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 69
theres a lesbian in this game
Steam User 20
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 17
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 20
I will recommend this game, simply because it is fun, but...
Okay. It's fun, and I will keep going. But it's not a game that I would go out of my way to get.
The humor is good, though it is absolutely targeted at Gen Z and not anyone my age. I only know what some of the references are because I have 2 Gen Z (adult) kids.
It would be better if the camera were not so janky, even the button mashing and awkward control scheme could be forgiven. But if you have any motion sickness issues or medical conditions (like Epilepsy) that could be affected by flashing lights or wildly swirling/rotating images- h this game is not going to be for you.
Not terribly accessible for anyone with bad hands, tendinitis or who needs a game that can be played with only one hand (kb/m or controller)- though it *might* be playable with an accessible controller set-up. *Might*- I have not tried it, since I no longer have an accessible controller that I can test on. All dialogue is in text, and there are some audio cues from time to time- but it would likely be okay for Deaf or HoH gamers. I have played it with sound turned all the way off, and it is playable for me, but I know what to expect (when enemies will spawn and when explosions will happen, for instance).
It's not a roguelike, like one of the user-defined tags says it is. Roguelite, maybe. Progress does carry over- your game does not end if you die, You just start back at the office and start a new dungeon run. It is *not* permadeath, and it does have an "Assist Mode" to make things easier if wanted or needed.
It's silly and fun, but not something I'd go out of my way to pay full price for. Try the Demo before you buy, perhaps?
(quick edit to correct a few typos)
Steam User 14
A character I can relate to. (Unpaid intern)
Steam User 15
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 11
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