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The Surge

75% positive of 9,203 Steam reviews

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To finish
12 h
To 100%
30 h
Released
2017
Steam Deck
Playable
Platforms
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.

Tagged by players

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

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What players say

  • 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. 11 found it helpful.

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  • Recommended
    I was initially drawn to The Surge by its aesthetic; given the genre, it looked like a highly appetizing prospect—moving away from gothic, medieval, and fantasy tropes in favor of a sci-fi adventure. And I have to say, this offering—already appealing for its looks—turned out to be a Michelin-star experience in every other regard... or well, almost every one. To start at the beginning: it is visually stunning across…

    41 h played when written. 2 found it helpful.

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