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CARNAL

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2021

Should you play it?

CARNAL is a fast and challenging retro FPS straight from the mid '90s. The Sons of Anak are opening portals to extract Dark Matter from the "other side". Combat the possessed soldiers, the manifested demons helping them, and any inanimate objects standing in your way!

What works

  • Excellent value for price
  • Fun retro boomer shooter gameplay
  • Varied and creative enemy designs
  • Large, explorative levels
  • Engaging synth soundtrack

Things to keep in mind

  • Lack of save system frustrates some players
  • Some levels feel empty or rushed
  • Enemy ai can be basic or unbalanced
  • Political and controversial billboard content
  • Limited weapon balancing and customization

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • Kvark

  • DOOM 64

  • The spy who shot me™

  • PowerSlave Exhumed

  • Ion Fury

  • Terrian Saga: KR-17

More expressive

Games that feels like CARNAL but with more self-expression and customization

  • Selaco

  • Soda Girls

  • Soulstone Survivors: Prologue

  • VOID/BREAKER

  • 77p egg: Eggwife

  • Tower of Kalemonvo

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How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

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CARNAL: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Expression, Fellowship, Cooperation, Competition. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Violence, Exploration, Value.

Last update: 21/08/2026