Kiborg

Platform(s): PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X
Genre: Action
Developer: Sobaka

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'Kiborg' Prologue Comes To All Platforms This Summer, Shows Off Gameplay - Trailer

by Rainier on June 6, 2024 @ 4:42 p.m. PDT

Kiborg is a fast-paced, story-driven action game with rogue-lite encounters where each challenge is unique and the narrative always moves forward, win or lose.

Become an unstoppable war machine and face the consequences of your actions as you lead a resistance group on a faraway prison planet.

Kiborg is an explosive mix of a brutal action game, an endlessly replayable rogue-lite and a narrative-driven time management game in a dark sci-fi setting. Send your clones on procedurally generated missions and build them into cybernetic gods in mere minutes as you cut your way through hundreds of blood-thirsty mutants, drug-addled criminals and mechanized soldiers. Gather resources for permanent upgrades, recruit allies, make alliances, research forbidden technologies and do your best to prepare for inevitable catastrophe.

You play as Morgan Lee - leader of a ragtag band of resistance fighters on a prison planet Sigma. Used to house the most dangerous criminals from all known star systems, Sigma is now locked into an endless quarantine after discovery of the Substance - an ever-adapting mass of rogue nano-bots infected by a malicious alien life form. A generation later, the planet is controlled by several factions fighting for domination.

In the beginning of the game, Sigma is shaken by an unprecedented event - a catastrophic breach of the Substance inside the planet’s only mega-city, housing not only convicts, but also management of various corporations operating on the planet. Everyone is a prisoner now. As the situation escalates and technical systems that control life on Sigma begin to fail, it’s every faction for themselves.


Fend off waves of foes with brutal efficiency as Morgan Lee, the leader of a ragtag group of resistance fighters on the prison planet Sigma. Strike with punishing hand-to-hand combat skills, blast mechanized soldiers with firearms, and deploy cybernetic-enhanced abilities to devastate bloodthirsty baddies. Learn to dodge, block, and parry adversaries to set them up for the killing blow. 

Kiborg: Arena finds Morgan Lee, who sends the clones that fight on his behalf out on missions, fighting in the Sigma’s Coliseum. Here, Morgan’s clones will square off in bloody battles against other denizens of the prison planet for the cash to help keep his resistance going. KIBORG: Arena also features Endless Mode, which spawns an infinite amount of increasingly difficult enemies to overcome.

Gather resources to unlock permanent upgrades, form alliances, and research forbidden technologies to gain the upper hand in the full version of Kiborg. The Substance, a plague of nano-bots infecting everything in its path, has infested Sigma and left the prison planet under strict quarantine. 

Delve into procedurally generated missions where vicious enemies and brutal challenges await. Deal with the varying factions vying for control and survival on the planet’s only megacity. Make each decision carefully as missions take place in a single day. With each victory and loss, the story moves forward with no game over screen to turn back from. 

“I’ve always wanted to create a game that combines my love of roguelites and brutal action games,” said Dimitry Kachkov, Head of Sobaka Studio. “I hope as players experience the KIBORG: Arena, they experiment with every augment and weigh their choices throughout Morgan’s story.”

Kiborg: Arena launches this summer on Steam for PC, Xbox Series X|S, and PS5.


In Kiborg the clock is always ticking. Each mission you undertake costs you a day, regardless of its results, and every week or so, new calamity strikes. You must choose your actions carefully, balancing risks and rewards. With your every decision, with each victory and each loss, the story is moving forward. There is no “game over” screen to see and no previous save to load. You must learn to live with the consequences of your actions.

Missions are, for the most part, procedurally generated. You never know what enemies and challenges you’ll face. With dozens of enemy types, hundreds of combat modifiers and a plethora of non-combat encounters, no mission is the same.

Morgan uses a piece of future tech called The Cradle to send his clones on each mission. Even if a clone dies, Morgan stays unharmed. Clones are equipped with nano-skeleton, that can absorb tech from the fallen enemies and transform it into a variety of cybernetic implants. There are seven implant slots and eight possible implants for each slot. It results in thousands of possible combinations where no build is the same. And all these combinations are visual - they won’t only change how Morgan fights, but also how he looks - something that almost no rogue-lite has done before. And as if it wasn’t enough, there are also hundreds of augmentations - invisible micro-implants that take no slot - to fine-tune your build!

When fists start flying, Morgan isn’t limited to cyber-tech only. The hand-to-hand combat is as deep, as it is brutal, with a wide variety of defensive and offensive options. Dodge, block and parry enemy strikes, mix different combos and special attacks, use your environment to devastate your enemies. Swing various melee weapons to gain a bloody edge over your opponents or just shoot them in the face with one of the many powerful firearms. But manage your resources carefully: ammo is scarce, melee weapons can break easily, defensive options drain your stamina while special strikes cost energy that you recharge with basic attacks.

Your base is your fortress, a haven between missions. Chat with your allies (all with strong, eclectic personalities), listen in to their conversations or to news broadcasts, meditate in the garden, admire your collection of trophies, train in virtual reality. Or craft power upgrades to help you in combat.

Because in Kiborg, the clock is always ticking.

Kiborg is coming to PS5, Xbox Series X|S and PC (Steam / Epic Games Store).


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