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The Citadel

The Citadel is a brutal first person shooter, and a love letter to classic games such as Marathon, Doom and Wolfenstein 3D. Descend into the depths of a dark citadel, and fight through 6 Episodes and 30 levels…

5 August 2020

The Citadel is an indie developed by doekuramori, released 5 August 2020 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What The Citadel is

The Citadel is an indie game developed by doekuramori and released in 2020. It was published by Top Hat Studios. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only. It runs on Unreal Engine 4.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The Citadel is a brutal first person shooter, and a love letter to classic games such as Marathon, Doom and Wolfenstein 3D. Descend into the depths of a dark citadel, and fight through 6 Episodes and 30 levels of action packed with 6 challenging bosses. Go forth, Martyr.
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How it plays

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

What it launched against

The Citadel launched on 5 August 2020, within three weeks of Ghost of Tsushima, Factorio, Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout and Risk of Rain 2.

Released around the same time: Ghost of Tsushima, Factorio, Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout, Risk of Rain 2.

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When did The Citadel come out?
The Citadel was released on 5 August 2020 for PC (Microsoft Windows).

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