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Devil Daggers

Devil Daggers — Genres, rating & game data

Devil Daggers is a shooter developed by Sorath. This is the only game in the franchise. ###Plot The player aims to survive through attacks by armies of demonic monsters for as long as possible. To survive, the player must defeat enemies or avoid contact with them; as the game goes, the monsters b

Devil Daggers is a shooter game developed by Sorath, 2016. It stands out for hardcore gameplay, ranged combat and a horror setting. Available in single-player mode. With an NextGameLike Score of 84/100, it ranks as a highly rated title in our catalog.

About Devil Daggers

Devil Daggers is a shooter developed by Sorath. This is the only game in the franchise.

###Plot The player aims to survive through attacks by armies of demonic monsters for as long as possible. To survive, the player must defeat enemies or avoid contact with them; as the game goes, the monsters become more. The action is taken on a field shrouded in darkness. As a weapon, the protagonist can fire daggers from fingers.

###Gameplay Devil Daggers is a first-person shooter. As the game starts, the player fetches fire daggers. Then he is transported to the dark arena, where monsters begin to spawn. The goal is to fight off every appearing enemy. More exotic creatures appear throughout the game; later on, the player can recognize the type of a monster based on the unique noise one makes. There are two alternatives in using the daggers: the protagonist can either fire a shotgun-like blast with a widespread (the player clicks the left mouse button) or fire a continuous stream of them (the player holds the mouse button). The player can die if he touches an enemy, or if he falls off the stage. After that the player can fetch the red crystals dropping from the top of the screen – it lets them upgrade the daggers.

###Key features The game design uses distorted effects like texture warping and polygon jitter. That makes it look like an old shooter game from the 1990s.

How Devil Daggers was received

Of the 9,349 Steam player reviews, 95% are positive. Critics score it 83/100 on Metacritic, reflecting a favourable reception.

Players

  • Steam players9,349 reviews95%Overwhelmingly positive
  • IGDB community45 reviews76/100

Critics

  • Metacritic83/100
  • OpenCritic12 reviews83/100
  • IGDB3 reviews78/100

Aggregated from public ratings on Steam, IGDB, Metacritic and OpenCritic. NextGameLike does not host its own reviews.

NextGameLike Score

84/100 ↗

Rating

👍 78%

160 votes

Type

Shooter, FPS, Horror

Released

2016

Updated May 2026

Developer

Sorath

Avg. playtime

~1h

Platforms

PC, Apple Macintosh, Linux

Official trailer for Devil Daggers

Screenshots of Devil Daggers

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