Kratos opens Pandora’s Box in the 2005 video game God of War to gain power against Ares.
God of War is an action-adventure game developed by Santa Monica Studio and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation 2. Its story follows Kratos, a Spartan warrior serving the Greek gods while seeking to end his service and defeat Ares, the god of war.
In the game’s mythology-inspired plot, Pandora’s Box contains power capable of killing a god. Kratos eventually opens it and uses that power to challenge Ares. The game adapts names and motifs from Greek mythology but changes relationships, chronology, and events for its own fictional universe.
This version should not be confused with Hesiod’s ancient story, where Pandora’s container releases evils and hope. In God of War, the box functions as a major quest objective and source of divine power, making it central to the game’s climax.