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AMID EVIL
A retro FPS for the ages! Once branded a HERETIC. Now YOU have been chosen as our champion! Reclaim our sacred weapons. Take back our ancient lands. If you can stand... AMID EVIL.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-02 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-12.
What reviewers agree on
77 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“fights are pretty fun, but holy ♥♥♥♥ the platforming is insufferable. makes me just want to stop playing”
“I can't even start with how much I love this game. This game showed me that games can both look good and have amazing gameplay and personality. Having personally never played games like it before, im so glad this game…”
“Game originally handled like ♥♥♥♥ even after changing a couple of settings. I'm certain it probably works better on WIndows, but oh well. Ended up getting it working through proton and man am I glad I did. This game…”
40 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“The game is visually stunning, but gameplay is bland and dull. First of all, Amid Evil has little to do with Heretic/Hexen except for the fantasy theme. What it actually reminded me most of all is American McGee's…”
“I can't even start with how much I love this game. This game showed me that games can both look good and have amazing gameplay and personality. Having personally never played games like it before, im so glad this game…”
9 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“I can't even start with how much I love this game. This game showed me that games can both look good and have amazing gameplay and personality. Having personally never played games like it before, im so glad this game…”
“Visually speaking the game absolutely blows its contemporaries out of the water, feeling like a fully realized version of those Minecraft Shaders or RTX re-releases and mods for older games like Quake 2 or Half-Life.…”
“I enjoyed this game so much. The combat is really fun, even if it's not as fast as DUSK or ULTRAKILL. The music's pretty good, and it was overall a really fun time. Will check out the DLC when I get the chance. Would…”
3 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“I can't even start with how much I love this game. This game showed me that games can both look good and have amazing gameplay and personality. Having personally never played games like it before, im so glad this game…”
“This game is absolutely amazingly epic as ♥♥♥♥, and one hell of a dopamine rush. just play it. And don't skip the black labyrinth DLC, it's arguably better than the main game”
3 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“I can't even start with how much I love this game. This game showed me that games can both look good and have amazing gameplay and personality. Having personally never played games like it before, im so glad this game…”
“Although AMID EVIL is the weakest entry of the New Blood FPS trio IMO (DUSK, ULTRAKILL and this), this is still an enjoyable experience from start to finish that is absolutely worth replaying. I would even go as far as…”
20 of the 102 reviews raise this · 14 of them still recommend the game.
“The game is visually stunning, but gameplay is bland and dull. First of all, Amid Evil has little to do with Heretic/Hexen except for the fantasy theme. What it actually reminded me most of all is American McGee's…”
“fights are pretty fun, but holy ♥♥♥♥ the platforming is insufferable. makes me just want to stop playing”
“[code]MID Evil: In a modern age of boomer shooters, Amid Evil commits gaming's worst sin: No, not being a bad game - it's actually good (at what little) it does! I'm talking about the sin of being boring. Selaco,…”
5 of the 102 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“It's okay, lore rich and well designed in level and concept. The weapons, music and mechanics though really do not keep me engaged. The enemy ai is pretty stupid and despite their variety follow the "rush the player"…”
“Great game. Lots of unique levels designs. Did need to "fly" at times. Especially the "space" levels.”
“I enjoyed this game so much. The combat is really fun, even if it's not as fast as DUSK or ULTRAKILL. The music's pretty good, and it was overall a really fun time. Will check out the DLC when I get the chance. Would…”
5 of the 102 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“Fun horde shooter. If you want more complexity and difficulty play other games, but if you want something to relax your mind into then this is the game.”
“overall quite fun with some very inventive weapons, but some of the difficulty spikes, particularly with the bosses were insane”
“Had more fun with Dusk and ULTRAKILL ill admit but Amid Evil was a beautiful and fun game to play. I am bad at puzzles so those parts were pretty difficult for me but at least the enemies are not hard to understand like…”
3 of the 102 reviews raise this · 2 of them still recommend the game.
“The game is visually stunning, but gameplay is bland and dull. First of all, Amid Evil has little to do with Heretic/Hexen except for the fantasy theme. What it actually reminded me most of all is American McGee's…”
“Action-packed, beautiful looking game. However, I kinda wish there were more depth with the weapons. The greatest strength of this game is the level design and graphics. It looks absolutely gorgeous especially with the…”
“Great gameplay, but I feel like some weapons are just fully better than others. Bosses could be a bit better, but not bad. Atmosphere and graphics are great, but I do wish the story was a little better.”
Counted across 102 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 92.9% positive rating · as of 2026-05-12
“Super fun Boomer Shooter and the level designs are Incredible”
— a player, Steam review · 37 hrs played“Game was OK. The visuals were pretty awesome, but the combat felt so meh. Felt like you could cheese a lot of the game. I enjoyed the game, but took me ages to finish it. B+”
— a player, Steam review · 17 hrs played“A solid psychedelic fps closely resembling Quake. This game began the resurgence of the Boomer Shooter.”
— a player, Steam review · 28 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-05.
Price tracking
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.
Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
The Final Update
CHAMPIONS! What a long road we have walked together. From our initial reveal... To our Early Access launch... And the seven FULL worlds of v1.0... Brought into Virtual Reality... And finally... The Bl
The Amid Wizards Bundle
CHAMPIONS! Our friends over at Apogee have just released Wizordum! A game where much like AMID EVIL you also shoot magical things at magical enemies! Therefore it is only fitting we bundled it with AM
Hotfix - Build 2617
There was a patch today with the following changes: Main game: Fixed codex description on Axe of the Black Labyrinth Fixed FATAL ERROR on quitting game with RT enabled Black Labyrinth: Removed 'contin
The Black Labyrinth is OUT NOW
SURPRISE, CHAMPIONS The Black Labyrinth is OUT NOW! After almost 3 years we couldn't hold it back any longer. And don't forget the NEW Soundtrack by Andrew Hulshult! https://i.imgur.com/YxF9FsK.jpg ht
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Indie |
| Player tags | Old School · Boomer Shooter · Arena Shooter · FPS · Sci-fi · Magic · Surreal · Shooter · First-Person · Psychedelic · Colorful · Action (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 43 |
| Official site | https://www.NewBlood.games |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7 64-bit or later Processor: Quad Core 2.5 GHz or faster Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GTX 470 / AMD Radeon 6870 HD DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 5 GB available space Sound Card: A Dank One Additional Notes: If you're unsure that your system meets the minimum requirements, please try the demo first!