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The Pulse of Evil

Find yourself on a mission exploring the depth of an ominous forgotten mine. You arrive barehanded but quickly find the tools needed to go deeper. Destroy the infected living parts of the mine and face the final threat and complete your mission.

Released Jun 11, 2023 Developer Madnukin, Miroko, Yeramia, davebrown57 Publisher Mads Games Platforms Windows Action Adventure Action-Adventure Shooter Shoot 'Em Up

View on Steam ↗ Free (US · as of 2026-09-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-26.

95.5%positive220 reviews

Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“good for a free game. reminds me of endoparasitic, especially the inventory but no parasite. retaining the level and sending in a new guy is a neat idea for a death mechanic.”

— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs played

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-26.

8achievements

11.8%median completion

9.4%rarest: Impossible

Almost everyone has

35.0%Portal — Kill all hearts to summon the portal

27.6%Baby — Find the baby

19.3%No Squad — Kill all hearts without dying

Rarest badges of honor

9.4%Impossible — Finish the game without taking any damage

10.0%Runner — Beat the game in less than 10 minutes

10.0%Pacifist — Kill less than 5 enemies and open the portal

Latest official news

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

Jun 17, 2023
Version 1.1 New Weapon, The Rusty Sidearm!

+ Added a new gun called Rusty Sidearm. + Every weapon has individual weight. + Added a Godot splash screen. + Updated drop area to be more intuitive. + UI hand rotating item animation. + Changed Shot

Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-26.

Genres	Action, Adventure, Free To Play, Indie
Player tags	Action · Adventure · Action-Adventure · Shooter · Shoot 'Em Up · Top-Down Shooter · 2D · Pixel Graphics · Top-Down · Atmospheric · Dark · Horror (Steam store community voting)
Features	Single-player · Steam Achievements · Family Sharing
Languages	English * *
Achievements	8

Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS: Windows 10 Processor: Intel i7 2.6 Ghz Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: Geforce 1650 Ti Storage: 200 MB available space