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Perish

Perish is a stylish 1-4 player FPS with a cross to bear. Slay hordes of creatures on the black sands of Purgatory and sell their gold-stained corpses to craven priests. Kill magnificent bosses and use the proceeds to gain entrance to Elysium, a place of cosmic revelations.

Released: 2 February 2023
Developer: ITEM42
Publisher: HandyGames
Engine: Unreal Engine 4
Perspective: First person
Age rating: PEGI 16 · ESRB M
Controller: Full controller support
Metacritic: 62/100
Steam recommendations: 363
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S · PlayStation 4 · PC (Microsoft Windows) · PlayStation 5 · Xbox One
Genres: Shooter · Indie
Estimated owners: 20,000–50,000 (est.)

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Player rating: 80
Critic rating: 1
Ratings counted: 71.4%
Steam reviews: 67
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System requirements 8 GB RAM Download size 16.0 GB Steam Deck Verified

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The story

You are amyetri, a soul that failed to perform the Orphic rites and therefore condemned to spend eternity trapped in a corporeal body. The only way you can achieve salvation is to suffer the Twelve Tasks of Purgatory. By undertaking these trials, you will relive the suffering of the Olympian god Dionysus. If you come out the other end unscathed, you will have proven yourself worthy of the company of Orpheus, who will finally permit you to enter Elysium at his everlasting side. If you fail the Twelve Tasks of Purgatory, you will end up back at the Pantheon, forced to undertake the trials from scratch again.

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Platforms

Game modes

Single player
Multiplayer
Co-operative

Themes

Action
Horror

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Trailer

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Reviews and languages

71.4% of 560 Steam reviews are positive. Valve labels that “Mostly Positive”.

22 languages in the interface, 2 of them with full voice acting. English is supported, with full voice acting.

Publisher's content notice

Stylised violence in which hordes of demons with golden blood fight the player, who can kill and dismember demons. Contains gratuitous theological horror.

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