Going Under (v1.1.0.18)

Neo-Cascadia turns startup collapse into a literal public hazard: bankrupt companies sink underground, their offices become monster-filled ruins, and an unpaid intern gets sent in to clean up the mess. Going Under is a colorful third-person roguelite brawler with a sharp corporate satire streak, treating toxic work culture, predatory apps, and “disruption” jargon as targets for both jokes and blunt instruments. You play Jackie, an intern at the fizz-based beverage company Fizzle, descending beneath the campus to reclaim assets from startups that failed too hard to stay dead. Its cartoonish presentation keeps the mood funny and energetic, but the setting’s endless churn of exploited workers and absurd management culture gives the comedy real bite.

Every run sends Jackie through procedurally arranged office floors packed with cursed former employees, hostile tech mascots, and breakable furniture that doubles as weaponry. Laptops, keyboards, broomsticks, swords, coffee pots, and other workplace debris can all become improvised tools of destruction, although they wear out quickly and force constant adaptation. Combat emphasizes dodging, positioning, grabbing whatever is nearby, and choosing temporary upgrades that reshape a run, from stronger attacks to strange passive effects. Between expeditions, conversations with Fizzle’s staff unlock powerful mentor skills, letting you tailor future attempts around favored perks and making repeated failures feel like meaningful progress rather than wasted time.

What separates Going Under from darker roguelites is its wonderfully specific workplace theme and willingness to make every dungeon feel like a joke about a different failed business model. One ruined company revolves around dating apps, another weaponizes gig-economy nonsense, and each has its own visual identity, enemies, hazards, and boss encounters. The physics-heavy fighting can be deliberately messy, but that chaos suits a game where smashing a possessed printer with an office chair is often the correct strategy. Fans of Hades, Enter the Gungeon, or the irreverent humor of The Stanley Parable should find plenty to enjoy, especially if they want a more approachable action roguelite with personality instead of grim fantasy.