Deficit, a new indie-made immersive sim by Item42, seems to channel System Shock and Half-life as much as it does Condemned: Criminal Origins. It has you exploring a maze-like research lab within Hadrian's Wall, "concrete warrens and liminal installations" policed by officers of the Overnight Taskforce.
Your objective? To find and steal a device known as the interpolator for your shady client and use it to escape Hadrian's Wall. The interpolator is a reality-altering machine that lets you open wormholes into other dimensions. It seems familiar enough. Replace freelancer with a hacker and Hadrian's wall with Citadel station, and the similarities flare up.
The world and art design seem inspired by Half-life 2 with Citadel-like imposing structures and alien realities similar to Xen. But that's not all that Deficit has to offer. There appears to be a melee-based hand-to-hand combat system like Condemned: Criminal Origins that has you getting crafty with the environment and using all manner of hammers, weapons, and other utility tools to defeat your enemies.
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The Steam listing says the game will have "an emphasis on chaotic close-quarters combat, creatively lethal tools and environmental havoc."
While there is no release date for the game yet, there is a promising trailer to tide you over till release. Item42 is a two-man indie studio that already has one release on Steam - A horde co-op shooter, Perish, that currently sits on a "Mostly Positive" rating.