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Papa Needs a Headshot

Papa Needs a Headshot is a brutal western-steampunk FPS soaked in kin blood. Rip through flesh and bend the battlefield with your cursed metal arm. Use every bullet wisely to slaughter freaks and abominations…

31 December 2026

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Papa Needs a Headshot is an indie developed by Phew Phew Games, releasing 31 December 2026 on PlayStation 5 and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Papa Needs a Headshot is

Papa Needs a Headshot is an unreleased indie game in development at Phew Phew Games, currently scheduled for 31 December 2026. It was published by GameDev.ist. It is available on PlayStation 5 and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

Papa Needs a Headshot is a brutal western-steampunk FPS soaked in kin blood. Rip through flesh and bend the battlefield with your cursed metal arm. Use every bullet wisely to slaughter freaks and abominations on your warpath. Keep enduring only to put a bullet in the skull of the man who made you.
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How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action, horror and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for CPU with 2+ GHz, 4 cores, 8 GB RAM and GeForce GTX 970 or Equivalent. An 8GB memory requirement is modest by current standards; most machines sold in the last five years clear it. Install size is roughly 12GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.

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Official trailer

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Papa Needs a Headshot — frequently asked questions

When is Papa Needs a Headshot coming out?
Papa Needs a Headshot is scheduled to release on 31 December 2026. That is 77 days away.
What are the minimum PC requirements for Papa Needs a Headshot?
At minimum, Papa Needs a Headshot needs CPU with 2+ GHz, 4 cores, 8 GB RAM, GeForce GTX 970 or Equivalent graphics, 12 GB available space of storage.
How many GB is Papa Needs a Headshot?
The PC version needs about 12 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("12 GB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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