Garshasp: The Monster Slayer

Garshasp: The Monster Slayer
Garshasp: The Monster Slayer cover art as shown on GamersGate
Developer(s)Fanafzar Sharif Co.
Dead Mage Inc.
Publisher(s)Loh Zarrin Nikan (Iran)
Just A Game (Outside Iran)
Designer(s)Hossein Hosseinian
Hadi Eskandari
Programmer(s)Amir-Hossein Fassihi (lead)
Yaser Zhian
Faham Negini
Aidin Zolghadr
Artist(s)Soheil Danesh-Eshraghi (lead)
Syros Pourlatifi
Mohammad Modarres
Peyman Masoudi
Writer(s)Arman Arian
EngineIn-House (build on top of OGRE 3D, PhysX, OpenAL)
Platform(s)Microsoft Windows
ReleaseMicrosoft Windows
May 8, 2011 (Download)
May 31, 2011 (Retail)
Genre(s)Action-adventure, hack and slash
Mode(s)Single-player

Garshasp: The Monster Slayer is a third-person action-adventure video game developed by Fanafzar Sharif Studios and Dead Mage Inc. for Microsoft Windows. The story and the game are based on the adventures of the mythological Persian monster-slayer Garshasp. a Standalone Expansion Pack Garshasp: Temple of the Dragon was released in 2012.

Garshasp was released for Windows independently online on May 8, 2011, and was released through the Steam and GamersGate services a day later. Upon release the game received mixed reviews, although it was consistently praised as an ambitious endeavor for an independent developer.