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Project Absentia
Play as an angel known as Abby in this retro shooter based on flash cartoons and sprite comics of days gone by focused on interactivity, verticality and cool weapons.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-26.
“It's short but yet fun, it's pretty much a parody of all the iconic FPS games. For the price you really can't criticize it much. If you like what you see, enjoy FPS game just pick it up have fun.”
— a player, Steam review · 12 hrs played“pretty cool doom conversion with the esthetics of like 2006 newgrounds.”
— a player, Steam review · 14 hrs played“Simple and fun shooter. With a fun protagonist and other characters. A bit easier than the typical modern *ZDoom scene stuff. But you can dial up the challenge sufficiently high if you want that.”
— a player, Steam review · 7 hrs playedLatest official news
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Episode 1 + 2 v2e Patch
Thanks for your kind words and feedback during Project Absentia's launch! Here's the first patch. Previous version will be on the v2d-full branch, for people still playing through on that build (saves
PA Hotfix for resolution changing issue
Removes default vid_fsdwmhack setting as it seems to make resolution changing inconsistent for those affected by the issue, open the console and go: vid_fsdwmhack false or append +vid_fsdwmhack false
Project Absentia Full Release Announcement Date!
Good news! Our flashcore movement shooter FPS - Project Absentia - is releasing on 6 June 2026 at 6AM NZST (or 5 June 2026 EST ).
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-26.
| Genres | Action, Indie |
| Player tags | Early Access · Female Protagonist · Boomer Shooter · FPS · Satire · Retro · Shooter · First-Person · Dark Comedy · Cartoony · Action · Horror (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Partial Controller Support · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * * |
| Official site | https://waffleironstudios.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 8.x, or 10 (64-bit only) Processor: 2.4GHz Multi-Core Processor Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: OpenGL 4.2 or Vulkan - Dedicated Graphics Preferred Storage: 500 MB available space Sound Card: Onboard Sound Additional Notes: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system, and non-potato hardware