Saturday, 12th November 2022

Witchaven: a fantasy first-person slasher

Witchaven is an abandoned fantasy first-person shooter (or "slasher", since you'll wield melee weapons) developed by Capstone and released by IntraCorp in 1995 for DOS and Windows. Witchaven includes RPG elements such as experience and leveling your character but it's primarily an action game with swords and spells.

More info about Witchaven.

Genres: shooter, first-person shooter

System: DOS, Windows XP/98/95

Year: 1995

Publisher: IntraCorp

Developer: Capstone

Themes: fantasy, dark fantasy

Keywords: auto mapping, first person 3D, Engine: Build engine

Multiplayer modes: single-player, LAN, modem

Input: mouse, keyboard
Distributed on: cd-rom

A direct sequel titled Witchaven II: Blood Vengeance was released in 1996. A third game in the series was briefly considered, but Intracorp bankrupted and Capstone was shut down before any work on it started.

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