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FIGHT THE PAST TO SAVE THE FUTURE. STOP THE SINGULARITY.
Learn the truth behind a massive cover-up of the catastrophic SINGULARITY, an event that fractured time and threatens the world as we know it. Armed with powerful, advanced weaponry and the experimental Time Manipulation Device, fight enemies from the past, the present, and abominations caught somewhere in between.
Key Features:
TIME IS YOUR WEAPON
- Use the TMD – Time Manipulation Device – to change the age of objects and enemies and bend time to your will.
- Age enemies to dust in seconds, manipulate objects outside the laws of gravity, and degrade objects to a withered state or renew them to their pristine form.
- Unlock upgrades to harness the TMD’s full power and expand your full arsenal of advanced weaponry.
EPIC SCI-FI ACTION THRILLER
- Heart-pounding, first person combat action that immerses you in a world where the past and present collide.
- Travel seamlessly between two eras – 1950s Russia and modern day – each rendered with stunning lighting, physics, and effects using the Unreal 3 Engine.
UNRAVEL THE CONSPIRACY
- Traverse the blur between the past and future in order to stop the mysterious SINGULARITY that threatens the world.
Steam User 69
Back when Raven Software was actually allowed to make cool games instead of being Call of Duty slaves.
Steam User 27
times when activision had an active vision
Steam User 24
This game is the definition of short and sweet. It's sad the people who made it are Call of Duty slaves now.
Steam User 20
Singularity is a bit stuttery on modern systems but with a few simple tweaks you can get it to run pretty good. I set it up at ultrawide resolution at a fairly steady 120 FPS with Gsync enabled. The game is certainly playable and the stuttering is not so noticeable in the state that I managed to get it with tweaks. It has a cool art-style which is kind of like cold war, art deco, science fiction and it reminds me of Bioshock. Actually Singularity has elements of a few other shooters mainly Biosshock, Half Life and Metro. It’s kind of an ugly game in terms of textures and the color palette but the art style holds up, so it’s a bit mixed in terms of the visual presentation.
This game was made by Raven Software who also made Wolfenstein 2009 and I really like both of these games. Unfortunately Wolfenstein 2009 is not available here on Steam or any other ‘official’ place as far as I know. Anyway, this developer had a cool mix of historical and science fiction elements with fun gadgets, characters and satisfying shooter gameplay.
These days Raven software mainly works with Call of Duty, developing some aspects of those games. It’s a shame that they stopped developing their own games because they had some really cool ideas. I would love to see Raven Software come back and make a modern shooter similar to Metro Exodus with their signature goofy mix of alternate history and science fiction elements.
Singularity is a lot of fun to play with some unique gameplay centered around manipulating time to change the environment. The weapons really have some punch to them and you basically blow your enemies to pieces. There’s a good variety of enemies too with different abilities and the game is funny in a classic, so bad it's good kind of way. The time travel aspect to the game is interesting and adds a sense of depth and mystery to the game world.
It's just a shame that Singularity has never gotten a sequel because it does feel a bit unfinished and rushed towards the end of the campaign. There is no 'New Game +' mode for example even though it seems like there should be with the way the upgrade system is structured. Also playing the campaign again from the beginning could have tied into the time travel aspect very nicely. Anyway, as it is today Singularity is a hidden gem of a shooter which performs pretty good with some tweaks and is for sure worth checking out.
Steam User 17
Probably the main inspiration for Atomic Heart alongside the masterpiece that is called Bioshock, I love these types of games
Steam User 13
Firstly, a big con: no closed captioning. A real shame because there's a LOT of dialogue and exposition to understand.
Singularity's an odd one, a game that passed me by when I was a teen, but I remembered for its reputation as having some novel plot points, if not the coolest gameplay. After briefly delving in during 2020's lockdown, I returned in 2023 to finish the job. And over the course of about 6-7 hours, playing through on Hard difficulty, it's proven itself a fairly modest shooter - taking bits from Bioshock, Half-Life and Timeshift, putting a spin on the Cold War-escalation premise we know all too well.
It's really the more ambitiously complex plot points and neat 1950s setting that make it stand out - the enemies don't much at all and the mechanics never really come together in a way that make you feel like Singularity is on to a real winner with its central gameplay. The "TMD" was something I barely ever used in combat, never becoming more effective or valuable than the guns I had at my disposal. Chiefly, the upgrade system is completely borked and misbalanced. By not even halfway through the game I was only using two weapons consistently and swimming in upgrade points, to a degree that I could simply waltz through the last hour, demolishing enemies with a minigun and grenade launcher, all the while regaining health for every kill. Yes, there's a few tough sequences here and there, but nothing that got me stuck or required a lot of skill to overcome.
As for the narrative, it's a bit finnicky, as a lot of time travel stories are. The game is very particular about what changes the world and what doesn't as you move back and forth from present to past, to a point where I think you'd have to be more convinced by the characters (including the Alyx rip-off and generic bad-guy Russian commander) than you realistically will be. There's a lot of moving parts that, at first glance, come together, but the more you think about, the more it ultimately comes apart. The final conclusion has three options, none of which are hugely satisfying, but ultimately redeem the game from its fairly bland opening (spec-ops characters should be banned from existence, for all I care).
Still, it's a novel enough experience, striving for a humanity that it clunkily bundles between over-the-top plot points more to do with the setting than the base desire of its characters. With greater ambition, I really think Singularity could've been one of the best games of its era. Instead, it's a strange fusion of the aforementioned titles, never managing to be much more than any one of them.
TL;DR - Game is OK. Worth playing for the setting, plot is alright. Grab it for nothing on sale.
Steam User 11
Very underrated, I recommend to any fan of Bioshock or classic fun run and guns players. Cool story.