Very easy for beginners
Mentioned in ~3 in 5 positive reviews
“You can start by placing some assets on the canvas, placing some targets and you already have a ready to play game.”
Steam review · 41.9 h played ↗
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Mostly Positive · 73%Mostly Positive · 73%DarkBasicSoftwareLimited2015FPS · Shooter · Action
$19.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 58 min ago
The verdict
A simple drag-and-drop FPS level maker with Lua scripting, good for beginners and prototypes. Skip it if you want modern graphics, serious development, or smooth performance without paying for DLC.
Great for
Beginners and hobbyists who want to quickly build simple FPS levels or prototypes without coding
Main risk
Dated, limited, poorly optimized engine that leans on paid DLC and has been superseded by GameGuru Max
What players love
Lua scripting for deeper customization
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“you can tweak the objects any way you want by editing the default lua script for each object”
Steam review · 34.4 h played ↗
Great for quick prototypes and sandbox fun
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“Lot of fun to very quickly throw together a game idea or scenario.”
Steam review · 5 h played ↗
Helpful community and developer support
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“The community is fantastic. The forums are large and generally quite active with loads of people who are all to happy to take some time and help you figure out a problem.”
Steam review · 14.3 h played ↗
Large library of built-in assets
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“the large library of built-in assets make it possible to create a basic playable level in under an hour”
Steam review · 11.7 h played ↗
What players complain about
Buggy, crashes and broken editor
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“my game completely freezes up and refuses to do anything whenever I try and delete a misplaced wall or floor.”
Steam review · 2.4 h played ↗
Poor performance and optimization
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“This software is not optimised at all When you'll be trying to do anything there, whenever you'll try to test it - no matter which settings do you have, it WILL be lagging a lot.”
Steam review · 0.8 h played ↗
Only makes generic FPS; limited, not a real engine
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“It's not a "game maker". It's more like a buggy level editor for an outdated first person shooter.”
Steam review · 5.3 h played ↗
Overpriced DLC needed to make anything
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“the base game has very little to work with and wants to sell you 8 overpriced dlc packs to make anything half way decent.”
Steam review · 4.7 h played ↗
Dated graphics and low-quality assets
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“Horribly outdated graphics, would barely make PS2 standards”
Steam review · 212.1 h played ↗
Abandoned for GameGuru Max, money-grab feel
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“They stopped updating the original and just pushed extra asset packs to take even more money.”
Steam review · 43.4 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Unsupported12 GB
Minimum
OS10
ProcessorIntel Dual-Core 2GHz or AMD Dual-Core 2GHz
Memory2 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce 400 series or AMD Radeon HD 6000 series, 2GB Video Card (Minimum Shader Model 5.0)
Storage12 GB available space
Recommended
OS10
ProcessorIntel Quad-Core (i5 2300) or AMD Octo-Core (FX 8150)
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce 660Ti or greater, AMD Radeon HD 7950 or greater, 2GB Video Card (Minimum Shader Model 5.0)
Storage12 GB available space
OS10
ProcessorIntel Dual-Core 2GHz or AMD Dual-Core 2GHz
Memory2 GB RAM
GraphicsNVIDIA GeForce 400 series or AMD Radeon HD 6000 series, 2GB Video Card (Minimum Shader Model 5.0)
Storage12 GB available space
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