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CARNAL
CARNAL is a fast and challenging retro FPS straight from the mid '90s. The Sons of Anak are opening portals to extract Dark Matter from the "other side". Combat the possessed soldiers, the manifested demons helping them, and any inanimate objects standing in your way!
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via SteamSpy as of 2026-05-19.
“The BEST shooter of this type on steam considering the price (1 dollar). You get many levels with great guns and combat, dev really understands what makes games like this tick. There are games on this platform that cost much more but are much worse due to the devs not…”
— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs played“Probably the best single dollar I ever spent. Great gameplay with great design! + Great classic FPS gameplay + Relatable, real world themed locations like Duke Nukem 3D + "Short" game but HUGE open levels. Insane replay value from that alone. + Cool enemy variety throwing PLENTY…”
— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs played“this has the makings of a decent game but kind of falls flat due to lack of a save feature. its not fun spending like ten minutes crawling a level only to get ganked by some hidden enemy and having to start entirely over. also the guns all sort of feel similar which is a huge…”
— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs playedLatest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Patch 1.9.5 - FOV and Resolution
Hey guys Changelog: Attempted to fix default FOV bug, it should be 90 now Attempted to fix resolution reset bug, it should remember your choice Sorry for any inconvenience these bugs may have caused.
Ultra Cop
Hey friends! Been another while since I last posted. I promised an update of sorts, and figured now might be a good time to do so. I am releasing a new game very soon, like either the end of October o
Ultra Cop Releasing Soon
Hey friends! Been another while since I last posted. I promised an update of sorts, and figured now might be a good time to do so. I am releasing a new game very soon, like either the end of October o
Stop Killing Games Initiative
Hey friends! It has been quite some time since I posted anything, hope you are all doing well. This announcement is not related to anything I do, rather it's about a huge step in the ongoing battle fo
Patch 1.9.3
Changelog: Added more invisible walls around levels to keep players from getting stuck out of bounds Reduced the Fish Monster enemies health even more, it used to have 500hp now it only has 250hp. Rev
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-19.
| Genres | Action, Adventure, Indie |
| Player tags | Action · FPS · Retro · Horror · 1990's · Old School · Singleplayer · 3D · Pixel Graphics · Dark Comedy · Sci-fi · Adventure (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Partial Controller Support · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * * |
| Achievements | 17 |
| Estimated owners | 0 – 20,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | https://tendokore.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7 64-bit Processor: Intel Core i7-2600 3.40GHz Memory: 1024 MB RAM Graphics: NIVIDIA GeForce GTX 750ti DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 1000 MB available space Additional Notes: Please keep in mind that even though CARNAL emulates a retro aesthetic, it still runs on a modern graphics engine.