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Forgive Me Father

Byte Barrel · Fulqrum Publishing · 2022-04-07

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ActionIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Oct 26, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 28, 2023 (Xbox One), Sep 28, 2023 (PlayStation 4), Sep 28, 2023 (Nintendo Switch)

Forgive Me Father is a dark retro horror FPS set in a comic book style world inspired by the novels of H.P. Lovecraft. As the only one left with full senses, you begin a journey in search of answers and relief. How long can you last?

38
playing now
84%
positive of 6.0k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (26 ratings)
8h
to beat · rushed 5h · completionist 11h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

38 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 18:00 UTC (census sample)

Forgive Me Father is a 2022 first person shooter developed by Polish developer Byte Barrel for Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. As either a priest or journalist, the player fights off plague-ridden zombies and cultists in the strange town of Pestisville. The game was successful, and led to development of a sequel which launched in early access in 2023.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 38 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 692 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~87/week).
  • · Review velocity up 70% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 15% of 10,936 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 121k–272k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 6,039 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$4.99-75%
GOG$4.99-75%
GreenManGaming$5.00-75%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$19.99
Microsoft Store$24.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.99 at WinGameStore (2023-11-28) · bundled 11×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $22.99 · on sale 161 of 206 observed days · $3.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
30130120212026Week of 2021-10-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 134 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 301 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 11 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3952026-08-06 22:00 — 25 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 12 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 23 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 22 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 21 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 25 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 22 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 18 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 29 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 36 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 8 players2026-08-10 15:00 — 23 players2026-08-10 23:00 — 18 players2026-08-11 07:00 — 13 players2026-08-11 15:00 — 25 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 32 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 15 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 23 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 31 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 9 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 15 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 19 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 25 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 27 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 39 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 16 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 15 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 30 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 31 players2026-08-30 18:00 — 38 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$2.892021-10-252026-08-302021-10-25 — best price $13.492021-12-10 — best price $14.992022-02-14 — best price $11.992022-03-27 — best price $16.882022-05-06 — best price $16.992022-07-03 — best price $15.992022-08-22 — best price $15.992022-10-27 — best price $15.992022-12-10 — best price $19.992023-01-31 — best price $18.882023-03-27 — best price $19.992023-05-22 — best price $14.992023-07-22 — best price $15.742023-09-14 — best price $19.992023-11-09 — best price $8.492024-01-04 — best price $17.392024-02-23 — best price $9.992024-04-11 — best price $19.992024-06-04 — best price $19.992024-08-06 — best price $9.992024-10-03 — best price $9.992024-11-29 — best price $10.002025-01-12 — best price $19.992025-03-01 — best price $19.992025-04-25 — best price $19.992025-06-17 — best price $19.992025-08-11 — best price $19.992025-10-06 — best price $19.992025-11-23 — best price $7.152026-01-08 — best price $19.992026-03-09 — best price $4.192026-04-11 — best price $15.742026-05-25 — best price $4.992026-07-01 — best price $5.002026-08-12 — best price $19.992026-08-30 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

52142026-05-30 — 46 pageviews2026-06-02 — 41 pageviews2026-06-05 — 27 pageviews2026-06-08 — 35 pageviews2026-06-11 — 24 pageviews2026-06-14 — 21 pageviews2026-06-17 — 23 pageviews2026-06-20 — 22 pageviews2026-06-23 — 27 pageviews2026-06-26 — 29 pageviews2026-06-29 — 26 pageviews2026-07-02 — 20 pageviews2026-07-05 — 38 pageviews2026-07-08 — 21 pageviews2026-07-11 — 23 pageviews2026-07-14 — 29 pageviews2026-07-17 — 33 pageviews2026-07-20 — 29 pageviews2026-07-23 — 39 pageviews2026-07-26 — 28 pageviews2026-07-29 — 28 pageviews2026-08-01 — 29 pageviews2026-08-04 — 28 pageviews2026-08-07 — 20 pageviews2026-08-10 — 24 pageviews2026-08-13 — 19 pageviews2026-08-16 — 41 pageviews2026-08-19 — 26 pageviews2026-08-22 — 25 pageviews2026-08-25 — 41 pageviews2026-08-27 — 39 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

20
achievements tracked
42.1%
earned "It Came from Space"
10.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

7 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Russian, Simplified Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)6,10610%20
PS4 (PlayStation)85236%21
Xbox One (Xbox)35416%20
Switch (Nintendo)340%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

3DFPSGoreIndieRetroActionShooterViolentCartoonyStylized

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

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