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Shrine
Shrine is a retro FPS game about a skinless dude killing eldritch monstrosities with his nightmarish arsenal.
View on Steam ↗ Free (US · as of 2026-08-12)What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-28 · quoted reviews as of 2026-10-16.
“I came to kill eldritch monsters. Story: You play as Tusk who is fighting through hordes of evil Eldritch monsters as he fights to get to the throne of the king, while killing his armies. That's the basic plot of the game, I think ? Overall it doesn't really matter as it's more…”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played“A remaster of the original mod with plenty of enemies, new graphics, tweaked balancing, plus a new ambient soundtrack all coming together to make a great little game.”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played“Fantastic little freeware game. With some refining, I think Shrine could grow in to something truly exceptional. The levels are smartly designed, the monster and weapon sprites are detailed and very creative, and the atmosphere is very surreal. I love what this game is doing.…”
— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players, self-collected from the Steam API since Aug 2026.
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Shrine II coming to Steam on September 22nd!
Shrine II has been available as a mod for some time, but is finally coming to steam and itch.io! On the 22nd of september you will be able to download it! Hope you guys enjoy! Wishlist now: https://st
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Screenshots
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Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.
| Genres | Action |
| Player tags | Action · FPS · Retro · Horror · First-Person · Lovecraftian · Free to Play · Boomer Shooter · Singleplayer · Pixel Graphics · Shooter · Indie (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Partial Controller Support |
| Languages | English |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: 64-bit Processor: 2.4 GHz Dual-Core Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: Dedicated GPU - anything capable of running OpenGL 4.0 (eg. ATI Radeon HD 57xx or Nvidia GeForce 400 and higher) Storage: 300 MB available space Sound Card: DirectX® 9.0b compatible 16-bit sound card and latest drivers