Shrine

Retro first-person shooter with strange weapons and eldritch monsters

Scumhead · Released Apr 3, 2020

Reviews: Very Positive; 91% of 1,099
Recent reviews: Not enough recent
Players: 0; daily peak, Oct 28, 2026
Steam Deck: Untested
Last update on Steam: 5 years ago; Jun 27, 2021
Minimum PC: Dedicated GPU - anything …; 4 GB RAM · 0.3 GB disk; Full requirements

What is Shrine?

Shrine is a free, single-player first-person shooter built in the Doom engine. As Tusk, a skinless creature battling an eldritch horde, you fight through 16 levels in a Gothic, Lovecraftian world using eight weapons.

For you if...

+you prefer straightforward shooting over story-heavy games
+you like short campaigns with levels to explore

Not for you if...

−you want multiplayer rather than a solo campaign
−you prefer realistic settings without horror or grotesque creatures

What players say

91% of 1,099 reviews are positive

Players praise the weapon designs, grotesque artwork, and varied level layouts. Individual reviewers criticize aiming, hard-to-read enemy attacks, or the final boss.

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Shrine system requirements

Minimum: Dedicated GPU - anything …, 4 GB RAM, 0.3 GB of disk space.

As published by the developer.

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Minimum

OS: 64-bit
Processor: 2.4 GHz Dual-Core
Graphics: Dedicated GPU - anything capable of running OpenGL 4.0 (eg. ATI Radeon HD 57xx or Nvidia GeForce 400 and higher)
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Storage: 300 MB available space

Does Shrine have co-op or multiplayer?

No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.

Single-player

Does Shrine run on Steam Deck?

Untested Not yet tested by Valve on Steam Deck.

PC version details

DRM: None declared on Steam
Controller: Keyboard and mouse
Platforms: Windows, Linux
Steam features: Family Sharing
Languages: Text only: English.

Does Shrine use AI-generated content?

No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.

Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 27, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam