New fast-paced FPS is a futuristic sci-fi twist on Control with immaculate surreal visuals - now free-to-play on Steam for a limited time ↺
The Triple-I Initiative just kicked off, showing off some of the best indie currently in the works. One of the more exciting titles to come out of the game showcase has to be Void/Breaker. The new sci-fi roguelite FPS seems to be inspired by everything from Apex Legends and Battlefield to Crysis and the bullet hell genre as a whole.
Void/Breaker's claim to fame is fast-paced gunplay and a fluid movement system that allows players to stay on their feet when facing the AI overlords. The indie action FPS also features highly destructible environments, which players are encouraged to use to their advantage in enemy encounters.
Gameplay loop
The premise of Void/Breaker is that an evil, all-powerful AI is trying to keep you trapped in the system, and you must try again and again to escape until, with each run and failure teaching you something new or giving you more modules for your upgradeable weapon. When you inevitably die to one of the tentacled nightmare robots roaming the artificial prison, it's time to start again with a different strategy. The player's abilities and the looming evil appear strongly inspired by the likes of Control, while the evil AI running tests on the player like a lab rat are almost too on-the-nose, given the current opposition to generative AI and its potential consequences for society.
Being a roguelite, it appears to rely at least somewhat on procedural generation and RNG for weapon drops and level variation, but the visuals of both the environment and the weapons are a real strong point.
Void/Breaker free playtest and launch date
Void/Breaker will launch on Steam, Xbox Series X|S, and Playstation 5 later in 2025, but it is free to play on Steam from April 10–24. Arguably the most impressive thing about Void/Breaker is that the game is being developed as a solo developer, Daniel Stubbington, operating as Stubby Games. He is the same developer behind the recent cerebral puzzle game The Entropy Centre, which launched in 2022. The game also features surprisingly lightweight minimum and recommended system requirements for PC, meaning it should be playable on gaming handhelds, like the $599 Lenovo Legion Go.
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