The Surge

75% positive of 9,203 Steam reviews

Main story: 12 h
Everything: 30 h
Released: 2017
Steam Deck: Playable
Known on: Steam, GOG, Epic, Xbox / PC Game Pass, PlayStation, Amazon

Made by Deck13. Published by Focus Entertainment.

About the game

Welcome to CREO, the megacorporation saving the world! A catastrophic event has knocked you out during the first day on the job… you wake up equipped with a heavy-grade exoskeleton, in a destroyed section of the complex.

What sets it apart

Souls-like
Mechs
Third Person
Sci-fi
Difficult
RPG
Robots
Hack and Slash
Action
Open World
Cyberpunk
Action RPG

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The Surge

75% positive of 9,203 Steam reviews

See it on Steam

Main story: 12 h
Everything: 30 h
Released: 2017
Steam Deck: Playable
Known on: Steam, GOG, Epic, Xbox / PC Game Pass, PlayStation, Amazon

Made by Deck13. Published by Focus Entertainment.

About the game

What sets it apart

Souls-like
Mechs
Third Person
Sci-fi
Difficult
RPG
Robots
Hack and Slash
Action
Open World
Cyberpunk
Action RPG

What players say

Recommended
Very underrated, I find this way more interesting than Elden Ring. Incredible labyrinthian level design, unique limb-targeting combat, surprisingly deep RPG systems, and some of the best industrial horror vibes I've seen. The game has tons of weird ideas that actually feel like someone had a vision instead of just copying Dark Souls. The combat can be janky as hell and the difficulty occasionally turns into…
61 h played when written. 15 found it helpful.
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Not recommended
This game is a slog. Combat is slow and uninteresting; with only a small handful of different weapon types and each of them running into the same roadblock in different ways; heavy and slow (can't get a hit out before getting hit yourself) or fast and pitiful (can hit the enemy first, but the low damage and lack of stagger will mean a trade anyways). Oh and don't even try to play it smart by timing your hits and…
22 h played when written. 5 found it helpful.
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