Das Geisterschiff Windows, Mac, Linux game

Cyberpunk Survival Horror

Set in a cyberpunk world, Das Geisterschiff is a dungeon crawler inspired by survival horror games.

By 2072 the Earth turned into a scorched wasteland, forcing the population to move underground while two megacorps are stuck in an endless war over the territory and resources. After graduating from the military academy you've decided to join one of them.

The game uses a stylish graphics style to simulate the view through the scanner attached to your mech.

Tactical Turn-based Combat

Unlike most of the dungeon crawlers, the combat takes place inside the dungeon instead of a separate screen. At the same time, the game allows you to advance/stay/retreat before attacking or ramming the target. The success of your attacks depend on your accuracy and enemy's evasion, while there are still cases when the missed shot and the evading target end up in the same spot. The success of ramming depends on the weight of both opponents and the target's evasion.

The underlying systems are easy to understand, use and abuse all you want once you get the hang of them.

Play the Game Your Way

Today, the RPGs are too focused on 'telling a story' through long cutscenes and hundreds of pages of flavor dialogue that take control from the players and don't let them play the game.

Das Geisterschiff, despite being a stripped-down RPG at best, doesn't rely on scripted events to tell its story. Instead, the major part of the plot is optional and it's up to you to discover it through scenery and logs scattered all over the world.

When the gaming logic suggests the locked door means a quest to find the key, Das Geisterschiff usually offers you to blow it up and continue.