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Forgive Me Father

Forgive Me Father

Forgive Me Father is a dark retro horror FPS set in a comic book style world inspired by the novels of H.P. Lovecraft. As the only one left with full senses, you begin a journey in search of answers and relief. How long can you last?

Released Apr 7, 2022 Developer Byte Barrel Publisher Fulqrum Publishing Platforms Windows FPSBoomer ShooterLovecraftianActionShooter
View on Steam ↗ $19.99 (US · as of 2026-07-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.

84.6%positive4,825 reviews
Recommended · 12 found this helpful

“Not the best boomer shooter out there, but def a fun time for fans of the genre mixed with some Lovecraftian vibes I think this game is perfectly serviceable for what it's trying to be. There's not much criteria for making a good game in this style, especially when you have a…”

— a player, Steam review · 11 hrs played
Recommended · 9 found this helpful

“FPS Games have had a storytelling curse put on them ever since John Carmack compared Story in Doom to Story in Porn, and thus, FPS Games and Retro FPS games especially now are forever held to ignore stories, fail at environmental storytelling, while the rest of the game is…”

— a player, Steam review · 7 hrs played
Not recommended · 19 found this helpful

“I personally don't recommend this, but I can see why people enjoy it. I had to turn off the voice acting pretty quickly, as it was pretty annoying, and while the art and level design are very good, it feels like you're shooting cardboard cut-outs with absolutely no feedback to…”

— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-24 01:11 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

20playing at last check
3724-hour peak
319all-time peak
0 100 200 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 98 avg · Apr 2022

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.

20achievements
10.2%median completion
2.5%rarest: Unstoppable
42.1% of players 29.0% of players 29.0% of players 26.5% of players 19.4% of players 17.7% of players 16.7% of players 15.4% of players 13.4% of players 10.2% of players 10.2% of players 8.8% of players 8.5% of players 6.7% of players 5.2% of players 4.1% of players 3.3% of players 2.8% of players 2.7% of players 2.5% of players 42.1% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
42.1%It Came from Space — Hidden achievement
29.0%Enemy of the People — Hidden achievement
29.0%Perfection — Finish any level on 100%
Rarest badges of honor
2.5%Unstoppable — Survive 20 waves in Endless mode
2.7%One HP Cluch — Hidden achievement
2.8%Getting Serious — Survive 10 waves in Endless mode

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.

$19.99current · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
$19.99lowest since tracking began2026-07-11
US19.99 USD
EU19.99 EUR
UK16.99 GBP
Australia29.50 AUD
Canada25.99 CAD
Japan2,300 JPY
Brazil59.99 BRL
China76.00 CNY

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

China≈$11 Brazil Japan Canada US Australia UK EU≈$23

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-07-24). Relative comparison only.

$0 $25 $50 07-11 07-13 07-16 07-19 07-22 07-26

Latest official news

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

Jun 02, 2026
New Byte Barrel Game - DIOXIDE

Today we are happy to congratulate our friends at Byte Barrel Studio with their new game announcement - Dioxide A logical evolution of the rhyme found in the Forgive Me Father series, Dioxide raises t

Mar 20, 2026
Forgive me Father is on a Spring Sale!

Spring Sale is upon us, Cultists! And with it, comes discounts to Forgive Me Father games! For the first one, it is a 75%, perfect price to start your journey into the madness. And Forgive Me Father 2

Feb 20, 2026
New Franchise Bundle!

Cultists! You may have noticed that both Forgive Me Father games are a part of the Fulqrum Publishing Lunar New Year Sale, until February 23 - but what you may have missed is our new bundle with It Ha

Jan 29, 2026
Forgive me Father Dev Stream Recording

Greetings, Cultists! Last week, we had the pleasure of broadcasting almost 2 hours of Forgive Me Father 2 with one of the developers of the game! We discussed interesting tidbits about the game’s deve

Jan 20, 2026
Forgive me Father Developer Stream!

Greetings, cultists! As we promised last week, we will be streaming the game with developers to celebrate the Nintendo Switch release of Forgive Me Father 2. Join us and the developers of Forgive Me F

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Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.

GenresAction, Indie
Player tagsFPS · Boomer Shooter · Lovecraftian · Action · Shooter · Retro · First-Person · Indie · 3D · Stylized · Gore · Cartoony (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish * , French, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Portuguese - Brazil *
ControllerFull support
Achievements20
Estimated owners500,000 – 1,000,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttps://www.fulqrumpublishing.com/game/766-forgive-me-father
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7/8/8.1/10 Processor: Intel Core i5, AMD Ryzen or equivalent Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950 DirectX: Version 9.0c Storage: 9 GB available space