Witchaven

September 30, 1995 Capstone Software IntraCorp, U.S. Gold
Shooter Role-playing (RPG)
PC DOS
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Witchaven is a medieval fantasy first-person shooter video game with action role-playing game elements. Its sword and sorcery style story tasks the knight Grondoval with a quest to seek out and kill a powerful evil witch in her titular fortress.
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Release Date September 30, 1995
Developer Capstone Software
Publisher IntraCorp, U.S. Gold
Game Modes Single player, Multiplayer
Perspective First person
Themes Action, Fantasy, Horror, Historical
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