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HROT

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4.6/5

( 101 Reviews )

4.6

101 Reviews

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HROT
Description
Demo version of HROT can be downloaded here HROT is a single-player retro FPS set in a small socialist country neighboring Soviet Union (Czechoslovakia) after an unspecified disaster in 1986. Those times were dark and terrifying and so is the game. You start in a civil defense shelter deep u...
Genre:
Shooter - Action - FPP
Tags:
Action, Indie, Atmospheric, First-Person, Dark, show 6 more... Pixel Graphics, Horror, Violent, Gore, FPS, Shooter
Critics reviews
100 %
Recommend
PC Gamer
87/100
User reviews

4.6/5

( 101 Reviews )

4.6

101 Reviews

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Product details
2023, Spytihněv, ...
System requirements
Windows 7+, 2.5 GHz Dual Core, 2 GB RAM, Intel HD 4400, 256 MB available space...
Time to beat
5 hMain
7.5 h Main + Sides
12 h Completionist
7 h All Styles

Game length provided by HowLongToBeat

Description



Demo version of HROT can be downloaded here


HROT is a single-player retro FPS set in a small socialist country neighboring Soviet Union (Czechoslovakia) after an unspecified disaster in 1986. Those times were dark and terrifying and so is the game.

You start in a civil defense shelter deep under a Prague Metro station. As a proud holder of the military readiness badge you know what your duty is: put on a non-functioning gas mask, load the vz. 52 pistol and protect the peace and your socialist homeland from the strange intruders*.

  • The classic gameplay and vibe of romeric shooters from 1990s including a fitting brown retro aesthetic.
  • You'll find a shotgun, a vz. 13 SMG, a rocket launcher and even some secret experimental Soviet battery-powered weapons (e.g. a ball lightning launcher). If you run out of ammo, you might find the hammer and sickle coming in handy.
  • Handcrafted levels inspired by real locations with an emphasis on historical details. Every level contains socialist paraphernalia which nowadays can only be found in museums or your grandma's attic (Eastern Bloc only).
  • Flushable toilets and destructible light bulbs.
  • A custom engine written in Pascal imitating 1990s software-style rendering with unfiltered textures and polygon jitter.
Popular achievements
Keep clean
common  ·  36.8%
Beef Stroganoff
Complete episode 1
common  ·  34.52%
Meat processing plant
Kill 500 monsters in total
common  ·  40.71%
Horse meat
Gib a horse
common  ·  34.87%
Swans
common  ·  32.4%
Two pistols
Find a second pistol
common  ·  39.46%
Butchery
Kill all monsters in a level
common  ·  52.13%
On A Rail
Start the mining train
common  ·  31.52%
System requirements
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Why buy on GOG.COM?
DRM FREE. No activation or online connection required to play.
Safety and satisfaction. Stellar support 24/7 and full refunds up to 30 days.
Time to beat
5 hMain
7.5 h Main + Sides
12 h Completionist
7 h All Styles

Game length provided by HowLongToBeat

Game details
Genre:
Shooter - Action - FPP
Tags:
Action, Indie, Atmospheric, First-Person, Dark, show 6 more... Pixel Graphics, Horror, Violent, Gore, FPS, Shooter
Works on:
Windows (7, 8, 10, 11)
Release date:
{{'2023-05-16T00:00:00+03:00' | date: 'longDate' : ' +0300 ' }}
Company:
Spytihněv / Spytihněv
Size:
225 MB
Links:
Forum discussion
Game features
Achievements
Cloud saves
Controller support
Overlay
Single-player
Languages
English
audio
text
český
audio
text
Critics reviews
83
Top Critic Average
100 %
Critics Recommend
OpenCritic Rating
PC Gamerby Ted Litchfield
87/100
Hrot's very final boss was a joke that didn't land for me after an unbroken string of ones that did, but otherwise it's pure boomer shooter excellence.
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User reviews

Posted on: February 2, 2025

malis.uo

Verified owner

Games: 386 Reviews: 2

I love this little gem!!

A great old school FPS in a unique socialist world, full of interactive objects, with great level design and rough action. Try it!!

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Posted on: February 27, 2025

Orestis_Syrianoglu

Verified owner

Games: 31 Reviews: 1

This game gooooood!

If you love FPS games.... If you love Secreats.... And if you love Chehoslovakia.... You got to play this game <3

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Posted on: March 5, 2025

Mariusz.J

Verified owner

Games: 287 Reviews: 38

Great boomer shooter

If you love Chasm the Rift you will love this. It might have the brown aesthetic of Quake but it's not Quake and it's not meant to be. It's a wonderful atmospheric Chasm the Rift set in the Soviet era in spirit. Great game.

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Posted on: March 6, 2025

drsnodgrass

Verified owner

Games: 378 Reviews: 13

Great classic shooter with atmosphere.

HROT is simultaneously one of the cleanest most tightly designed first person shooters and one of the most charmingly strange video games I have played to date. Most importantly the level design is FANTASTIC. It's really dirt simple but profoundly creative. If you're searching for well hidden secrets and expertly crafted combat encounters this game has them perfectly paced from start to finish. The enemies and weapons all have unique roles, interact well with each other and are placed smartly within the environments. HROT also has some of the most impressive atmosphere I've encountered in a game. Without fanfare the game just slips and melts into a puddle of gritty pixels and flickering fluorescent bulbs over muddy concrete government office buildings and let's the drab sparse world speak for itself. There is just enough hint of the reality of the old soviet days and the German invasion to make you feel and maybe think a little before you find the secret level and get lost trying to figure out what a pack of small rat terriers has to do with repairing an old broken astrological clock. Great game, expertly crafted with a lot of heart.

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Posted on: May 19, 2023

vonhoenec

Verified owner

Games: 63 Reviews: 5

Excellent retro shooter

Hits all the right notes, surprisingly creepy. I'd say it does for Quake what Dusk did for Blood. Excellent game, would recommend.

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