Affliction
First-person horror shooter about surviving a chemical weapon containment breach
Corrosive Studios LLC · Released Jun 25, 2018
- Reviews
- Mixed
- 47% of 118
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Players
- 2
- daily peak, Oct 29, 2026
- Steam Deck
- Untested
- Last update on Steam
- 1 year ago
- Jun 25, 2025
What is Affliction?
This single-player, first-person horror shooter takes place in Ghulovka, a fictional Eastern European country in civil war. As Vasya, a patient seeking answers about their identity, you explore a research complex, wilderness, and a desolate city across a campaign of separate maps, fighting military squads and mutants.
For you if...
- +you enjoy cautious exploration and challenging first-person combat
Not for you if...
- −you prefer horror without gunfights or mutant enemies
What players say
47% of 118 reviews are positive
Players praise the atmosphere and music. They repeatedly criticize long loading times, poor enemy AI, and darkness that makes navigation difficult.
Screenshots and trailer
Affliction system requirements
Minimum: HD 6000, 4 GB RAM, 7 GB of disk space.
As published by the developer.
Can my PC run Affliction?
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- OS
- Microsoft Windows (32-bit/64-bit)
- Processor
- Intel Dual-Core 2GHz or AMD Dual-Core 2GHz
- Graphics
- NVIDIA GeForce 400 series or AMD Radeon HD 6000 series, 1GB Video Card (Minimum Shader Model 2.0)
- Memory
- 4 GB RAM
- Storage
- 7 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 9.0c
- Notes
- May run on systems with lower specs, but with poor performance. Please be aware that the engine can sometimes become unstable when loading so avoid changing tabs or doing too many things at once while the game is loading.
Does Affliction have co-op or multiplayer?
No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.
Does Affliction 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
- Steam features
- Family Sharing, Trading cards
- Languages
- Text only: English.
Does Affliction 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
Tags
- FPS
- Shooter
- Action RPG
- RPG
- First-Person
- 3D
- Comic Book
- Horror
- Psychological Horror
- Cold War
- Lore-Rich
- Post-apocalyptic
- Story Rich
- Linear
- Action
- Realistic
Recent updates
- Jun 25, 2025 · Incoming Patch for All Corrosive Studios RPGs
3 DLC available.