Shrine II: What is this Linux FPS game about and how to play it on Linux?

Shrine II: Fun FPS game for Linux made with the Doom engine

Since we have not shared a new post from our series of posts for a few months now, FPS game for GNU/Linux with retro or modern style, today we will take advantage of this publication to address a new and fun game called Shrine II. Yes, the second part of the game «Shrine».

And although it was created in 2019 and has not received updates since 2020, many consider it a modern, cool and fun FPS game that is worth trying and playing, especially because it uses the Doom game engine. Which allows it to offer a game with a striking graphical interface with a cartoonish, bloody and gore (visceral) style full of extreme graphic violence.. And of course, it includes a good and exciting amount of enemies, weapons and levels in the purest style of Lovecraftian retro gothic worldsSo without further ado, keep reading to learn a little more about it and how you can play it on your GNU/Linux Distro.

Blasphemer: A FPS game for Linux built for the Heretic engine

But, before starting this interesting and fun post about the FPS game called “Shrine II”, which is available for free for Windows and Linux, we recommend you explore the previous related post With the previous FPS game covered, after finishing reading this:

Blasphemer is an FPS game for Linux that aims to create a free content pack (game) for the Heretic engine, with a metal-inspired dark fantasy theme. It can be played on any Doom source port or application that removes limits and is compatible with Heretic. However, although Blasphemer is currently fully playable, there are still many resources to create or polish, that is, it is still in full development.

Blasphemer: A FPS game for Linux built for the Heretic engine

Shrine II: A fun free FPS game made with the Doom engine

What is Shrine II?

According to their creators, as they record in their Official website within the Itch.io website, Shrine II It was a game released on 22/09/2020 and is briefly promoted as follows:

Shrine II is a first person shooter game made with the Doom engine. Fight the nightmare of the eldritch horde as Tusk, the skinless monstrosity! Annihilate a variety of horrible enemies with tons of unique and strange weapons. Travel through a variety of levels set in a lovecraftian gothic retro world!

While, among his most relevant characteristics, mention the following:

It offers more than 20 types of weapons to use and kill around eye-catching scenarios.
It has 32 challenging levels filled with many hidden secrets that will help many to win more easily.
Featuring 30 different enemy types to fight and smash, along with 6 challenging bosses to defeat.

How to play it on a GNU/Linux Distro?

The first thing we must do to achieve this goal is to go to the website and download the full game available for Linux in the form of a compressed file (Shrine2 Linux Port / 219 MB), so that it can be executed via CLI or GUI. However, as additional information, it is worth mentioning that Shrine II It can also be played independently through Steam.

Now after downloading and unzipping the file called shrine2-Linux-Native.tar.xz, we open a terminal and enter the folder created by decompressing it, called shrine2. And once inside we execute the following command to execute and play it:

«./shrine2»

Or alternatively, and visually, after downloading and unzipping, using the File Explorer used, we check and grant execution permission, if necessary, to the Shrine2 executable file. Then we click on it to run it. And if everything in our Distro is compatible (supported) for the correct execution of the file, we will be able to play it without problem, as shown in the following screenshots:

Screenshots of the process

Top FPS game launchers and free FPS games for Linux

Remember that if you want explore more FPS games for Linux Before we bring you another new post in this category, you can do it yourself using our current Top of:

FPS game launchers for Linux

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Or through the following links to various websites related to Online Game Stores:

AppImage: AppImageHub Games, AppImage GitHub Games, portable linux games y Portable Linux Apps GitHub.
Flatpak: flat hub.
Snap: Snap Store.
Online stores: Steam e Itchio.

GZDoom is a game launcher that provides a graphics engine for Doom based on ZDoom. It is created and maintained by Christoph Oelckers and the most recent stable version released is 4.12.2 on April 28th, 2024.

FPS game launchers for Linux: Old school style!

Old FPS game launchers: Doom, Heretic, Hexen and more

Summary

In summary, «Shrine II» It is one more FPS game in a wide range or collection of FPS game available for GNU / Linux, whether set or not, in the style of the Retro Games old school (OldSchool). And since, it uses the traditional and powerful doom engine, and it is built in the purest style of the Lovecraftian retro gothic worlds, Not only is it visually beautiful, but consumes few resources of the computer where it is executed. In addition, it stands out for its good performance and playability on almost any modern computer (basic and powerful), and for incorporating a wide variety of enemies, weapons and levels.

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