The game follows the story of Caleb, an undead early 20th century gunslinger seeking revenge against the demon Tchernobog.

[6] A remaster of the game made to run better on modern systems entitled Blood: Fresh Supply was released on May 9, 2019, by Nightdive Studios and Atari.

Features include teleporters, traps such as crushing blocks, explosive barrels, lava pits, jumping puzzles, and combination lock doors.

This can easily be achieved on a variety of platforms that support DOSBox and its IPX modes, coupled with VPN software such as Hamachi.

A feature of Bloodbath is "The Voice", an audio comment heard upon each frag, that punctuates the death of an opponent often in gory and irreverent terms.

The player takes on the role of Caleb, once the supreme commander of a cult called "The Cabal", followers of the forgotten demon Tchernobog.

[11] In search of the gargoyle Cheogh, one of Tchernobog's minions, Caleb moves to the rail yard and station, where he boards the northbound "Phantom Express".

Navigating the Cabal infested tunnels, Caleb finds a dark stony cavern where he defeats Shial, crushing her with a stomp of his boot.

He then rips out and consumes the heart of the webbed corpse of Gabriel, another of the betrayed Chosen, thus gaining the power of his fallen comrade.

The extremely violent content of the game later prompted the release of a censored version of Blood with toned-down violence.

Monolith's official add-on for Blood is called the Plasma Pak and contains 11 new levels, new enemies, and weapons modes.

Cryptic Passage was published by Sunstorm Interactive and is the only officially authorized commercially available add-on for Blood that was not created by Monolith.

[3] Episode 5: Post Mortem After Caleb learns the Cabal is training replacements for the fallen Chosen, he sets out to stop the cult's plans.

[12] Following the success of Duke Nukem 3D, development progress was made public starting in June 1996 with weekly updates on their website.

On January 22, 1997, all rights had been sold to Monolith[13] so that 3D Realms could focus efforts on Shadow Warrior, another Build engine game slated for release the same year.

Blood used this for weapon and ammo pickups, power-ups, and occasionally decorations, such as the tombstones in the first level of episode one, "Cradle to Grave".

Enemies scream if set on fire or are otherwise injured, making sound an integral part of the violent atmosphere of Blood.

[7][8] The new version featured compatibility with modern operating systems and native support for monitor resolutions up to 4K, anti-aliasing, ambient occlusion and interpolation among other improvements.

[21] Critics especially praised the intricate and creative level designs, humorous wisecracks and pop culture references, over-the-top gore, variety of settings, and inventive, unconventional weaponry.

[22][23][24] GameSpot particularly noted that the Voodoo doll "might be the coolest little accessory to ever grace the weapons belt of a first-person killing machine".

Blood arguably built more on the legacy of Duke Nukem 3D than Shadow Warrior did, taking its gameplay to sophisticated new heights and offering its referential overtones with an even greater degree of refinement".

[26] Player Attack described Blood in a 2011 article as "the best of the Build engine games after Duke Nukem 3D, with its combination of scary atmosphere, great level design and challenging gameplay putting it above the rest".

3: Requiem for the Damned states that the comic was influenced by the game, which featured a similar horror-Western aesthetic and undead protagonist.

[34][35][36] The game has also inspired several later boomer shooters[37] such as Eternal Damnation,[38] Viscerafest,[39][40] Dread Templar,[41] Coven,[42] Nightmare Reaper,[43] Project Warlock,[44][45] Dusk,[46] and most notably Cultic.

[48] The 2014 horror film FPS - First Person Shooter features Stephan Weyte, the actor who played Caleb, as the voice of the protagonist.