Katharsis (video game)

is a horizontally scrolling shooter from Polish developer Metropolis Software House and published by CD Projekt in 1997.

In the year 2616, a ship leaves Earth and 18 months later the planet loses contact with the vessel.

Led by Polish developer Adrian Chmielarz, the team aimed to combine classical mechanisms for scrolling shooters with the increase in capabilities of IBM PC compatibles of the late twentieth century.

[5] The AV Vault thought the game put more attention into its graphics than its controls.

[6] MerixStudio felt the game was surprisingly deep, complex and mysterious, and a notable example of Polish developers entering the side-scrolling market.