Hrot
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.
Hrot is an indie developed by Spytihněv, released 16 May 2023 on PC (Microsoft Windows). It currently starts at $6.79 at GOG.
What Hrot is
Hrot is an indie game developed by Spytihněv and released in 2023. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
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.
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action and horror. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 55 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Hrot holds a critic score of 87 out of 100. That places it above 90% of the 5,098 rated indie games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2023 averaged 76, so it scored 11 points above the year average.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for 2.5 GHz Dual Core, 2 GB RAM and Intel HD 4400. At 2GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today.
What it costs, and where
The cheapest verified price right now is $6.79 at GOG, 66% below its usual price.
What it launched against
Hrot launched on 16 May 2023, within three weeks of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, Diablo IV, Star Wars Jedi: Survivor and System Shock. It reviewed better than 2 of the 4.
Released around the same time: The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, Diablo IV, Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, System Shock.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Hrot yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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