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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 2026-07-26)What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“Great little game. Plus it's free? I would've gladly paid at least $3.99 for this. It's really cool. Like a Lovecraftian/Medieval Doom. Cool weapons. Short, sweet and to the point. Started the 2nd one righr after beating this one. Can't wait to see what that brings.”
— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs played“this game is an amazing free alternative to doom, and even though i havent finished it yet, theres probably more lore than i think.”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played“Shrine Oh Shrine.. The best game I've played in AWHILE, The end? Absolutely.. AMAZING, usually I hate bad endings but this?? This is the best ending I've ever seen, +10000000000000000/10”
— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs playedPrice tracking
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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 2026-05-20.
| 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 |
| Estimated owners | 50,000 – 100,000 (SteamSpy) |
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