Going Under
Going Under is a satirical dungeon crawler about exploring the cursed ruins of failed tech startups. As an unpaid intern in the dystopian city of Neo-Cascadia, you’ll wield office junk as weaponry as you make your way through the offbeat procedural dungeons beneath your company campus. The Future is Wack Failed businesses no longer just cease to exist–they sink beneath the earth, and their employees are cursed to wander the halls for eternity as monsters. It’s your duty to put these monsters out of their misery and repossess their assets–so that your boss can afford a new car, or something. Not All Heroes Get Paychecks Battle through the remains of failed startups themed off of gig workers, dating sites, and cryptocurrency. Uncover the true motives of your employer, a carbonated drink startup known as Fizzle, and their parent company, a subscription box manufacturer with an army of helpful shipping drones. Make friends with your co-workers! Hire a freelance goblin! Date a slime! Invest in crypto! Set a rideshare on fire! Fight Flexibly In the dungeons of Going Under, almost everything can be used as a weapon, from laptops to brooms to body pillows. Proper weapons can be found as well, but even they can break at a moment’s notice if you aren’t careful. Playing cautiously and picking the right weapon for the situation are musts if you intend on surviving your internship.
Game Discussion
Steam User 23
Earned it's spot amongst my favourite roguelikes. Laid-back, funny, cool colorful art style, engaging, overall a great capitalism parody that seems to have gone unnoticed by many. Good for beginners, as it can be rather forgiving. That being said, combat may take some time to get used to. Quite clumsy at times honestly.
Steam User 42
I'm terrible at writing reviews, but I want to put my two cents into Steam's magic innards so this game gets recommended to more people. Seriously: play this. If you don't want to spend a lot of money on it, don't worry: I got it for 5 dollars when it was on sale. This is an amazing game with a strong art style, an engaging narrative (I've only played for 4 hours at the time of writing and I'm already hooked), fun---not the best in the world, but still pretty good---gameplay, and a great sense of humor. Don't really know how to conclude this; if you've read this far into my word vomit, you're cute :3
Steam User 39
i swear this is the most underrated indie game ever
please make a fandom around this game
im obsessed
please
PLEASE
BUY THE GAME. PLAY THE GAME. I KNOW YOUR READING THIS. BUY THE GAME NOW NOW DO IT-
Steam User 19
This is a great game that can help alleviate the stress of job life in the midst of the chaos of modern society and the corporate environment.
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Steam User 12
As someone who has 102 hours of this game on Nintendo and 111 hours on Xbox, i can say for a fact i love this game.
I don't know why , but this game became my comfort game. You just go in, smack some monsters with some silly objects, and then you do it again. It's great for try-hard playing, but it can be switched into something more casual by turning on the accessibility settings.
I love coming back to this game, the gameplay became so automated for me that I used this game as a fidget, it's silly and doesn't make you feel bad for failing .
Steam User 8
Fun little roguelike. One of the few complaints I have about the game are the sometimes vague item descriptions that don't really say how the effect activates or what it does, while some flat out say it in plain language. Would often have to look up the items online to see what they actually do before deciding to pick between two in a skill room or if I should spend money on it at a shop. Also has an awkward start with the feel of the dodge and the weird controls but you get used to it and it feels better.
The thematic design of this game is impeccable. Just from the main menu you can see the creative thoughtfulness that went into the identity of the theme. The cute modern business aesthetic used for all the menu art looks really authentic. And the art style of the characters during dialogues is really cute and adorably expressive. The story is interesting and amusing. And it's overflowing with thoughtful references and funny jabs at other media and pop culture. Things like Super Mario, Zelda, Dark Souls, Tinder, Linkedin, Amazon, Danny Devito, various other job cultures and memes. A pretty impressive project by such a small company and for their first game.
Steam User 14
literally finished this from my siblings library, now got one for meself from humblebundle, anyways, GOING UNDER RULES, play it