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REVEREND
Developer Twisted Sickle
A retro first-person shooter inspired by Blood, Duke Nukem 3D, and Rise of the Triad. REVEREND is a dark, twisted tale with religious undertones, terrifying creature designs and one hell of a personality. From the Steam store page
244 reactions from 3 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Lemmy) · newest Oct 27, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
82
LovedLoved
149 positive · 33 negative
95% range 76–87%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 149 | 33 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 2 | 2 | 55 |
| Lemmy * | 0 | 0 | 3 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Very Positive
182 of 220 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
82% recommend · 147 yes, 32 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 179 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Very Positive (219 of 263 positive).
Players generally recommend REVEREND as a short, charming retro shooter with strong Blood vibes. [1][2][3] Some find it too easy, basic, or lacking in polish, especially for the price. [4][5][6] A few reviewers criticize the game as bland or poorly designed, with ugly sprites and half-baked content. [7][8][9]
Liked
Representative posts
- [6]
Repent, Reverend, for you have sinned against good gaming. This retro first-person shooter is basically a master class in bad design. The engine is very similar to Build (the one used for Blood and Duke Nukem 3D) but it's not the same one. It has the same quirks and limitations but somehow seems worse. No inverting the Y axis with the mouse unless you do a workaround, which should have been the most basic thing to …
- [1]
A very cool little Blood-like with a low price of admission and high level of fun. The mouse aiming is a tad clunky and the weapons are mapped to some weird numbers, but otherwise it plays pretty well and radiates charm from the off-kilter voice acting to the hand-made visuals and biblically accurate enemy design. Easy to recommend at $3 for boomer shooter fans.
- [4]
Reverend is a typical 6/10 boomer shooter experience. I picked it up in a Fanatical bundle for a few cents, and honestly, that feels like the only reasonable price for it. The game is very short and not particularly well thought out. The level design is all over the place. While it’s good enough, the placement of locations and encounters feels very random and lacks cohesion. The weapon variety is also extremely …
- [10]
Very good, especially for the price! The music and atmosphere are very 70's-80's horror which I love, and I think the menu/pause music is straight from the 'Day of the Dead' DVD menu screen lol. Smooth gameplay, great digitized objects and enemies, and generally just a fun time. If this was the 90's, this game would have been a classic for sure. I know it takes some of it's influence from 'BLOOD', but it doesn't …
- [2]
Short but sweet boomer shooter, I suck so I ended up finishing it with god mode enabled. There are better games in this genre for sure but for 1 euro it's perefectly fine.
Summarised from 34 of the 234 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 13, 2026. How summaries are made
RottenBot@rottenbot · automated account
REVEREND sits at 82% positive across 182 opinionated reactions from 3 sources. Fresh or rotten — where do you land?
Reactions
60 of 244 · most liked firstRemember the bit from "CADDYSHACK" where the Reverend plays through his perfect game in the middle of a rainstorm, misses a putt, curses g_d, and is struck by lightning? ...just thinking about that, with the National Mall thing.
neutral · AI labelView post →Me: Come on, Reverend Jim. What’s the worst thing that could happen if we can slap twenty bucks on a NBA game, nuclear war? *mushroom cloud erupts in background* Rev. Jim: It is not too late to find Christ in your heart, my son.
neutral · AI labelView post →Short but sweet boomer shooter, I suck so I ended up finishing it with god mode enabled. There are better games in this genre for sure but for 1 euro it's perefectly fine.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A very cool little Blood-like with a low price of admission and high level of fun. The mouse aiming is a tad clunky and the weapons are mapped to some weird numbers, but otherwise it plays pretty well and radiates charm from the off-kilter voice acting to the hand-made visuals and biblically accurate enemy design. Easy to recommend at $3 for boomer shooter fans.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Repent, Reverend, for you have sinned against good gaming. This retro first-person shooter is basically a master class in bad design. The engine is very similar to Build (the one used for Blood and Duke Nukem 3D) but it's not the same one. It has the same quirks and limitations but somehow seems worse. No inverting the Y axis with the mouse unless you do a workaround, which should have been the most basic thing to get right. The sprites are ugly, too dark and can get lost in the background. You…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Esme excitedly explained the rules of the new parlour game to her nervous family. Meanwhile the Reverend Spooner got ready to back her with a smook. #GirlsOwnCC
neutral · AI labelView post →Yep, the Putnam family had 3 ”afflicted girls" (one was adult), and made over 60/200 accusations. Almost all of which were against political or business rivals, or connected in some manner. It very well may have began a political/business conspiracy between Thomas Putnam and Reverend Parris, playing on very real Puritan and settler fears. Plus, the Indians were kinda pissed about being slaughtered, and were big on raiding Colonial towns at the time, which added to fears
neutral · AI labelView post →OK, Memphis. Memphis, OK. Shame that Tennessee and Memphis aren't forced to play every season. I understand the reasons — Penny and Reverend Barnes are oil and water — but still wish the game was forced to be played every season. Think it's good for hoops culture in this state.
neutral · AI labelView post →I'm more hopeful than ever after visiting the National Civil Rights Museum. Those people, including the recently passed Reverend Jackson, understood the long game of using the levers of democracy. I wrote my thoughts from today so far here: bsky.app/profile/did:...
neutral · AI labelView post →Fats Domino’s Pizza Country Joe and the Fishsticks Jimmy Cornish Game Hendrix Elvis Parsley Reverend Horton Hot Pockets Def Shepherds Pie Food Fighters (Don’t worry, I already showed myself out…)
neutral · AI labelView post →Reverend is a typical 6/10 boomer shooter experience. I picked it up in a Fanatical bundle for a few cents, and honestly, that feels like the only reasonable price for it. The game is very short and not particularly well thought out. The level design is all over the place. While it’s good enough, the placement of locations and encounters feels very random and lacks cohesion. The weapon variety is also extremely limited: a melee weapon, pistols, a shotgun, an alien gun, and apples. The final…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →In the 1970s this woman was on so many television shows and game shows it was rare not to see her on TV. The song was released in 1975 as b-side to her single The Reverend Bob (#74). Was issued in Scandinavia in 1976-77 where it went number one in Sweden (10 wks) and Finland. Huge hit in Asia too.
neutral · AI labelView post →This game is exactly as advertised - a bite sized retro-inspired fps that has TONS of personality, and is sure to provide you with a good time. While the game is held back by the engine it was made on (60 fps max, cant change keybinds, and a few other QOL things) the developer did a good job with the tools he had. I felt the game was too easy - I beat the whole thing without a single death. BUT I also never got lost, which is pretty rare for this genre. Level design was intuitive enough for…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Decent Boomer Shooter, it's a bit basic but has some charm, it's pretty short though i managed to beat it in 45 minutes. You can't miss getting 100% of the achievements, for those who care.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Looking for mutuals type shit #anime #manga I like -berserk -bleach -my dearest self -Tokyo Ghoul -Tomodachi Game -Bungo stray dogs -choujin x -Reverend Insanity
neutral · AI labelView post →...nope. too much junk, and frankly I don't get it. I mean, shooting's fine and all and there are a lot inspiration from other shooter of the 90's... but c'mon, there are a ton of free doom mods that are way better than this.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →REVEREND: 100% COMPLETION REVIEW If you love completing games, take a look at our [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/44890520/]curator site. Was this a proof of concept? Or was this supposed to be a fully fleshed out game? Because what's in here is less than an hour of content with ugly sprites and half baked "story". By far the worst DOSman game. A friend of mine gifted me a key for this, and I wish he could get a refund, this sucks. I'm a huge boomer shooter fan and I eat…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Neil Breen movie, but as a game
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Postal dude meets Lovecraft… I came out of my moms vagina so I could play games like this
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I see the Reverend Uncle Baby Urban Meyer is at the game today.
neutral · AI labelView post →My first TTRPGs in roughly the order I played them: 1: Clue. Yes, I took it that seriously. Reverend Green forever. 2: D&D 3e 3: AD&D (1e) 4: D&D 5e 5: nothing else because all the people who bark at me to "Play Another Game" haven't invited me to a table
neutral · AI labelView post →Tell me you don't know Dune without telling me: > The hate on this game is where anti-AI becomes Butlerian Jihadism > to deny indie and solo devs this tool > this mindless anti-AI hate You haven't the slightest clue what the BJ was about if you equate it with non-violent expression of opinions, denying indie devs a tool and call it mindless hate. To catch you up, the premise as outlined by the Reverend Mother: "Once men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this would…
neutral · AI labelView post →A short and simplistic FPS with some cool environments but awful scanner damage. It's hard to tell what's damaging the player most of the time. If you can get past that, it's fine, but this dev has much better games (Like Dead Trash).
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is cool, just not really for me. I did make it through the first level and boss properly before deciding that was enough actual effort. After that i cheated my way through the rest of the game for the achievements. 5/10 definetely sinned.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A weird-styled little journey, that takes you back into times, where you played games like these for a short thrill, instead of hanging in huge and dead open worlds forever like today. I saw this game in a Stream (thx Geek) as an excerpt video and immediately fell in love with the visuals (color palette, dark style). It reminded me instanly on old fps games, we loved to play back in the day. While I wrote to others about this game, it turned out that the indie dev of it was also there. I told…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →From the Reverend @joeyroyale.bsky.social himself, it’s Weird Heroes of Public Access - The Roleplaying Game! 📺 Cue the Muzak! #indie #RPG #TTRPG #WHPA
neutral · AI labelView post →I feel like Civvie should feature this in a round up video. Over all, not bad, reminds me of the old games on PC. But it feels like the bare minimum was put into it. Not bad for the price. I finished it in one afternoon.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A Tromatising experience
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →So I made a funny birb archer character in the furry RPG game, I named them Reverend. He has a simple look but I like him. ::B
neutral · AI labelView post →Very good, especially for the price! The music and atmosphere are very 70's-80's horror which I love, and I think the menu/pause music is straight from the 'Day of the Dead' DVD menu screen lol. Smooth gameplay, great digitized objects and enemies, and generally just a fun time. If this was the 90's, this game would have been a classic for sure. I know it takes some of it's influence from 'BLOOD', but it doesn't have that maze or labyrinth feel which was so frustrating to me about that game.…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Quicksaves corrupted, like in many DOSMan Games titles
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Check out the new #IndieDev interview podcast! Thanks to Rev Plays Games for having Twisted Sickle on to talk about REVEREND! www.youtube.com/watch?v=8U4c...
neutral · AI labelView post →Short yet fun boomer shooter with strong Blood vibes enemies hit hard but never feels unfair a great time for all the family.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great little FPS with a demon theme. The map design is solid, with a clear path. The keys aren't hard to find, but they're cleverly hidden - some require player to look up, or they might be behind you while you're climbing. The devs did a great job of keeping the exploration fun without waste player's time going back and forth to find keys or unlock doors. That later level with the creepy chip/brain wall feels a bit chaotic, but it’s still manageable since the keys are well-placed, and the new…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I played a short indie horror game called Reverend, which is about a fugitive hiding out on a remote church's property where things quickly go wrong. #indiegame #horror
positive · AI labelView post →Great little game for a great little price. Zlimbratski sent me here and I was happy to find his Easter egg! A nice homage to Blood and am looking forward to the next Reverend chapter
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The best of the DOSMan catalogue, in my opinion - a great art style and cool campy horror vibe!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The aesthetic is good, and the protagonist quips well. That's about all the good I have to say. Movement is a little choppy, mouse look feels off somehow, and the weapons are abysmal. The enemy roster is humdrum. The level design is adequate, but the map is practically useless - a tiny line drawing in the upper left hand corner of the screen. I really wanted to like this. I love to support single-developer indie titles, especially when said developer has ties to Troma. I have, however,…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Incredibly cheap but bland FPS. You get what you pay for. Really nothing to note except every time I pick up ammo or health it flash bangs me with a blinding white light, Pick up multiple items in a row and it feels like it's trying to induce epilepsy. And the ending is really, really lame.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Decent fun for about 1.5 hours My biggest complaint is the fact you cannot rebind jump, but hey ho Not a bad little game other than that - 6/10
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I got this for super cheap from Fanatical with all the other DOSMan games. First one I'm playing, and eh. The idea is cool, the monster designs are fantastic. Actually, all the sprites in general are pretty good. There's a ♥♥♥♥ ton of easter eggs, like 2 or so per level, with a bunch of secret areas. The music design is really good too for a super cheap game. Main issue is lack of food in the buffet, and it is all brought to you instead. The game feels way too easy, and cheap at the same time.…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is how I got into The Reverend Horton Heat. Loved this game so much
neutral · AI labelView post →Boy Howdy! I ain’t seen that game in nigh on a coon’s age! Iirc, it had music by the right Reverend Horton Heat. Also the biggest mosquitoes this side of the Jersey swamps.
neutral · AI labelView post →TOMORROW ON TWITCH! Before OngakuVania, we get spooky! Gonna rock Zombies Ate My Neighbors, developed by LucasFilm Games and composed by the legend himself, Colonel Reverend The Fatman George Alistair Sanger. 🧟♀️ twitch.tv/ongakuoverdrive
neutral · AI labelView post →REVEREND, developed by Twisted Sickle and published by DOSMan Games, is a gritty, horror-themed retro shooter that channels the spirit of the ‘90s FPS golden era with striking confidence. From the very first moments, the game makes its intentions clear: this is a blood-soaked descent into madness, filled with fast-paced combat, grotesque visuals, and cryptic religious overtones. It doesn’t aim for subtlety—it aims for raw, atmospheric carnage delivered through a pixelated, hellish lens. You…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Reverend Jesse Jackson asked me the score of an NBA finals game in 2013 (Heat vs Spurs)
neutral · AI labelView post →This game feels like it was made by a 12-year-old but like... it's not terrible? Idk how to describe it but I got my three bucks worth and easy 100% achievements so thumbs up.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Played a short and sweet indie horror game about being called to go to work late at night, but you feel that you are not ALONE... Made by Vuk Dobric (creator of Reverend) #indiehorror #indiegame youtu.be/GmSQ5CSSHc0
neutral · AI labelView post →Short 'n sweet. Reverend is a quick blast through an Eldritch-fuelled nightmare. Plenty of campy horror and old-school goodness. Plays very much how you'd expect, hunt down keys, find secrets, eliminate creepy foes along the way. Surprisingly decent level design and visuals too. 7/10 - I personally loved the tacky vibes this game offered and the Eldritch themed enemies and areas towards the end of the game were done really well! The soundtrack goes pretty hard too!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is an enjoyable little game. It's wasn't that long. This is definitely a pretty good experiences if your looking for something similar to BLOOD or CULTIC. My only complaint I have if this game is QUICK SAVE. I keep crashing and logging me out every time I load my progress. I did have some problem with the controls not supporting the gamepad, but I figure it out. I'm looking forward DOSMan's others game as well for the sequel in the near future... REVEREND II. Kudos to DOSMan Games and…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's obvious this game draws inspiration from classics like Blood and Duke 3D but it still really didn't appeal much to me however for the price tag it was still a fine experience nonetheless 6/10
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I know it's only a couple bucks, but your time is better spent elsewhere. It's not a good game.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I like this game! I don't quite understand it yet. However, it feels like it was made with love and care. I can't fault that. I noticed a few minutes in I wasn't asked what difficulty I would like, nor were there graphics options...A pure boomer shooter? Have we devolved back to mindless, simply themed (yet lovingly crafted!) FPS shooters? ...I kind of hope so.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →2.3/10 meh its 3$ only about 45 minutes of gameplay to 100% the rest is afk card farming would still get on deep sale
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →quick cheap fun, just like your mother
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I’m partial to Reverend Swanson but I’m still way early in the game (need to back to it but was stuck at a bug at the train robbery on my Steam Deck).
neutral · AI labelView post →A handful of cool and interesting ideas that are held back by the game design and engine. (So basically a mixed review leaning on positive due to the concepts, price, and the fact it does function but y'know) REVEREND is a Retro FPS game developed by Twisted Sickle and published by DOSMan Games. Running on the Easy FPS Editor engine. It follows the story of a former Reverend as he goes toe to toe with the eldtrich horrors that are lurking around with 8 levels to sink your teeth into. The game…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'm going through the DOSMan games in release order after having picked up a super cheap bundle where they worked out at 33p each or something ridiculous. So my first experience was Flash of the Blade X, and you know what, that really surprised me with how fun it was. Unfortunately I can't say the same for Reverend. It had everything I should want, and the horror theme was a lot more inline with the kind of games I would normally pick. But something about this one just didn't click for me.…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game really surprised me in a good way. The atmosphere and gunfights are intense!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The ending was rather abrupt/unfinished, but other than that this was a good time. The most grim and "Blood-like" (presentation-wise) of the DOSMan Games-published titles.
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