Cruelty Squad
2021
- shooter
- simulator
- tactical
- indie
- action
- science fiction
- stealth
- comedy
- single player
The story
Cruelty Squad is a tactical first person shooter set in the hardcore gig economy of corporate liquidations. You're an emotionally dead combat-substance fueled grunt of Cruelty Squad, a depraved subsidiary company tasked with performing wetworks for its host conglomerate. Will you make the Corporate Arch Demoness proud or succumb to bitter tears of failure?
What it’s like
Harsh, saturated neon and low-resolution retro textures make every mission look like a fever dream rendered in chunky pixels, with glitching geometry, blocky sci-fi interiors, and garish colour clashing against deliberately ugly HUD overlays. The sound leans on pounding synth and distorted electronic beats that swell during firefights and drop into eerie, hollow ambience between jobs, while the rhythm of play is frantic and jagged: short, sharp assassination runs broken by grim corporate interludes and absurd, dark-humoured dialogue. Its vibe is abrasive and surreal, a cynical satire of gig labour delivered with a deadpan grin, and it suits a late-night session when you want chaos and black comedy rather than calm. Violence is constant and graphic, with bloody, gory kills, drug-fuelled stimulants, and a grim, cruel atmosphere, though the tone stays more absurd than harrowing. It is firmly not gentle. It is built for players who enjoy immersive sim-style systems, tactical movement and mechanical depth, and who find dark satire and retro aesthetics more appealing than realism.
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