Amid Evil is a first-person shooter video game developed by Indefatigable and published by New Blood Interactive.

The game's dark fantasy theme, action-oriented gameplay, and retro-inspired visual elements have earned it frequent descriptions as a spiritual successor to 1994's Heretic and 1995's Hexen.

[4] In the ancient past, a mysterious and powerful "Evil Force" appeared and corrupted the sacred lands of the known realms.

Amid Evil borrows heavily from 90s first-person shooters Unreal, Doom, Heretic, Hexen, and Quake.

[6] Zawada and Rance eventually worked together on the 2013 Rise of the Triad remake,[5] where they met other game developers that would help them form Indefatigable.

Before launching development of Amid Evil for Indefatigable, Rance had created an Unreal Engine 4 demo showcasing a weapon rendered as a normal mapped sprite.

"[7] The distinctive visual style established the art direction of Amid Evil, described by the developers as a "mix [of] old-school and new-school graphics techniques.

"[6] "The first-person weapons and pickups are actually sprites with individual frames using masked materials, complete with normal, roughness, and metalness maps.

[10] Amid Evil was released to Steam Early Access on March 12, 2018, featuring the first three of seven episodes, "Astral Equinox", "Domain of the Sentinels", and "The Sacred Path.

[20] The early access release of Amid Evil did receive press coverage, though nearly all outlets opted to provide a first impressions summary rather than a full review.

In one such example, PC Gamer UK offered the summation, "A truly weird (and beautiful) fantasy setting lays the groundwork for a worthy ode to Heretic.