CRUEL
First-person roguelike shooter racing through shifting levels for survival
James Dornan · Released Jan 9, 2025
- Reviews
- Overwhelmingly Positive
- 95% of 1,875
- Recent reviews
- Very Positive
- 88% of 25 in 30 days
- Playing now
- 11
- right now
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update
- 7 months ago
- Jan 28, 2026
What is CRUEL?
A first-person roguelike shooter set in a hostile building, with a demonic entity brought about by your character. You race through ten shifting levels, shooting enemies and collecting cans to restore health or buy upgrades.
For you if...
- +you like fast shooters that demand constant movement
- +you enjoy replaying changing levels and buying upgrades
- +you want dark humor and an electronic soundtrack
Not for you if...
- −you prefer a slower pace without constant pressure
- −you want varied environments rather than similar levels
- −you dislike losing progress when a run ends
What players say
95% of 1,875 reviews are positive · 88% of 25 in the last 30 days
Players praise the fast combat, electronic soundtrack, and visual style. Others complain about the punishing difficulty, similar-feeling levels, and upgrades that do little to vary repeat runs.
Screenshots and trailer
CRUEL system requirements
As published by the developer.
Minimum
- OS
- Windows 7
- Graphics
- Vulkan support required
- Memory
- 2 GB RAM
- Storage
- 1 GB available space
Recommended
- OS
- Window 10 +
- Processor
- Something in the last 4 years
- Graphics
- Vulkan support required
PC version details
DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Full controller support
- Platforms
- Windows
- Achievements
- 22
- Steam features
- Cloud saves, Family Sharing
Steam Deck: Playable
- Default controller config not fully functional
- Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
- Some text entry requires manually opening the on-screen keyboard
- In-game text is legible on Steam Deck
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
- External controllers are not supported for the primary player
Tags
- Action
- First-Person
- Roguelike
- Boomer Shooter
- Procedural Generation
- Shooter
- Perma Death
- Gore
- FPS
- Pixel Graphics
- Indie
- Violent
- Horror
- Shoot 'Em Up
- Singleplayer
- Post-apocalyptic
Recent updates
- Jan 28, 2026 · Update 0.9.3
- Jan 9, 2026 · Anniversary Update
- Jan 29, 2025 · Update 0.6.6
- Jan 13, 2025 · Hotfix 0.6.5
- Jan 12, 2025 · Hotfix 0.6.4
Games like CRUEL
