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The Citadel is a brutal first person shooter, and a love letter to classic games such as Marathon, Doom and Wolfenstein 3d. Descend into the depths of a dark citadel, and fight through 6 Episodes and 30 levels of action packed with 6 challenging bosses. Go forth, Martyr.

The Citadel is a fps, retro and gore game developed and published by doekuramori and Top Hat Studios Inc.
Released on August 05th 2020 is available in English only on Windows.

It has received 2,025 reviews of which 1,868 were positive and 157 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.8 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 12.49€ on Steam, but you can find it for 1.03€ on Gamivo.

The Steam community has classified The Citadel into these genres:

FPS Retro Gore Old School Indie Anime Violent Singleplayer Shooter 2.5D Action Sci-fi 1990's Atmospheric Boomer Shooter First-Person Shoot 'Em Up Female Protagonist Casual Combat

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System requirements

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Windows

Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS: Windows 10 64 bit
Processor: Intel Core i-5-10210U
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 820M 1GB VRAM
DirectX: Version 12
Storage: 800 MB available space

User reviews & Ratings

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April 2025

starts off slow since you can't quicksave so unless you have extra lives any death sends you back to the start of the stage, which wouldn't be bad if the game starts you off very underpowered once you do get more upgrades and weapons the gameplay is very enjoyable and the art is nice (even if it is a little unsettling since im 99% percent sure the anime girls getting gibbed is the dev's fetish) easily recommend if you like anime and like boomer shooters

Feb. 2025

This game was deep in my memories. It seems so obscure, but it should be renowned the world over. It has everything I like: Guns, anime women, religious imagery, horrific gore, deeply involved gunplay, platforming, upgrades, sweet characters, and one of the most unique, efficient, and breathtaking graphical directions out of any game. There's some minor bugs, and I recommend adjusting the controller settings in steam input. After that, the game is a thrill to beat! The "easy" difficulty is at least as hard as classic DOOM's "Ultra Violence", so starting there will give you a very satisfying climb up the difficulty ladder.

Jan. 2025

It's so obvious dude was making a ryona fetish hentai game and halfway through he was like "wait a sec, I have a pretty good shooter on my hands now" and switched course midway. And I love every second of it.

Oct. 2024

Pretty fun boomer shooter with unique gunplay mechanics, especially if you grew up with the OG's. Lots of reviews call it a "gooner shooter," but those are probably the same types who never watched Ghost in the Shell or Elfen Lied because they think even a minutia of exposed skin means people are gonna blow a load like they're Mount Vesuvius from the exposure. I you enjoy good character/sprite designs, or a "show, don't tell," story format, this is also a good choice. If you enjoyed, be sure to check out the version 0.4 demo of it's sequel: Beyond Citadel

Sept. 2024

I'll address the elephant in the room. Is this a coomer boomer shooter? Not really. Aside from the main character there isn't much fan service in The Citadel. If anything, it's anti-fan service. It's eerie, grim-dark, and very violent. While enemies do appear as anime girls once killed, their guts are very detailed and the remains have horrified looks on their faces with tears rolling down their cheeks. There's almost no story within the game and it ends very abruptly. You have to search for it on the internet for some reason. What you can find is pretty interesting, at least. Gameplay wise on one hand it seems to be a boomer shooter with double jumping, no fall damage (outside of instant death pits), no hitscanners - all projectiles, on the other you have iron sights, weapon recoil, leaning, and even manual and tactical reloads, as well as headshots... and then you pilot a mech and start blowing sh*t up. The Citadel looks like a Wolfenstein 3D clone, but many levels have a ton of verticality where the double jump is required. Non-stop cyan aesthetics of the maps, in addition to featureless rooms, make them tiresome quickly. There's no tutorial; the developer doesn't inform you e.g., what food exactly does, you have to figure it out yourself, and no quick saving. Only checkpoints with a life system. Very annoying due to platforming with instant death pits. Tremendous potential, especially the setting. Since the sequel is in development, I hope it's much better.

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Frequently Asked Questions

The Citadel is currently priced at 12.49€ on Steam.

The Citadel is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 12.49€ on Steam.

The Citadel received 1,868 positive votes out of a total of 2,025 achieving a rating of 8.80.

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The Citadel was developed and published by doekuramori and Top Hat Studios Inc.

The Citadel is playable and fully supported on Windows.

The Citadel is not playable on MacOS.

The Citadel is not playable on Linux.

The Citadel is a single-player game.

The Citadel does not currently offer any DLC.

The Citadel does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

The Citadel does not support Steam Remote Play.

The Citadel is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.

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