Goat Simulator actually has a backstory

And it's deeper than you might expect...

Coffee Stain Studios' Goat Simulator was released last month, and while many people thought that the game was just a jolly, there actually seems to a backstory that underpins all the goofing around.

In response to one fan's halucination-based theory, made on the game's Steam Community page, one of the devs chimed in with an explanation of what's going on, and the answer they gave is surprisingly deep:

No, your goat is in Purgatory. Let me explain.

If you notice you'll see that one of the tunnels has a sign saying "Himlen" and the other has a sign saying "Helvete". If you pull that through google translate you'll see that "Himlen" means Heaven, and "Helvete" means hell. That is why there is both a Devil Goat and an Angel Goat in the game.

That is why the pentagram is closer to the sign saying "Helvete", even the demonstration (symbolizing the current chaos in the Ukraine) is on that end of the map. Goathenge is closer to Hell, symbolizing the backwards and old ways of humankind that need to be destroyed for progress to be made, while the Low Gravity Testing Facility and the Beacon is closer to "Himlen", symbolizing research, progress, and hope. The trap once you go to space shows that we must not rush things before we are ready.

You might also notice that, no matter what you do, you can never interact with humans. If you lick them or even touch them a little bit, they will instantly go limp. If there are any humans nearby, they will run away from you. When it comes to other humans, you are always the onlooker, always staring from a distance, never part of the group. Always alone.

This is just the tip of the existential iceberg, those who seek shall find more. I'll let you analyze the new map yourself that's coming with patch 1.1.

So, there you have it, you're playing a goat in Purgatory. It's obvious when you think about...