Blackout Base

Horror shooter · Free · No download

The lights are out and the base is full of monsters. Fight room to room with pistol, shotgun and chaingun, find the keys and get out alive.

Best in landscape. Turn your phone sideways.

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How to play Blackout Base

Blackout Base is a classic first-person horror shooter. Something has gone wrong at a research base, the lights are out, and the corridors are full of monsters. You start with a pistol. On the way you find a shotgun, a chaingun and heavier weapons, plus ammo, health and armour.

Every level is a maze of rooms, doors and secret passages. Find the coloured keycards to open locked doors, flip the switches, and reach the exit alive. The levels come from Freedoom, a free and open-source game, and run on a real 1990s-style engine, so it plays the way the old shooters did: fast, dark and loud.

Blackout Base gameplay: a dark base corridor with a monster ahead and the player's gun — Blackout Base, in game.

Controls

Computer: W A S D to move, mouse to look, click to fire, Space to open doors and press switches, Tab for the map, Esc for the menu (save, load, options).
Phone: Left stick to move and turn (push it to the edge to run), swipe the right side to look, FIRE, USE and WPN buttons, MENU and MAP at the top.

Tips

Save often from the menu. Saved games stay on your own device.
Open the map when you are lost. Locked doors are shown in the colour of the keycard they need.
Look for walls that look slightly different. Some of them open into secret rooms with extra weapons and health.
Switch to the shotgun for close fights and keep the chaingun for monsters at a distance.
The first load is about 11 MB, then it starts faster.

Questions

Is Blackout Base free?

Yes. Blackout Base is free to play in your browser. Ads on the page keep it free. There is nothing to install and no account to make.

Can I play Blackout Base on my phone?

Yes. It works on Android phones, iPhones, tablets and computers, in any modern browser. Turn your phone sideways. The touch controls appear on the screen.

Can I save my game?

Yes. Open the menu (Esc, or MENU on a phone) and choose Save Game. Saves are kept in your browser on your own device.

Is Blackout Base in the Number 13 app?

Yes. The Android app Number 13: Blocky Horror includes Blackout Base, and it works offline there.

Credits and licences

Levels, monsters and art come from Freedoom (BSD licence). The engine is PrBoom+ through Dwasm (GPL-2.0); its source code and the licences are published here.