Blood: Refreshed Supply (v3.1.1)

Caleb’s revenge story remains one of the nastiest rides in classic first-person shooting, mixing gothic horror, pitch-black comedy, and breakneck carnage. Raised from the grave after betrayal by the godlike Tchernobog, the undead gunslinger tears through the Cabal’s temples, train yards, flooded ruins, and infernal strongholds in search of the former master who murdered him. Blood: Refreshed Supply preserves the 1997 original’s hostile, horror-movie atmosphere while making it far easier to run and play on modern PCs. Expect a deliberately grimy world full of cultists, monsters, cruel traps, and enough gleeful gore to make even its most threatening encounters feel mischievous.

Combat revolves around hunting keys and secrets through dense, maze-like levels, then using an unusually inventive arsenal to survive ambushes from every direction. Caleb has conventional firearms such as the Tommy Gun and sawed-off shotgun, but the real appeal lies in weapons like the flare gun, aerosol-can flamethrower, voodoo doll, and Life Leech, each with devastating alternate fire. Enemies range from gun-toting cultists to zombies, gargoyles, hell hounds, and aquatic Gill Beasts, while improved behavior settings let players tune how aggressive the opposition feels. The package includes the original campaign and Cryptic Passage expansion, plus the new Marrow scenario, while online or split-screen co-op supports up to eight players for chaotic shared runs.

What separates Blood from other retro shooters is its sense of place: levels feel like dangerous, interconnected horror sets rather than simple corridors built only for shooting. Refreshed Supply adds 4K support, unlocked frame rates, configurable controls, restored weather, remastered cinematics, technical fixes, and broader mod support without sanding away the original’s rough-edged personality. A Vault of cut levels, unused assets, concept art, and production material gives longtime fans meaningful archival extras beyond the campaigns themselves. Players who enjoy Build-engine classics, Doom’s speed, or Duke Nukem 3D’s environmental imagination should find plenty to love, though newcomers should be ready for old-school navigation, punishing enemy placement, and limited hand-holding.