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Forgive Me Father is a dark retro horror FPS set in a comic book style world inspired by the novels of H.P. Lovecraft. As the only one left with full senses, you begin a journey in search of answers and relief. How long can you last?

Forgive Me Father is a fps, boomer shooter and lovecraftian game developed by Byte Barrel and published by Fulqrum Publishing.
Released on April 07th 2022 is available only on Windows in 8 languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Russian, Simplified Chinese and Portuguese - Brazil.

It has received 4,643 reviews of which 3,922 were positive and 721 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.2 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 9.99€ on Steam with a 50% discount, but you can find it for 3.48€ on Instant Gaming.

The Steam community has classified Forgive Me Father into these genres:

FPS Boomer Shooter Lovecraftian Action Shooter Retro First-Person Indie 3D Stylized Gore Cartoony Violent Atmospheric Psychedelic Dark Fantasy Singleplayer Supernatural Mystery Combat

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System requirements

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Windows

Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS *: Windows 7/8/8.1/10
Processor: Intel Core i5, AMD Ryzen or equivalent
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950
DirectX: Version 9.0c
Storage: 9 GB available space

User reviews & Ratings

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Nov. 2024

Wow...wow wow wow. Gameplay: Doom 1-2 with crips movement and precise air control. Shooting is just the same and super fun. Take the game "Dusk" for example. Weapons: All standard weapons are here. Shotguns, Pistol, Crossbow, Energypewpew But you can alter their shooting mechanism or just buff the attack speed...but if you ever wanted a shotgun with tentacles and extra shrapnels...go for it! Music/Sound: The sound fits every weapon even after upgrades and every enemy has a certain sound so you can more or less react directly to the thread they pose. THE MUSIC IS AWESOME. more calm and eerie when youre walking around, but in fight there are so many great riffs! Agressive, catchy and especially after consuming the (ingame) herbs for extra melee damage you feel like the doomslayer Abilities: You can boost the abilities you like, but i went for the voodoo doll because the Blood-Games where awesome. Still nice range of melee support, stun and so on. I recommend you put some points in at least one of them, later you will need them Graphics: This game is the perfect example why ARTSTYLE is superior to GRAPHICS. All those lovecraftian monsters are portrayed perfectly and fun fact: some monsters carry an extra head in case your shoot their first one off their shoulders. Story: Well there are some story items like books but you dont really need to be a Lovecraft expert to enjoy the game (see the reasons above). For me it was more like "ahhh Devs, i know this one" I could go on and on but my time is limited because....FORGIVE ME FATHER 2 just launched out of early access. Cya there!

Oct. 2024

Serious Sam meets Lovecraft. Lots and lots of strafing, running, gunning, and dodging all kinds of projectiles. Enemies are straight out of a Lovecraft novel, scary looking in all their 2D bitmap glory. Plenty of guns are to be had with lots upgrades to both the weapons themselves and enhanced skill sets to black/white magic capabilities. Graphics: 3D with lots of 2D bitmaps splashed around for detail. Enemies are grotesque in all their bitmap glory. Very retro. Think Doom in the early 90's. Sound/Music: Scary. The tempo for the music increased when enemies are nearby. Sound from the enemies are also very unsettling. Overall, I highly recommend the game to all FPS shooters out there, especially those looking for a retro experience.

Aug. 2024

Based on the trailer, when I loaded this up I was not expecting to enjoy it. However, I found it was a much better game than I anticipated. I liked that there was a skill tree to customize your character, and two characters to choose from. In someone else's review, they recommended spending your skill points in a way that ensures a diversity of ammo pools (some versions of weapons use the same ammo pool as others). I found this was good advice. I hope they changed that for the sequel. Overall, a pleasant surprise.

June 2024

Good game. Love the skill point system. Cool story. Boss fights sucked except for World 4 ( Glitch ). 2 playthroughs with each character on Expert (Journalist > Priest). 100%ing the achievements works with New Game+ and Level Selection which is nice. Keen for FMF2.

June 2024

Quake but it's a Doomlike, Sandy Petersen was the lead designer and people stood up to John Carmack. VERY atmospheric with a fantastic theme. It likes to put you on the edge a bit, as it should - don't play before going to bed! I'm not sure why some people (It's always "some people") are moaning about bullet sponges... the game gives you more than enough firepower even on high difficulties if you're playing with your brain switched on, using the right weapons for the right situations. The spread on automatic guns can be a bit much for an FPS in this subgenre, but y'know, short controlled bursts if the enemies are more than 10-20 metres away. I'm getting a bit tired of RPG mechanics shoehorned into non-RPGs in an attempt to flesh the gameplay out, however it's not overcooked and I guess it makes sense in this instance since the game is based on a tabletop pen+paper RPG. It'll be interesting to see where the sequel takes it.

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