--- title: "The Festering - Withdrawals - s&box game" description: "PSX Styled Fast-Paced Shooter." canonical: "https://sbox.watch/games/cryolich/festering/" generated_at: "2026-09-06T05:56:45.658Z" --- # The Festering - Withdrawals PSX Styled Fast-Paced Shooter. - Type: game - Ident: cryolich.festering - Creator: CryoLich - Canonical: https://sbox.watch/games/cryolich/festering/ - Markdown: https://sbox.watch/games/cryolich/festering/index.md - sbox.game: https://sbox.game/cryolich/festering/ - Generated: 2026-09-06T05:56:45.658Z ## Stats - Playing now: 0 - 24h player peak: 2 - 24h momentum: +15 - Terry score: 97% - Favorites: 1.5k - Upvotes: 1.1k - Downvotes: 21 - Total players: 4.6k - Total sessions: 7.2k - Cumulative playtime: 61 days - Updated: Jun 21, 2026 - Created: Dec 5, 2025 - Size: 133.4 MB - Files: 1.5k - Tags: action, difficult, leaderboards, lowpoly, retro, roguelike, shooter, singeplayer ## Description The Festering - Withdrawals: The Festering - Withdrawals, is the first "The Festering" game so far. It's a fast-paced first person shooter, with "random" level generation forcing you, the player to reach as high of a floor as you can while trying to maximise the amount of score each run. Heavily inspired by Post Void, Cruel, Hotline Miami and more. (Definitely give Post Void and Cruel a go on Steam, they are fantastic games) Main Features/Mechanics: - Drug System - Drugs are unknown until you take them - Melee and Ranged Weapons - Dynamic Music System - Void consuming the world - Level Generation w/ room prefabs - Multiple Enemy Types i.e: Shotgun, Pistol, Two Handed Melee, One Handed Melee. - Crappy PSX graphic + shaders:) Credits: - Cryolich: Developer - Hillkill: Music - In-game and on the menu + Playtester - Papa Brickolini: Playtester + Voice Acting + Emotional Support - Temlon: Playtester - rakumomo: Playtester ## Updates ### Optimisations 2.0 May 26, 2026 · Version 1.1.7 2 Hints Added. **Added** - 2 Hints Added. - Decal Pooling. - Particle Pooling. **Improved** - Optimisations across the board (Particles, Enemies, Levels etc.). - Some Objects no longer wiggle. - Retro Shader further cleaned up and simplified. - Blood Decal Improvement. - Gun Decal Improvement. - Particles Re-thought out and optimised. - Enemies unable to open the door to you. **Fixed** - Door could slam in your face and kill you. Not anymore. **Known issues** - V-Sync issues at 60hz for some players. (TURN VSYNC OFF) - Stutters in the beginning of the level (Ignored). - Lighting probe not updating light bounces in the beginning of the level for a brief second (Ignored). - Just in case people look here - Ammo, Weapon and Drug Highlighting (NOT BEING ADDED, BY DESIGN) ### Optimisations and Cleanups May 23, 2026 · Version 1.1.6 "Connecting..." during results screen. **Added** - "Connecting..." during results screen. - Brightness option in In-Game options. - UI element next to game logo in main menu to display future patches or to address reviews. - Enemy Footsteps **Improved** - Improve interpolation/smoothing across systems to help reduce low-framerate jittering hopefully. - Reduced Shader file sizes. - Refactored Void Shader. - Loading Screen Transitions **Known issues** - V-Sync issues at 60hz for some players. (TURN VSYNC OFF) ### Quick "Exhausted" Fix May 12, 2026 · Version 1.1.3 Exhausted Text and SFX added to the Recovery Phase of Stamina. **Improved** - Exhausted Text and SFX added to the Recovery Phase of Stamina. ### Difficulty Changes May 10, 2026 · Version 1.1.2 Difficulty Adjustments (Floor 1 up to 3, be easier than default) **Added** - Difficulty Adjustments (Floor 1 up to 3, be easier than default) **Improved** - Crouch height adjusted so its not so low. - Crouch speed increased. - More and Slightly Less Enemy Spawns Overall. - Changed Ammo Spawning System, should force players to use different weapons more often to save ammo. - Rifle spawns on an earlier level, same with ammo. (Still rare though). **Fixed** - Flashlight battery colour bug fixed. **Removed** - Jump Stamina Usage. ### First Big Update May 8, 2026 · Version 1.1.0 10 New Drugs. **Added** - 10 New Drugs. - 3 New Ranged Weapons - Revisited Hotbar System (Melee Slot, Pistol Ammo Slot, Shotgun Ammo Slot and Rifle Ammo Slot.) - 3 New Enemy Variants. - 8 More Rooms. - 2 Achievements (One hidden-ish). - Added Drugs SFX. - Unique SMG SFX. - Unique Sawed-Off Shotgun SFX. - Unique Tikka T3 SFX. - Restart Button in the Pause Menu for Mid-Runs. - Piercing Rounds (Up to 3 enemies, only for the Tikka T3). - An extra tutorial hint to pop up when you pick up a weapon matching slots. **Improved** - You can now swap weapons mid reload. Previously you'd get stuck until the reload is finished so people panic and can't swap. You can now swap:) - Rebalanced Scoring across all Ranged Weapons. - Rebalancing across most Drugs. - Melee should reward way more points than before. - Melee Range is a tiny bit longer across all Melee. - Breathing should be louder. **Fixed** - Results Screen error if you try again or main menu too quickly. - Enemies should face the correct way. - Enemies should not open a door to the next spine unless the player has already opened said door. - Enemies using melee should not hit through walls anymore. - Bullets should go where you are shooting +spread/inaccuracy calculations after, all before recoil. - Probe Light Fixes for when room goes pitch black (Door should no longer glow in the dark basically). **Known issues** - Switching weapon mid reload can make the shells eject cosmetically (Doesn't make you lose ammo its just a quirky thing I suppose) ### Drug and Melee Rebalancing Apr 29, 2026 · Version 1.0.1 Decreased All Melee Stamina Usage **Improved** - Decreased All Melee Stamina Usage - Decreased All Melee Charge Stamina Usage - Increased All Melee Durability +1 - Increased All Melee Damage - Heroin - Increased Headshot Heal Percentage - Heroin - Decreased Negative Luck Value - Needles - Decreased Negative Flinch Resist Value - Needles - Decreased Negative Luck Value - Pill Bottle - Increased Max Health Percentage - Shroom Baggy - Increased Positive Luck Value - Shroom Baggy - Decreased Negative Damage Resist **Fixed** - Achievements (If you achieved the required stat, it should auto give you them on start) - Stat logging - Achievement Panel Switched to Server-Sided - End of Normal Run Black Screen (Instead shows results screen, and provides an error if servers are down) - Viewmodel bug when shooting next to a wall - Hotbar locking when shooting/reloading then swapping to an empty slot - Health Regen stat getting stuck at 0.0/s **Removed** - Most Console Logs **Known issues** - Lighting bug in main menu with dithering - Ammo pick up inconsistency - Enemies facing the wrong direction and not caring about you :'( ### Release Version Apr 28, 2026 · Version 1.0.0 Drug System (20 Drugs). **Added** - Drug System (20 Drugs). - 2 One-Handed Melee, 2 Two-Handed Melee and 2 Ranged Weapons. - Music System. All music done by Hillkill! - The Void consuming the world to force you through levels. - Semi-Level Generation w/ room prefabs. - Multiple Enemy Types i.e: Shotgun, Pistol, Two Handed Melee, One Handed Melee. - Basic Tutorial. - Scoring. - Leaderboards for Normal Runs (Death and Wins) and then Endless mode. - Up to 25 achievements as of now, that can all be viewed in the main menu. - Everything is using a custom shader, so the void and other effects can all work together.