religion, and loneliness are central to the narrative, with players exploring the remnants of a twisted religious history to uncover the planet's mysteries.
Neil Druckmann, the game's director, revealed that the project has been in development since 2020 and is still evolving, with no confirmed release window yet.
Intergalactic marks a bold departure for Naughty Dog, moving from grounded settings like Last of Us to a more expansive and isolated sci-fi world.