- June 17, 2021
- Capstone Software
Witchaven
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About Witchaven
Witchaven is a single player and multiplayer role playing shooter game with horror, fantasy, medieval, historical and others themes. It was developed by Capstone Software and was released on June 17, 2021. It received neutral reviews from critics and positive reviews from players.
Witchaven is a medieval fantasy first-person shooter video game with action role-playing game elements. Its sword and sorcery style story tasks the knight Grondoval with a quest to seek out and kill a powerful evil witch in her titular fortress.











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Reviews
- The game offers a unique blend of melee combat and spellcasting, providing a fun and challenging experience.
- It has a distinct art style and atmosphere that appeals to fans of retro games and old-school dungeon crawlers.
- Playing on BuildGDX enhances the experience significantly, improving controls and graphics compared to the original DOS version.
- The game suffers from numerous bugs, inconsistent hitboxes, and poor level design, making it frustrating at times.
- The enhanced version is locked to low resolutions and runs in DOSBox, which limits its performance on modern systems.
- Many design choices, such as one-way doors and instakill traps, can lead to a clunky and unenjoyable gameplay experience.
graphics
10 mentions Positive Neutral NegativeThe graphics are characterized by a unique and cool art style, praised for its distinctiveness, particularly Ken Kelly's artwork. While the visuals may appear crude by modern standards, they are not considered ugly, and the overall aesthetic contributes positively to the gameplay experience, despite some clunkiness.
“Thumbs up for Ken Kelly's artwork.”
“Its clunky, but novel, and the art style is cool.”
“Playing it as an adult, it's nothing exceptional, though its art style has a look of its own.”
“It's the first Build game that came out in 1995, and the graphics are rather crude but not ugly.”
Critic Reviews
Frequently Asked Questions
Witchaven is a role playing shooter game with horror, fantasy, medieval, historical and others themes. Common tags for Witchaven include first-person, classic, boomer shooter, 2.5d, retro and others.
Witchaven is available on PC, Windows and Ms Dos.
Witchaven was released on June 17, 2021.
Witchaven was developed by Capstone Software.
Witchaven has received neutral reviews from players and neutral reviews from critics. Most players liked Witchaven for its graphics but disliked it for its gameplay.
Witchaven is a single player game with multiplayer support.
Similar games include HeXen II, Hexen: Beyond Heretic, Strife: Veteran Edition, Enclave, Wolfenstein 3D and others.

















