Witchaven
Capstone Software · 2021 · Action, FPS, Shooter, First-Person, 2.5D
PC
Very Positive87% · 121
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About Witchaven
✦ AI summary
Descend into a nightmarish 3D underworld filled with witches, demons, and monsters, armed with medieval weapons and devastating spells to fight your way through volcanic pits and crypts. This classic '90s first-person shooter on the Build engine combines fast-paced combat with exploration and magical abilities, now packaged with both enhanced and original builds for the ultimate nostalgic experience.
Descend into a dark and gruesome nightmare! You alone must face the evil within the volcanic pit of the Island of Char, toward the mystical lair of Witchaven. Confront witches that have cast a shadow of evil spells shrouding you in the never-ending darkness. Make use of your magic, might, and mind as you engage in bloody warfare with vile demons and monsters. Use medieval weapons to destroy these creatures of the night and cease the chaos. Dare to enter this 3D Hell... Dare to enter Witchaven!GET EVERYTHING YOU MIGHT'VE DREAMT OF BACK IN 1995
- Duck, jump and fly! Using the powerful "Build" engine.
- Cast mystical spells with greater powers and magical might. Destroy, freeze and stop your enemies in their tracks with your super-human abilities.
- Explore tunnels, crypts, lava pits, and secret chambers
- Wield swords, daggers, and other medieval hand-to-hand weapons
- Plunge into stomach turning original sound effects and CD-quality music
WHAT'S INSIDE THIS RELEASE
You're getting two builds: patched (Enhanced) and retail (Original) for those of you who prefer an unaltered experience as a bonus. Both builds are running on DOSBox with a custom configuration tool. The Enhanced build features fixes introduced in EGwhaven, a must-have community project, which addresses an array of bugs and issues with the game (we'd like to thank ETTiNGRiNDER for the contribution to this release). Additionally, the controls are re-mapped to what you'd expect to see as a default in a first-person game nowadays.
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
This is an ancient abandonware game from 1995... full 31 years old at the time of this review, and, unsurprisingly, does not in any way shape or form compare well to contemporary video games. Now, if it was 1995, I'd be telling you to play Hexen II which came out the same year, and is a lot better. This was an "ok" game in 1995 and, unless you've been in a coma, you might be aware it's now 2026. This is a fantasy brawler with DooM era mechanics and very lightweight RPG elements... but the theme and design aren't the problem, it's the age. From a technical perspective, the game doesn't meet basic minimum requirements that most PC gamers expect as standard. The game only displays in 4:3 pillarboxed aspect ratio, due to the age of the game, it predates the 16:9 widescreen gaming standard established back in 2006. It's possible they're marketing this towards people using an old CRT they found in a dumpster, or this game is being specifically marketed towards people gaming on PC's from 1995... either way, this isn't really acceptable in the modern era of PC gaming. It's obviously not going to look right on a modern 16:9 gaming display. Due to the age of this game, and the lac…3 found this helpful
It's a fun game with a good artstyle but i'm leaving a bad review because the devs are ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ and delisting it for no reason. eat ♥♥♥♥!2 found this helpful
I only discovered this game when I heard it was being delisted from Steam. Is Hexen better? Sure. But for the price, I had a lot of fun with this game.1 found this helpful
An excellent first-person action game set in a dark medieval fantasy world. The mechanic of first finding a pentagram and then the exit portal in each level is fantastic, giving it a great focus on exploration. The RPG elements, such as leveling up, using spells, and weapon wear, are also interesting, giving it a truly unique feel compared to the 90s FPS games it might initially be compared to. The map design is complex and satisfying. As a fan of boomer shooters and dark fantasy, I had A BLAST with this old gem.1 found this helpful
it has a random chance to jumpscare you at any given moment, almost every weapon is unusable and the ones that aren't are bordering, and it's also been delisted from the steam store. play now!
Yeah it slams buy it.
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