Viscerafest

Viscerafest

Released Apr 2025

Viscerafest is a Sci-Fi Fantasy Singleplayer Arena FPS with minor Collectathon elements. Fight through hordes of aliens and eldritch monstrosities wielding a slew of powerful weapons, juggling your resources, and exploring over 23 intricately designed hand-crafted levels.

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Evaluation

Viscerafest spent several years in Early Access before launching its full 1.0 release on April 14, 2025. The 1.0 launch was a comprehensive overhaul — every weapon, enemy, level, and system was substantially rebalanced and redesigned from the Early Access builds. Since launch, the developer (Acid Man Games) has remained actively engaged. A string of patches followed release, including a major update on April 30, 2025 (v1.2, which added new music and addressed numerous systems), gameplay adjustment patches in June 2025, and a "prep patch" in September 2025 (v1.35) that explicitly introduced groundwork for a New Game+ (NG+) mode. A second prep patch in February 2026 (v1.4) continued NG+ preparations alongside work on console ports and the game's soundtrack. Most recently, on May 1, 2026, the developer posted a development status update confirming that a "very big update" is coming "relatively soon," specifically teasing the NG+ mode and new music content. This is a direct, unambiguous statement of planned future content from the developer. The game is fully released, actively maintained, and has more content explicitly on the way.
Evidence
Developer explicitly teases 'a very big update coming out relatively soon-ish,' referencing NG+ mode and new music content as the next major release.
news post · May 1, 2026 source content planned
high
v1.4 patch introduces preparations for NG+ mode, console ports, and OST work, with multiple development tracks running concurrently.
news post · Feb 2, 2026 source development ongoing
high

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Details

Developer
Publisher
Fulqrum Publishing
Achievements
70
Platform
Windows, Linux
Controller
partial support
Steam Deck
Playable
Players
Single-player

About this game

THE STORY

Viscerafest is a sci-fi fantasy single-player arena FPS where you take the role of Caroline, a bloodthirsty, psychopathic mercenary who wants nothing more than to marry her wonderful boyfriend, Athens Fetter. The problem is money's tight, and rings aren't exactly cheap. But thankfully, there may yet be hope for her, as a warlock named Cromune has acquired a rather hefty bounty on his head.

Bringing his corpse in to the respective authorities won't be an easy task however, as Cromune has a small army defending him. Forces from the U.S.C. (United Scientific Conglomerate) led by Dr Mortice stand shoulder to shoulder with the religious zealot. But what’s a few hundred soldiers to death incarnate? Nothing but a slaughter... Nay... A Viscerafest!

KEY FEATURES

  • Navigate hand-crafted levels stuffed to the brim with secrets, using key cards, completing puzzles, and accomplishing a variety of objectives to progress. All this is set in a vast array of locations, from a space station looming high above the Earth to realms shifting beyond our reality.

  • Wield 9 unique and powerful weapons, from staples of the genre like the "Bunker Buster," a double-barreled shotgun that fires explosive rounds, to the more unique and offbeat guns, such as the Plague Rifle.

  • Slaughter over 27 different Enemy Types and up to 7 Bosses, from the minor grunts who make up the U.S.C's forces to monsters beyond your ability to comprehend, such as the horrifying Maledict. New enemy types are introduced in almost every level, each compounding the challenges you'll face with a wide variety of attacks and behaviors.

  • Juggle your resources as you fight to stay alive, constantly balancing your use of ammo, health, and armor.

  • Move at the speed of light, chaining Bunny Hopping and Dashing together to move at speeds no man would dream of, and with your overbearing Air Control, dance around projectiles like no other.

  • Collect tons of goodies to unlock Gameplay Modifiers and Cheats to spice up your playthroughs, with such staples as "Viscerahot," where time slows as you Bunny Hop, or "Oops All Cultists," where your dreams of being torn apart by the hitscanning occult can be made a reality.

Last evaluated Jun 16, 2026
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