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Strife: Veteran Edition
Hailed as the original FPS-RPG game that spawned countless imitators, Strife: Veteran Edition is a love letter to the classic from 1996.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“Again, this would deserve a neutral to slightly positive recommendation. The game is super fun the first few hours as you absorb the "novelty" of then new doomhybrid genre, the gameplay is fine, the world surprisingly rich and interesting, but it fades out pretty quickly and at…”
— a player, Steam review · 13 hrs played“One of the earliest pioneers of 1st person RPGs. A must for anyone a fan of the genre”
— a player, Steam review · 38 hrs played“It was difficult to make this game to launch with SteamOS, but it worked from the directory with some library installation and .sh launch eventually. Not so typical FPS shooter having some non-linear levels, NPC dialogues and some simple puzzles. The RPG elements are rudimental,…”
— a player, Steam review · 0 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 2026-07-25.
Price tracking
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-25. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.
Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.
Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-07-24). Relative comparison only.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Widescreen update
Strife: Veteran Edition has been updated with brand new widescreen assets for the title and intermissions, Special thanks to Nash Muhandes for providing the art assets to make this all possible. At pr
Small update + Linux build
A small update has been pushed: - Gamepad support updated. You may need to reset the gamepad controls to default as the button layout has potentially changed. - Added additional options for gamepad tu
Strife SDL2 Update
Strife: Veteran Edition has now been updated to SDL2 on Windows. This will have improvements in input behaviour and responsiveness among other things too numerous to track. There are other behind the
Strife 1995 beta
We have updated Strife with a discovered development snapshot from 1995. In addition, we have also added the original DOS version of Strife. These are both available as additional launch options on Wi
Patch 1.3 is available now!
Hello Everyone. The 1.3 Patch for Strife: Veteran Edition is available now for Windows, Mac and Linux! It includes the following fixes: Gameplay bug fixes: Invisibility from Shadow Armor was supposed
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Action, RPG |
| Player tags | Action · RPG · FPS · Classic · Retro · 1990's · Boomer Shooter · Sci-fi · Shooter · First-Person · Singleplayer · Immersive Sim (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · PvP · Online PvP · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Partial Controller Support · Steam Cloud |
| Languages | English * * |
| Achievements | 20 |
| Estimated owners | 100,000 – 200,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://www.nightdivestudios.com/games/strife/?utm_source=steampowered.com&utm_medium=product&utm_campaign=website%20-%20strife |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows XP / Vista / 7 Processor: 1.0 GHz Processor Memory: 256 MB RAM Graphics: 100% DirectX compatible graphics DirectX: Version 9.0c Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 500 MB available space Sound Card: 100% DirectX compatible onboard / dedicated device