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Fancy Skulls

Fancy Skulls

Fancy Skulls is a challenging first person shooter with procedural generation, permadeath and distinct art style. Intense and tactical combat, unique weapon mods and items that change the way you play.

Released Jun 16, 2014 Developer tequibo Platforms Windows · Mac IndieAction RoguelikeActionEarly AccessFree to Play
View on Steam ↗ Free (US · as of 2026-05-13)

What players say

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73.1%positive338 reviews
Recommended · 1 found this helpful

“Fancy Skulls, developed and published by tequibo, is a first-person roguelike shooter that embraces minimalism both in its presentation and its design philosophy. It drops players into a sequence of procedurally generated arenas, stripping away narrative context and focusing…”

— a player, Steam review · 14 hrs played
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“This was one of my first games I got into on steam when I was only free to play a long time ago. This game is a simple little shooter that is fun to play. Not a very hardcore serious shooter game but certainly not a boring shooter game by any means. I find it to be great fun and…”

— a player, Steam review · 27 hrs played
Not recommended · 0 found this helpful

“Fancy Skulls has a genuinely interesting core loop — every enemy has a weak spot you need to learn, which forces you to actually aim instead of just spray-and-praying like most FPS roguelikes. The abstract art style is weird in a way that works, and stumbling onto a powerful…”

— a player, Steam review · 21 hrs played
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Latest official news

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Feb 18, 2024
news

so, hom wany years it's been? do numbers 2016 make you feel something? plz dont anwer in comments anyway, fs will be free in a month, because that is a timeframe between anoounsment and setting a pric

Jun 05, 2016
update 0.7.6

- new sounds for weapons - changed volume on some sounds - color palette change for enemies and levels - added effect on picking up objects - enemies now flash when damaged - fixed bugs I know it's be

Jun 05, 2016
update 0.7.6

- new sounds for weapons - changed volume on some sounds - color palette change for enemies and levels - added effect on picking up objects - enemies now flash when damaged - fixed bugs I know it's be

Mar 17, 2015
update 0.7.5.1

- fixed sounds being too loud - fixed some geometry issues - fixed infinite ammo item - hopefully fixed fps issues too - fixed fog not displaying on later levels

Mar 17, 2015
update 0.7.5.1

- fixed sounds being too loud - fixed some geometry issues - fixed infinite ammo item - hopefully fixed fps issues too - fixed fog not displaying on later levels

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Facts & details

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GenresAction, Indie, Free To Play, Early Access
Player tagsIndie · Action Roguelike · Action · Early Access · Free to Play · FPS · Rogue-like · Procedural Generation (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Partial Controller Support
LanguagesEnglish
Achievements9
Estimated owners100,000 – 200,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttp://fancyskulls.com
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows XP Processor: 2.0 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 4000 DirectX: Version 9.0 Storage: 500 MB available space