The Citadel
Retro first-person shooter with anime-style art and graphic gore
doekuramori, Top Hat Studios Inc · Released Aug 5, 2020
- Reviews
- Very Positive
- 93% of 3,120
- Recent reviews
- Very Positive
- 92% of 42 in 30 days
- Playing now
- 7
- right now
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update
- 4 years ago
- Feb 23, 2022
Free demo available, 0 playing it now: get the demo.
What is The Citadel?
You play a Battlesister descending into the Citadel to kill a sleeping god in this single-player, retro-style first-person shooter. Across six episodes of levels, you dodge enemy projectiles, use weapons with alternate fire, fight bosses, and kick smaller enemies into hazards.
For you if...
- +you like old-school shooters with varied weapons
- +you enjoy dodging projectiles and using hazards against enemies
- +you appreciate anime-style art in a violent shooter
Not for you if...
- −you want multiplayer rather than a solo campaign
- −you prefer shooters without graphic dismemberment
What players say
93% of 3,120 reviews are positive · 92% of 42 in the last 30 days
Players praise the weapon variety, gunplay, and visual style. The most common complaint is frequent crashing, sometimes forcing players to restart sections; some also report bugs and performance drops.
Screenshots and trailer
The Citadel system requirements
As published by the developer.
Minimum
- OS
- Windows 10 64 bit
- Processor
- Intel Core i-5-10210U
- Graphics
- NVIDIA GeForce 820M 1GB VRAM
- Memory
- 8 GB RAM
- Storage
- 800 MB available space
- DirectX
- Version 12
Recommended
- OS
- Windows 10 64 bit
- Processor
- Intel Core i-7-7700HQ CPU @2.80GHz
- Graphics
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060
- Memory
- 8 GB RAM
- Storage
- 800 MB available space
- DirectX
- Version 12
PC version details
DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows
- Steam features
- Family Sharing
Steam Deck: Playable
- Default controller config not fully functional
- Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
- Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
- The native resolution is not the default one
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
- External controllers are not supported for the primary player
Tags
- FPS
- Retro
- Gore
- Anime
- Old School
- Indie
- Violent
- Singleplayer
- Shooter
- 2.5D
- Action
- Boomer Shooter
- Sci-fi
- Female Protagonist
- 1990's
- Atmospheric
Recent updates
- Feb 23, 2022 · Sorry for the inconvenient(2022/02/23)
- Feb 22, 2022 · Minor minor minor minor update(still 2.17.4)
- Feb 16, 2022 · Minor minor minor update(still 2.17.4)
- Feb 15, 2022 · Minor mior update(still 2.17.4)
- Feb 15, 2022 · Minor update 2.17.4
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