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Jackal

A top-down shooter where furniture becomes a weapon against mobsters

Transhuman Design · Released Feb 5, 2026

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AI-generated content disclosed

Reviews
Very Positive
88% of 637
Recent reviews
Very Positive
87% of 24 in 30 days
Players
1
daily peak, Oct 28, 2026
Steam Deck
Verified
Last update on Steam
1 month ago
Sep 18, 2026
Minimum PC
DX11
1 GB RAM · 0.2 GB disk
Full requirements

What is Jackal?

This single-player top-down shooter follows a hitman and his supernatural associate in 1970s Las Vegas. Raids take you through randomly generated rooms, where you shoot enemies, perform finishers, and use unlockable drug-based powers; stackable modifiers change the rules.

For you if...

  • +you enjoy fast-paced combat and demanding gunfights
  • +you like psychedelic crime stories and dark humor

Not for you if...

  • −you prefer stealth or nonviolent ways to resolve encounters
  • −you want a lengthy campaign rather than a short game

What players say

88% of 637 reviews are positive · 87% of 24 in the last 30 days

Players praise the fast combat, surreal art style, soundtrack, writing, and voice acting. Complaints focus on awkward movement and uneven level design, and several players criticize artwork they identify as AI-generated.

Screenshots and trailer

Jackal screenshot 1

Jackal system requirements

Minimum: DX11, 1 GB RAM, 0.2 GB of disk space.

As published by the developer.

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Minimum

OS
Windows 7 (SP1+)
Processor
X64 architecture with SSE2 instruction set support
Graphics
DX11, and DX12-capable GPUs
Memory
1 GB RAM
Storage
200 MB available space
DirectX
Version 10

Recommended

Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system

Does Jackal have co-op or multiplayer?

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

Does Jackal run on Steam Deck?

Verified Yes, Verified by Valve: it works on Steam Deck out of the box.

  • All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
  • Shows Steam Deck controller icons
  • In-game text is legible on Steam Deck
  • Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck

PC version details

DRM
None declared on Steam
Controller
Full controller support
Platforms
Windows, macOS, Linux
Achievements
52
Steam features
Cloud saves, Family Sharing
Languages
Full audio: English. Text only: French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Greek, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal, Romanian, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Vietnamese, Bulgarian, Danish, Finnish, Hungarian, Norwegian, Portuguese - Brazil, Swedish, Thai, Ukrainian.

Does Jackal use AI-generated content?

Yes. The developers disclose AI-generated content on the game's Steam page:

Background images in cinematics

The statement mentions: Art

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

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Recent updates

1 DLC available.

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