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Games like Gauntlet: the darkness within

Games like Gauntlet: the darkness within

Games like Gauntlet: the darkness within

Looking for games like Gauntlet: the darkness within? Here are top action adventure recommendations with a horror focus, selected from player-similarity data — start with Bloodhound, illWill or Project Warlock.

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  1. 66%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, atmosphere
    66% User Score Based on 172 reviews

    Crush the cult of Astaroth and squash the hell bugs. Bring Astaroth back to where she came from. Enjoy a Fresh Look & Old Fun in this arcade horror FPS game inspired by the legend of the 90s. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Bloodhound.

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    94%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    94% User Score Based on 217 reviews

    Eliminate hordes of monsters in illWill, a thrilling first person shooter. The game features breathtaking locations filled with hundreds of monsters and polished gameplay containing all the best of old school shooters. You have a variety of weapons at your disposal - from a double barrel shotgun, warm and beloved as grandma's soup, to a soul ripper with gameplay mechanic unseen before. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to illWill.

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  3. 82%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability
    88% User Score Based on 4,480 reviews
    Critic Score 80%Based on 17 reviews

    Project Warlock is a first person shooter that fans of Doom, Hexen and Wolfenstein cannot miss. It serves you an exploding cocktail of bullets, spells and monsters. Battle through 60 levels of non stop action packed with bloodthirsty enemies and challenging bosses. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Project Warlock.

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  4. 77%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, grinding
    84% User Score Based on 3,370 reviews
    Critic Score 70%Based on 11 reviews

    A dark retro horror FPS set in a comic book style world inspired by the novels of H.P. Lovecraft. As the only one with full senses, you begin a journey in search for answers and relief. How long can you last? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Forgive Me Father.

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    72%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, optimization
    72% User Score Based on 437 reviews

    Oldschool FPS. Hardcore classic gameplay. Huge hordes of monsters. Blood. Fun. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Monument.

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    96%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    96% User Score Based on 7,492 reviews
    Critic Score 93%Based on 1 reviews

    Quake is a first-person shooter video game, developed by id Software and published by GT Interactive in 1996 and featured music composed by Trent Reznor and Nine Inch Nails. It is the first game in the popular Quake series. In the game, players must find their way through various maze-like, medieval environments while battling a variety of monsters using a wide array of weapons. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Quake.

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  7. 79%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, optimization
    79% User Score Based on 753 reviews

    Adrenaline-pumping gore retro funhouse that’s full of guns, magic, demons, vertical arenas, 3D visuals, 2D sprites, and heavy metal music. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Project Warlock II.

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    54%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, story
    54% User Score Based on 166 reviews

    Doomed is a First Person Shooter with horror elements, heavily inspired by old-school shooter classics. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to DOOMED.

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  9. 68%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, optimization
    67% User Score Based on 3,715 reviews
    Critic Score 70%Based on 37 reviews

    Buy Shadow Warrior 3 on PlayStation Store and bring a katana to a gunfight with a seamless blend of fast-paced gunplay and razor-sharp melee combat. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Shadow Warrior 3.

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    85%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    85% User Score Based on 130 reviews

    Dead Beacon is a first-person survival horror inspired by 1990s games and taking place in the Beacon manor, a location crawling with zombies and creatures governed by a malevolent will. Survive using the given array of weapons and escape the island. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dead Beacon.

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    84%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story
    87% User Score Based on 47 reviews

    A retrowave/mecha-inspired sci-fi first-person shooter featuring fast-paced combat in old-school style open-plan levels packed with pickups, keys, and secrets. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Ctesiphon.

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  12. 80%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, grinding
    81% User Score Based on 1,344 reviews
    Critic Score 70%Based on 8 reviews

    Embark on a journey into the darkest nightmares to restore your sanity. Blast your way through hordes of possessed enemies, unlock an arsenal of deadly weapons and get ready to face even more Lovecraftian madness in this action-packed FPS sequel. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Forgive Me Father 2.

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    96%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, grinding
    96% User Score Based on 2,533 reviews

    Beyond Citadel is an anime style retro throwback shooter inspired by the classics of the 90's, with realistic gunplay mechanics, anime violence and fast paced combat. Fight your way through the heavily armed mechanical fortress and discover the secret that lies beneath. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Beyond Citadel.

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  14. 88%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    91% User Score Based on 131,275 reviews
    Critic Score 80%Based on 11 reviews

    Buy Doom Eternal on PS4 and PS5. Discover DOOM Slayer’s origins and his enduring mission to rip and tear. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Doom Eternal.

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  15. 81%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    81% User Score Based on 1,159 reviews

    Hell Hunt is a new retro First Person Shooter inspired by 90s shooters like Quake1, Blood, tells the story of a Demon Hunter entering hell for revenge. Lots of classic elements such as key cards, secret areas, no health regeneration, a large arsenal would be in it. Meanwhile, Hell Hunt also has a modern skill-based FPS mechanic, such as powerful attack abilities, special movement abilities, upgrad… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Hell Hunt .

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  16. 89%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, grinding
    94% User Score Based on 5,482 reviews
    Critic Score 75%Based on 6 reviews

    Nightmare Reaper is a dark and violent meld of retro and modern action games, mainly inspired by the classic 2.5D first person shooters of the 90s like Doom, Duke Nukem 3D, Blood, Rise of the Triad and Wolfenstein 3D. Explore the cursed depths of a nightmare while finding powerful weapons and improving your abilities in this retro first person shooter that breaches the wall between the classics a… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Nightmare Reaper.

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    87%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, replayability
    87% User Score Based on 844 reviews

    Slaughter your way through nightmarish industrial mazes, transformed cityscapes and surreal alien structures to cut down the Growth in this ultraviolent, fast-paced, and merciless retro-styled first person shooter. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to INCISION.

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  18. 87%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, replayability
    90% User Score Based on 69 reviews
    Critic Score 75%Based on 1 reviews

    Gorescript is a classic first person shooter game, inspired by the great old classic FPS games that defined the genre. Fight your way through 18 handcrafted levels of frantic action paced gameplay, from easy to hardcore levels of difficulty. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Gorescript.

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  19. 66%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding
    71% User Score Based on 404 reviews
    Critic Score 60%Based on 15 reviews

    Daymare: 1994 Sandcastle is a third-person story-driven survival horror game prequel to the critically acclaimed Daymare: 1998. Step into the shoes of agent Dalila Reyes, a former government spy now in the service of H.A.D.E.S. unit and prepare to face the true horror. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Daymare: 1994 Sandcastle.

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  20. 83%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    83% User Score Based on 172 reviews

    Devilated is a brutal FPS-RPG experience. Survive and roast enemies on a journey of violence. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Devilated.

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    47%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability
    45% User Score Based on 239 reviews
    Critic Score 60%Based on 1 reviews

    Apocryph is a FPS set in a brutal dark fantasy world. It takes it's roots in old-school fantasy shooters, adding rogue-lite elements, such as procedural levels, items, character perks, as well as permanent death. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Apocryph.

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    90%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, monetization
    90% User Score Based on 424 reviews

    A small and challenging retro-fueled FPS straight from the nightmares of 90's millennials. The Sons of Anak are opening portals to extract Dark Matter from the "other side". Combat the possessed soldiers, the manifested demons helping them and any inanimate objects standing in your way! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to CARNAL.

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  23. 86%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    86% User Score Based on 776 reviews

    Return to classic survival horror in this special demo version of Tormented Souls 2. Experience the opening section of the game as Caroline navigates the claustrophobic passageways of a shadowy convent in search of her missing sister If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Tormented Souls 2.

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  24. 65%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, replayability
    61% User Score Based on 537 reviews
    Critic Score 69%Based on 13 reviews

    In Van Helsing III, the civil war is over in Borgovia, but the future looks grim. The city of weird science is in ruins, squabbling factions and criminals fight for power and a strange cult prophesizes the coming of "The end of times." If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing III.

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    91%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, stability
    91% User Score Based on 152 reviews

    Finally... After months of trial and error, learning by doing, and yet some critical failures - we have reached the point at which I'm comfortable enough to release something bigger, something better, something playable of REVEREND - the beta. I said it would release in September, and I'm counting it! Please, check the settings and key bindings if something doesn't feel right at first, since I mi… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to REVEREND.

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  26. 84%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability
    94% User Score Based on 8,232 reviews
    Critic Score 75%Based on 14 reviews

    You killed the Demons once, they were all dead. Or so you thought... A single Demon Entity escaped detection. Systematically it altered decaying, dead carnage back into grotesque living tissue. The Demons have returned - stronger and more vicious than ever before. You mission is clear, there are no options: kill or be killed! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Doom 64.

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  27. 67%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, replayability
    85% User Score Based on 122 reviews
    Critic Score 39%Based on 6 reviews

    Select one of the Grim Reaper or girl. Find escaped yokai from limbo, extricate soul that they absorbed. You must reseal them after If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Shikhondo: Soul Eater.

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  28. 92%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, music
    92% User Score Based on 501 reviews

    Skinwalker Hunt is a horror themed hunting game from the creator of Witch Hunt. Main focus of the game is on exploration, non-linearity, and atmosphere. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Skinwalker Hunt.

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  29. 78%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    78% User Score Based on 704 reviews

    The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse lurk in the shadows before you. They are Death, Pestilence, Famine, and War. They are the root of all that is evil. They are the least of your worries. The last know Serpent Rider, Eidolon, lives. As the Necromancer, the Assassin, the Crusader, or the Paladin, you must defeat the dark generals and their Hell-spawned legions before you can face the Archfiend and … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to HeXen II.

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    92%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability
    92% User Score Based on 1,860 reviews

    The Citadel is a brutal first person shooter, and a love letter to classic games such as Marathon, Doom and Wolfenstein 3D. Descend into the depths of a dark citadel, and fight through 6 Episodes and 30 levels of action packed with 6 challenging bosses. Go forth, Martyr. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Citadel.

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    96%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, grinding
    99% User Score Based on 9,314 reviews
    Critic Score 81%Based on 1 reviews

    You died? So what? Tuck your guts back in and gear up to fight your way through the ranks of a mysterious and twisted cult. You, your guns, and your dynamite will have to shoot, slide, blast, duck, dodge, and maybe throw a gib or two to survive in this old-school-inspired shooter. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to CULTIC.

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    74%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability
    75% User Score Based on 2,107 reviews
    Critic Score 66%Based on 2 reviews

    Industria is a first-person shooter that takes you from East Berlin into a parallel reality, shortly before the end of the Cold War. On the search for a missing work colleague, you decipher a dark past in a mysterious and surreal steampunk world. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to INDUSTRIA.

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  34. 65%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability
    65% User Score Based on 19,779 reviews
    Critic Score 66%Based on 68 reviews

    In this narrative-driven, third-person survival horror game set 300 years in the future, the player will take on the role of Jacob Lee – a victim of fate thrown into Black Iron Prison, a maximum-security penitentiary located on Jupiter's moon, Callisto. When inmates begin to transform into monstrous creatures, the prison is thrown into chaos. To survive, Jacob must battle his way to safety to esca… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Callisto Protocol.

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  37. 83%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, optimization
    85% User Score Based on 928 reviews
    Critic Score 70%Based on 1 reviews

    Hitman: Contracts is a stealth action game developed by IO Interactive and published by Eidos Interactive. It is the third installment in the Hitman game series. The game features recreations of four levels from Hitman: Codename 47. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Hitman: Contracts.

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  38. 76%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability
    76% User Score Based on 1,264 reviews

    Rip out organs and equip them in your own body. Fight biopunk monsters and drugged-up space bandits. You are a Gajeshian Cultist: A near-mythological being built from the bodies of long-dead saints. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Wrought Flesh.

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    85%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, music
    85% User Score Based on 603 reviews

    A classic dynamic shooter which takes place in a science underground center. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Object N.

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  42. 80%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding
    83% User Score Based on 374 reviews
    Critic Score 70%Based on 3 reviews

    Humankind, in the process of evolution, has encountered a mysterious phenomenon - the destruction of the normal flow of time. From the past to the future, time rifts are forming in Earth's atmosphere. These rifts lead to different periods of history. Through them the most aggressive creatures from the past, present, and the future, have begun to infiltrate our time. These mutants, known as Timestr… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Chasm: The Rift.

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    31%Game Brain Score
    31% User Score Based on 2 reviews

    you are a lone warrior, seeking to destroy all the demons in your path. As you journey through old medieval castles and dungeons. Your mission is to destroy all the demons and defend humanity against them! What can you expect? - dark gothic medieval styled levels. - unique atmospheric creepy sound tracks to match the levels! - choose your difficulty from easy to hard to nightmare! want a chal… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Gauntlet.

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  44. 94%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, grinding
    94% User Score Based on 89 reviews

    Quartermain is a wolfenstein inspired fps based on tabletop characters crafted by my friends. It is a fast paced fps where every weapon has a purpose. Littered with secrets and an unlockable Stage this will be just a small piece of what is yet to come.Time to gear up and show Cthulhu's minions that it is not the unknown they should fear but YOU If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Quartermain and the cult of Cthulhu.

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    85%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    88% User Score Based on 953 reviews
    Critic Score 79%Based on 4 reviews

    Fort Oasis is no paradise—it's a decaying nightmare where reality crumbles. The creator of Turbo Overkill unleashes survival-horror stacked with mysteries and monstrosities. Scavenge to craft weapons, while a voice on your walkie-talkie guides you into the island's depths. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Total Chaos.

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  46. 95%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, replayability
    95% User Score Based on 271 reviews

    Tank controls. Fixed cameras. Pure Terror. Set in a haunting world of twisted experiments and occult nightmares, this game brings back the survival horror mechanics you know and love while pushing the genre into terrifying new depths. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Flesh Made Fear.

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    83%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, monetization
    83% User Score Based on 147 reviews

    Haydee III is a hardcore metroidvania with third-person shooter mechanics, platforming, puzzles, a sexy heroine and cake! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Haydee 3.

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    90%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, stability
    90% User Score Based on 84 reviews

    Gravelord is a fast-paced boomer shooter voiced by a badass protagonist featuring hand-crafted levels filled with secrets and hordes of enemies to kill. Dish out some brutal carnage with powerful guns and collect Tarot Cards to gain even more killing power. Let's put the fun back in funeral! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Gravelord.

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    92%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    92% User Score Based on 577 reviews

    The Eldritch horde returns in Shrine II! Shrine II is a total conversion mod for Doom 2. Tusk is back, and his rage won't be quelled! Journey through five dimensions to find the source of the corruption in this 32 level total conversion for doom 2! Including: -Over 20 unique Demons to slay -Boss Battles Galore -Over 20 unique weapons -32 levels -Tons of secrets and replayability -A challenging yet… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Shrine II.

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  50. 45%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, stability
    45% User Score Based on 262 reviews

    Includes original Blood II: The Chosen and add-on package The Nightmare LevelsAn immersive atmosphere full of dark humor and exciting actionFour playable characters and wide variety of weapons If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Blood II: The Chosen + Expansion.

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