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EL PASO, NIGHTMARE
Slay hordes of vampires, werewolves, and Biblically-accurate angels in this standalone survival horror FPS side story from the El Paso, Elsewhere universe.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-28.
“It's alright. I got it for free with El Paso, Elsewhere so I won't be harsh. I'm guessing this is some sort of intro to the world of El Paso, Elsewhere but instead of being a third person game it's a survival horror type deal. That is, until you get to the second/last level of…”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played“It is a demo. It is a test of El Paso Elsewhere's enemies, level art and core "loop" but in a very barebones FPS format. I was just curious. The Concept differing from Elsewhere was nice, the framing was nice. There really was soemthing there. I can say it was interesting. And…”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played“Ever wonder what El Paso, Elsewhere would be like if it were bad, bordering unplayable? Here it is!”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs playedAchievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-28.
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El Paso, Nightmare is just the beginning of our horror-filled exploration of El Paso, Texas. It begins with an empty ice bucket and a brutal hangover. And then it gets really weird... biblically accur
Patch Notes (November 14)
Heeeeello there! We're pushing another quick patch! Here's the changelog: - Fixed an internal problem with the " EL PASO, DONE QUICK " achievement. - Fixed an issue with the game's ending cutscene. -
Hotfix (Nov 10)
Hello! This is a hotfix to address the following issue: - Changing levels no longer hangs on the loading screen.
Patch notes (Oct 28)
Hi again! We bring you a patch and a matching changelog! - Fixed an issue where modifiers wouldn't be applied on fresh Nightmare runs. - Fixed an issue where setting the speed modifier to a high value
Patch Notes (Oct 27)
Hello there! We're pushing a patch for El Paso, Nightmare! Here's a brief changelog: - Key remapping will now prevent special keys from being rebinded. No more rebinding the Escape key! - Extra weapon
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-28.
| Genres | Action |
| Player tags | PvE · FPS · Action · First-Person · Action-Adventure · Zombies · Shooter · Horror · Violent · Dark Fantasy · Survival Horror · Atmospheric (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Partial Controller Support · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * * |
| Achievements | 13 |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 Processor: @ 2 GHZ Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Storage: 12 GB available space Sound Card: Yes.