I love oldschool FPS’s, but somehow the whole boomer shooter resurgence just passed me by. I just finished Boltgun on the hardest difficulty and had a great time, would love to hear some other suggestions
ULTRAKILL is the most fun I’ve had with an oldschool FPS in ages. The difficulty ramps up perfectly, it’s super approachable for new players, and the skill ceiling for what you can do when you’re good is absolutely insane. The soundtrack is also fire.
Clips like this make me want to do another playthrough: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdHVt7cTwXc
Holy shit. I love movement tech, this looks amazing. Added to my list!
Both those look awesome! Dusk especially looks right up my alley, but I just bought both on Steam, will be starting with dusk tonight :)
There are a lot to sift through, but I recommend:
- Nightmare Reaper You play as a woman sent to an asylum and the battle is against the horrors within her head. It has tons of fun weapons, enemies, and challenges.
- AMID EVIL A magic themed FPS that reminds me a lot of Hexen/Hexic. It has a superb soundtrack.
- Forgive Me Father A horrific adventure to fight a cult and its otherworldly summonings. Has a perk progression system that sets it apart from most.
Seconding Amid Evil, it’s a lot of fun. Sometimes I fire it up for a quick game. Cool weapons.
As mentioned here, DUSK is GOATed I can personally attest to that.
ULTRAKILL i need to spend more time in, loved what i played but i haven’t had the time to perfect my play in it
Ion Fury:
It doesn‘t try to emmulate the look and feel of those build engine games like shadow warrior or duke nukem 3d… because it is one of them.
It is legitimately running on a modernized source port of the build engine. It has fantastic level design. It somehow feels modern and old at the same time. If you grew up playing games from that era this one is a must play imo
Absolute romp. Loved my time with Ion Fury. I’d also recommend Turbo Overkill, and for something a bit slower – more akin to System Shock – Hyper Violent.
DUSK and CULTIC come to mind. The original 1993 DOOM and 1996 Quake are also absolutely still worth playing, but it sounds like you may have already played them. Maybe Post Void, Cruelty Squad, or HROT if those seem up your alley.
I’ve heard great stuff about ULTRAKILL, but I would wait for it to leave early access before getting it.
Fwiw, Ultrakill is essentially a complete experience as-is. It is early access, but it’s the kind of early access where I’d have gladly paid even if it was only the current content.
If you haven’t already played them, check out the OG Doom and Quake games. Either the Steam releases or one of the gazillion source ports.
I just played Prodeus, and it was great, I especially loved the graphics.
People rave about the New Blood Interactive games, but I have yet to really play them. Ultrakill, Amid Evil, Dusk, and a few others. Those could be worth checking out.
I’d throw Painkiller into the ring. I still think of “shurikens and lightning” whenever I think of it https://youtu.be/qk7DlYcQ0uM
Prodeus hasn’t been mentioned and is excellent
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It’s been a while since I played it, but Sauerbraten / Cube 2 had a very old-school FPS vibe to it. It’s open source, so just download and play.
Prodeus!
It’s in PC Game Pass if you’re subscribed to it by any chance
Otherwise it’s $25 on Steam
It’s a shame that the devs will never fix the checkpoint system, it kind of ruined the game for me.
HROT is a great, stylized boomer shooter if you’ve got a kick for eastern Europe/Soviet-era architecture.
Check this thread. AFAIK, the author updates it regularily.
From me, personally, I very much recommend Dusk, Prodeus, Ion Fury and Cultic!
STRAFE is one I enjoy. Sort of a Quake style aesthetic and gameplay, as a roguelite.
Excellent suggestions all around in the comments! I own all of these XD There is one that wasn’t mentioned that I would highly recommend. Dread Templar is a good one.
