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Mausoleum of the Medusa

Mausoleum of the Medusa

'Medusa' is a love song to brutal, old-school arena combat. Perseus and Medusa are trapped in a deathmatch--but the gods raise them from the dead! Prove yourself with first blood, then compete for the top spot on the Steam leaderboard!

Released Oct 27, 2016 Developer New Hell Studios Platforms Windows · Mac · Linux Free to PlayAdventureActionIndiePixel Graphics
View on Steam ↗ Free (US · as of 2026-05-14)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-28.

76.3%positive93 reviews
Recommended · 7 found this helpful

“I wouldn't give the game too much praise but that's because there's not much to praise. It's a neat little download with a neat little atmosphere and neat little gameplay. It took me under 5 minutes to beat and could probably take even less. Download it if you're stuck being a…”

— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs played
Recommended · 5 found this helpful

“brutal old-school arena combat videogame”

— a player, Steam review · 26 hrs played
Not recommended · 26 found this helpful

“"Hunting in an empty labrinth" Somehow this F2P game is a boring minigame. Tho it has cool pixel sprite graphics and a mysterious soundtrack the gameplay is just focussed on cutdown medusa's head. Hiding behind a couple of columns and waiting for her to pass through. It is even…”

— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played
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Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-28.

5achievements
21.3%median completion
17.7%rarest: Better than the Devs!
29.9% of players 26.7% of players 21.3% of players 18.1% of players 17.7% of players 29.9% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
29.9%Beat First Blood — Vanquish Medusa in First Blood Mode. Now try for the leaderboard in Arcade Mode!!
26.7%Charged Hit — You've landed a fully charged strike against Medusa!
21.3%Beat Arcade Mode (10 HP) — Vanquish Medusa in Arcade Mode (10 HP) and see your rank on the leaderboards!
Rarest badges of honor
17.7%Better than the Devs! — Surpass New Hell's 10HP time of 42,147 ms completion!
18.1%Beat Arcade Mode in a Minute or Less! — Athena expects heads to roll fast, fast, fast!
21.3%Beat Arcade Mode (10 HP) — Vanquish Medusa in Arcade Mode (10 HP) and see your rank on the leaderboards!

Latest official news

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

Mar 03, 2018
Now available: The Speedrun Edition!

Hello! Very happy to announce that we have implemented: -- "Editable HP" for Medusa in Arcade Mode -- A toggle for "RNG Respawns" - you can now choose if Medusa's respawn after a hit is random or alwa

Mar 03, 2018
Now available: The Speedrun Edition!

Hello! Very happy to announce that we have implemented: -- "Editable HP" for Medusa in Arcade Mode -- A toggle for "RNG Respawns" - you can now choose if Medusa's respawn after a hit is random or alwa

Mar 18, 2017
Medusa is now Open Source under GPLv3!

Hello! I am very excited to announce that New Hell Studios is releasing the Mausoleum of the Medusa source code on GitHub! https://github.com/newhellstudios/medusa We are looking forward to seeing wha

Mar 18, 2017
Medusa is now Open Source under GPLv3!

Hello! I am very excited to announce that New Hell Studios is releasing the Mausoleum of the Medusa source code on GitHub! https://github.com/newhellstudios/medusa We are looking forward to seeing wha

Nov 14, 2016
Two new achievements! (And some new art too)

Hey Everyone, Excited to announce that two new achievements are now live! Charged Hit: Trigger this by landing a fully charged attack against Medusa. Beat Arcade Mode in a Minute or Less!: Exactly wha

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Screenshots

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Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-28.

GenresAction, Adventure, Free To Play, Indie
Player tagsFree to Play · Adventure · Action · Indie · Pixel Graphics (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Partial Controller Support · Steam Leaderboards · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish
Achievements5
Official sitehttp://www.newhellstudios.com
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 or later Processor: Core 2 Duo Memory: 1 GB RAM Graphics: DX 9.0/OpenGL 2 compliant DirectX: Version 9.0 Storage: 200 MB available space