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STRAFE: Gold Edition

2017

Should you play it?

STRAFE® is the worlds bloodiest roguelike first-person shooter! Featuring mind melting secrets and persistent gore that allows you to paint levels red with the excessive entrails of your enemies. 30+ weapons, 20+ enemies, & a red hot soundtrack.

What works

  • Fast-paced and satisfying combat
  • Nostalgic retro aesthetic and music
  • Procedural level generation with secrets
  • Addictive roguelike progression
  • Active developer support and updates

Things to keep in mind

  • Steep difficulty and permadeath can frustrate
  • Limited enemy variety and ai simplicity
  • Scarcity of health and armor pickups
  • Some bugs and performance issues reported
  • Minimal narrative and social features

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • CRUEL

  • Dread Templar

  • ARMORED HEAD

  • Viscerafest

  • Ion Fury

  • Tower of Guns

More story-driven

Games that feels like STRAFE: Gold Edition but with deeper narrative immersion

  • Advent Rising

  • Black Mesa

  • SiN Gold

  • ADACA

  • Boiling Steel

  • STAR WARS™: Bounty Hunter™

More competitive

Games that feels like STRAFE: Gold Edition but with more competition against others

  • DESYNC

  • REVOLVER360 RE:ACTOR

  • Severed Steel

  • Immortal Redneck

  • POSTAL: Brain Damaged

  • Suit for Hire

Choose your own criteria ->

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How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

STRAFE: Gold Edition: Broadly representative of its motivational profile, with a few distinct shifts. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Violence, Survival, Fellowship, Intimacy. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Story, Expression, Relaxation.

Last update: 03/08/2026