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Receiver was created for the 7-day FPS challenge to explore gun handling mechanics, randomized levels, and unordered storytelling. Armed only with a handgun and an audio cassette player, you must uncover the secrets of the Mindkill in a building complex infested with automated turrets and hovering shock drones.

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Very Positive (2,520) - 86% of the 2,520 user reviews for this game are positive.

Release Date:

Apr 29, 2013

Developer:

Wolfire Games

Publisher:

Wolfire Games

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Curator Review

Recommended

By Muse Games Development Team September 23, 2014

“The QWOP of shooters. Forget the ease of violence in everyday FPS. Guns are complicated machines. Prepare to readjust your expectations for violence!”

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Title: Receiver
Genre: Action, Indie, Simulation

Developer: Wolfire Games

Publisher: Wolfire Games

Franchise: Wolfire Games

Release Date: Apr 29, 2013

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"Successfully reloading a gun for the first time through sheer muscle memory is easily one of the greatest feelings in gaming."
8.5/10 – Destructoid

"Receiver is interesting for two things. One, it focuses on a single weapon, the Colt 1911 A1, and takes it very seriously, using "high detail gun mechanics", which means you can "manipulate each part of the gun independently" (the beginning of the video shows this in action). The second is that it's a randomly-generated shooter that features permanent death. Taking place inside a single building, every time you die, you have to start at the very beginning again, but the entire game world is re-rolled. It's available now for $5, which given the ideas on show, is totally worth it just to check it out."
– Kotaku

"Receiver didn’t cast me as some nigh-invincible mass of regenerating muscle. The end result, then, was that I felt exactly how I’d expect Real Me would in a combat situation involving live ammo."
– Rock Paper Shotgun

About This Game

Receiver was created for the 7-day FPS challenge to explore gun handling mechanics, randomized levels, and unordered storytelling. Armed only with a handgun and an audio cassette player, you must uncover the secrets of the Mindkill in a building complex infested with automated turrets and hovering shock drones.

Watch the videos to learn more about our design experiments in this game!

Key Features

Detailed simulations of a Colt 1911 pistol, S&W Model 10 "Victory" revolver, and Glock 17 with full-auto mod
Taser robots and machine gun turrets with physically-based damage models
Ballistic modeling of ricochets and bullet drop
11 audio tapes to prepare you to defend yourself against the inevitable Mindkill event
Become literate in how guns actually operate

System Requirements

Windows

macOS

SteamOS + Linux

Minimum:

OS *:Windows XP
Processor:2.0 GHz
Memory:1 GB RAM
Graphics:Passmark G3D 250+
Hard Drive:150 MB HD space

Recommended:

OS *:Windows 7
Processor:2.0 GHz
Memory:2 GB RAM
Graphics:Passmark G3D 1000+
Hard Drive:150 MB HD space

* Starting January 1st, 2024, the Steam Client will only support Windows 10 and later versions.

Minimum:

OS:10.6
Processor:2.0 GHz
Memory:1 GB RAM
Graphics:Passmark G3D 250+
Hard Drive:150 MB HD space

Recommended:

OS:10.6
Processor:2.0 GHz
Memory:2 GB RAM
Graphics:Passmark G3D 1000+
Hard Drive:150 MB HD space

Minimum:

OS:Ubuntu 12.10
Processor:2.0 GHz
Memory:1 GB RAM
Graphics:Passmark G3D 250+
Hard Drive:150 MB HD space

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