Developer Spytihněv revealed last week (yeah, I’m pretty late on this one) that their retro FPS HROT will launch on Steam Early Access on January 29th.

There is a free demo available on Steam, and if you like retro-inspired shooters, you should definitely give it a go. It’s a pretty slick concept, and the atmosphere is really good. If you don’t trust me, watch the trailer I’ve embedded below.

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.

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.

• The classic gameplay and vibe of romeric shooters from 1990s including a fitting brown retro aesthetic.
  
• You’ll find a shotgun, a vz. 13 SMG, a rocket launcher and even some secret experimental Soviet battery-powered weapons (e.g. a ball lightning launcher). If you run out of ammo, you might find the hammer and sickle coming in handy.
  
• Handcrafted levels inspired by real locations with an emphasis on historical details. Every level contains socialist paraphernalia which nowadays can only be found in museums or your grandma’s attic.
  
• Flushable toilets and destructible light bulbs.
  
• A custom engine written in Pascal imitating 1990s software-style rendering with unfiltered textures and polygon jitter.