Bloodshed is an exhilarating fusion of Roguelite elements merged with retro-styled visuals and first-person “Survivors-like” frenetic combat action: Face endless waves of undead foes, collect experience points, and upgrade your skills and weapons in a battle to survive the night. Even after death, you keep your hard-earned money which can be exchanged for persistent improvements and unlockable content, allowing you to progress further while adding depth to the overall gameplay.
Face the malevolent threat of the Cult, whose members are pursuing a sinister plan to resurrect an ancient deity to bring about the apocalypse. Battle countless cultists, undead, demons, and other creatures of the night and send them (back) to their graves!
Each enemy presents a unique challenge and requires its own strategy - and you'd better get ready quickly, because they come in masses!
Bloodshed boasts a diverse roster of playable characters, each with distinct abilities and playstyles, providing a personalized gameplay experience. With a vast selection of weapons and skills at your disposal, you can experiment with various builds to discover the ideal strategy for your survival.
With a bit of luck and the right strategy you will stand your ground against the hordes of darkness!
Death doesn’t stop you from progressing. Persistent upgrades, unlockable content, and continuous improvement await in Bloodshed, with the ability to exchange hard-earned cash for permanent upgrades. You can also complete optional objectives for unlocking new skills and game features, ensuring each run pushes you further into the depths of the Cult's dark world.
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Posted on: June 21, 2025
elbrutalisk
Games: 63 Reviews: 5
Ungodly Amounts OF FUN
What if... vampire survivors and DOOM made sweet sweet love... this would be the result. So much fun.
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Posted on: November 14, 2025
TheManInTheAlley
Verified ownerGames: 963 Reviews: 4
Undeniably Fun But Flawed Hybrid
It's a good time, genuinely. Took me about 28 hours to 100% everything with all achievements, but I also wasn't rushing. Very likely you'll at least get 18+ hours out of this if you're aiming to do everything, which is on the lower end of Survivor-likes, but just right for a boomer-shooter, which this leans more into. This isn't a perfect experience. *There's are six possible slots for weapons, yet not a single character is capable of equipping six. *There are a few secrets on some maps, but not many, and not on every map. *There is no independant character upgrading from the shop, only universal upgrades. *There are no evolutions, a staple of Survivor-likes where you combine a perk/weapon combo for a powerful new item. *Consumables cost WAY too much for the amount of gold you earn in any given level, and worse still, Item Lock, Reroll and Banish are all consumable only; they're not permanent upgrades. For a Survivor-like, that's a significant detriment to the longevity of the title. *Finally, all characters are simply not viable for longer levels; some are very clearly better than others, leaving you to replay the same characters over and over because you'll die using, for instance, the Asian chick with the sword, the starting character or the crab guy. That, however, is about it for the negatives. The pacing of the levels is wonderful, the shooting feels so great, the maps, secrets or not, are a joy to explore, the music is uniformly awesome, the enemies are varied, boss battles are wonderful and you're constantly encouraged to keep moving. The amount of variety in weapons, spells and perks is great. Despite the negatives, Bloodshed is still a terrific time overall. I highly recommend it, just with those caveats. If you love Survivor-likes but you're not that crazy about Boomer Shooters, there's a chance this won't scratch the itch. But if you love the latter more and can enjoy the rogue-lite elements and RNG that comes with Survivors, it's worth it.
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Posted on: May 27, 2025
OmniCorps
Verified ownerGames: 36 Reviews: 1
Awesome and addicting!
Its more difficult that I first thought but man its thrilling and fun!
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Posted on: November 2, 2025
Mothvibe
Verified ownerGames: 479 Reviews: 21
I wish I gave 5 star reviews
In a world full of games, this is the ONLY game I can rely on for limited time sessions. Doesn't need internet. Doesn't try to keep you playing by using psychological trickery. No Battlepass crap. No crappy jumping puzzles (or even good ones). Small maps that feel like arenas (ideal for Survivor-likes). Basically this is the only modern shooter (that I've played) that lets you choose how to waste your time (most modern games just waste your time - which is different). It's small/short - but the price reflects that.
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Posted on: June 3, 2025
SteamMachineDalton
Verified ownerGames: 772 Reviews: 4
Absolutely a blast!
We recently decided to play Bloodshed for our podcast (The Steam Machine Podcast) and needless to say, Both of us hosts are addicted to it. A wonderful mix of boomer shooter meets Vampire Survivors. I was skeptical of the premise at first, but man, does it work well. Gonna be a fun episode! Definitely check out Bloodshed, It's worth your time!
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