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Strife: Veteran Edition

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.

Released Dec 12, 2014 Developer Rogue Entertainment Publisher Nightdive Studios, Atari Platforms Windows · Mac · Linux ActionRPGFPSClassicRetro
View on Steam ↗ $0.99 (US · as of 2026-10-25)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-10-22 · quoted reviews as of 2026-10-16.

89.5%positive673 reviews
Recommended · 174 found this helpful

“Strife on steam = instant purchase. This game blew my mind when it came out, and this port/update is incredible. the port is well done, I havent had any issues with mouse lag (one of the other reviews mentioned it) all the extra graphical options are welcome, but to be honest…”

— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs played
Recommended · 109 found this helpful

“A excellent FPS that was once lost to the echo's of time but has returned thanks in part to it's fans and NightDive Studios. I would say more about the game but Ross Scotts's Game Dungeon review does it better than my words can.”

— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played
Recommended · 111 found this helpful

“One of THE Best Doom Engine Game EVER! Strife is incredible. It's EASILY the best game released using Doom Engine. It feels almost like an earlier version of Deus Ex with its post apocalyptic cyberpunk inspired setting that has you running around a city hub taking & completeing…”

— a player, Steam review · 21 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players, self-collected from the Steam API since Aug 2026.

4peak since Aug 2026
0 0 1 1 avg · Sep 2026

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-10-20.

20achievements
6.1%median completion
1.8%rarest: Grab the Fancy Cup
38.4% of players 25.7% of players 13.2% of players 9.9% of players 9.4% of players 8.8% of players 8.7% of players 8.2% of players 7.7% of players 6.3% of players 6.1% of players 5.1% of players 4.4% of players 4.4% of players 3.3% of players 3.0% of players 2.5% of players 2.5% of players 1.9% of players 1.8% of players 38.4% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
38.4%Silence is Golden — Complete Rowan's Mission
25.7%Lending a Hand — Free the prisoners
13.2%Code Monkey — Defeat the Programmer
Rarest badges of honor
1.8%Grab the Fancy Cup — Win a mulitplayer match in 'Capture the Chalice' game mode
1.9%Unstoppable — Complete the game with best ending on Bloodbath difficulty
2.5%Hardcore Warm-up — Complete the 'Trust No One' demo on Bloodbath difficulty under 6 minutes

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.

$0.99−90% right nowcurrent · sampled 2026-10-25 20:53 UTC
$9.99base price
$0.99lowest since tracking began2026-10-25
US0.99 USD−90%
EU0.99 EUR−90%
UK0.69 GBP−90%
Australia1.45 AUD−90%
Canada1.09 CAD−90%
Japan98 JPY−90%
Brazil1.99 BRL−90%
China3.60 CNY−90%

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

Brazil≈$0.4 China Japan Canada UK US Australia EU≈$1.1

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-10-23). Relative comparison only.

$0 $10 $20 07-25 08-11 08-30 09-17 10-05 10-25

Latest official news

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

Dec 21, 2021
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

Nov 24, 2020
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

Oct 25, 2020
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

Aug 28, 2020
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

May 24, 2016
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 2026-05-13.

GenresAction, RPG
Player tagsAction · RPG · FPS · Classic · Retro · 1990's · Boomer Shooter · Sci-fi · Shooter · First-Person · Singleplayer · Immersive Sim (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Multi-player · PvP · Online PvP · Steam Achievements · Steam Trading Cards · Partial Controller Support · Steam Cloud
LanguagesEnglish * *
Achievements20
Official sitehttp://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