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Madshot
Madshot is a fast-paced, acrobatic, rogue-lite shooter. Survive the ever-changing road through Cthulhu and beyond. Equip endless upgrade combinations as you fight your way through horrific monsters and multi-phased boss battles.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-02 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-13.
“Madshot rarely inspires the strange awe that Lovecraft is famous for: there are elements of randomness, of the undecipherable, the out-of-control (in the map of each region or in those dark rooms where odd figures appears), but the focus of the game is elsewhere. For the visuals…”
— a player, Steam review · 13 hrs played“Phenomenal art, beyond addicting gameplay and loop and good ass music.”
— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs played“It's a well-done game, definitely worth a play. I wanted to play more after I beat it.”
— a player, Steam review · 9 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 2026-09-19.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
0.439 (HotFix)
-Fixed issue where rite rewards would not unlock properly. -Fixed issue where summoned minions could lose their dominated status and attack you. -Reduced brightness of enemy "damage flash" -Fixed issu
0.438 (Hotfix)
- Fixed Issue where Void hooks would go through walls - Fixed Controller input issue in Road to madness score screen. - Fixed faulty tooltip Icon for controllers. - Fixed bug where sticky bombs would
1.0 Update is OUT NOW: new zone, new enemies, and Cthulhu itself!
Hail to thee humans, All of you prove to be worthy challengers, and now the time has finally come: the Great-Old-One, the Only and Mighty, Lord Cthulhu itself will face you in battle ! It's been a lon
Early Access is about to END!
Hail humans, The Great-Old-Ones bring good news! We are excited to announce that Madshot is about to leave his early access stage. Save the date *uprising fanfare intensifies* : the 1.0 update will be
Madshot is a Silver Winner for NYX Games Awards!
Hail to thee, humans Today, we are proud to share with you all a new goal we achieved: Madshot won two Silver awards for the PC Game: Indie and Best Gameplay category! The NYX Games Awards is an inter
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.
| Genres | Action, Adventure |
| Player tags | Platformer · Lovecraftian · Fast-Paced · Rogue-lite · Action · Parkour · Shooter · Action Roguelike · Gore · Dark Fantasy · Singleplayer · Side Scroller (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Full controller support · Custom Volume Controls · Playable without Timed Input · Stereo Sound · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 28 |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 or Later Processor: Intel i5 or Later Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: Nvidia 450 GTS / Radeon HD 5750 or better Storage: 5 GB available space