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Darkenstein 3D

Darkenstein 3D

A retro shooter inspired by classics like Wolfenstein and Doom. Think of it as a tribute, a love letter to the games that defined a generation, with a few modern touches of my own. It’s tough, fast, and demands skill, just the way those old-school shooters did.

Released Oct 21, 2025 Developer Rowye Publisher MicroProse Software Platforms Windows FPSActionShooterPerma DeathFirst-Person
View on Steam ↗ Free (US · as of 2026-09-25)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-25.

90.7%positive1,683 reviews
Recommended · 8 found this helpful

“"Darkenstein 3D" is an incredibly easy game to criticize. You can attack it from almost every angle: the awkward character models, the stiff and jittery animations, the uneven balance, the performance drops, and the bugs that sometimes do not merely annoy you, but actively break…”

— a player, Steam review · 16 hrs played
Recommended · 6 found this helpful

“as someone who grew up playing these kind of games in the 90s, this is absolutely fantastic, and the Duke Nukem-like one liners crack me up”

— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs played
Recommended · 6 found this helpful

“wow this is refreshing new old school for me , im obsessed with playing it and its cool action and story.”

— a player, Steam review · 15 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-08 via SteamCharts.

152all-time peak
0 25 50 2026 42 avg · Nov 2025

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-26.

37achievements
11.1%median completion
1.5%rarest: Class of '92
88.2% of players 86.6% of players 66.7% of players 51.0% of players 39.7% of players 39.1% of players 36.7% of players 35.7% of players 24.1% of players 21.1% of players 20.0% of players 15.9% of players 14.4% of players 13.8% of players 12.8% of players 12.6% of players 12.4% of players 12.2% of players 11.1% of players 10.4% of players 10.0% of players 8.7% of players 8.4% of players 8.0% of players 7.1% of players 5.4% of players 5.3% of players 5.2% of players 4.9% of players 4.3% of players 2.6% of players 2.5% of players 2.3% of players 2.2% of players 2.2% of players 2.1% of players 1.5% of players 88.2% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
88.2%First Blood — First kill. No regerts!
86.6%Tackle Bell — Ding! Order up: Land your first headshot.
66.7%Murder Entrepreneur — 25 total kills. Blasted!
Rarest badges of honor
1.5%Class of '92 — 1,992 headshots. Welcome to the old school.
2.1%Rat Pack — Kill 50 enemies that are stunned by Mr. Rat.
2.2%Desperate For A Bathroom Break? — Complete the first level in under 3 minutes.

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Sep 25, 2026
Total Trampage is coming!

Hello everyone! I’m thrilled to announce Darkenstein 3D: Total Trampage, the first DLC and paid content for the game. It’s the closest thing to a Darkenstein 3D Gold Edition: the most polished version

May 18, 2026
Update 1.3.8

Hi everyone! The checkpoint system had improved but that caused a huge hitch on touching checkpoints. I have managed to remove that! I don't see any new bugs from it in my build, but let me know how i

May 12, 2026
Update 1.3.7

Hey everyone! It's another week, another update. This one is mostly focused on ironing out the save states and more importantly, stop bugs related to continuing the game, some of which can be really a

May 08, 2026
Update 1.3.6

Just a very quick patch today, to fix blood and gibs defaulting to 0 on new installs, and remove some dev stuff that was left in by mistake. Cheers!

May 07, 2026
Update 1.3.5

It’s a smaller one today but again trying to tackle pretty serious issues, hope all is better now. ;) Also this is not part of the update, but GeForce Now is now available, along with cloud saves. Ple

Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-25.

GenresAction, Adventure
Player tagsFPS · Action · Shooter · Perma Death · First-Person · Dialogue Heavy · Boomer Shooter · Retro · Zombies · Military · Violent · Singleplayer (Steam store community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Camera Comfort · Custom Volume Controls · Adjustable Difficulty · Playable without Timed Input · Stereo Sound
LanguagesEnglish * *
ControllerFull support
Achievements37
Official sitehttp://darkenstein3d.com
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS: Windows 10 (64-bit) Processor: Intel Core i5-2500K or AMD FX-6300 Memory: 16 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GTX 950 / AMD Radeon R7 370 DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 18 GB available space Sound Card: DirectX compatible sound card