Hell is Others (v2.0.3 & ALL DLC)

Century City turns survival into a grim routine of tending plants, loading weapons, and taking an elevator into streets where every stranger may be hunting you. Hell is Others is a top-down PvPvE extraction shooter with a sharply stylized noir atmosphere, combining monochrome pixel art with vivid red blood and oppressive urban decay. You play as Adam Smithson, a lonely resident whose apartment doubles as a refuge, workshop, and reminder that even the plants demand a violent sacrifice. The mood is uneasy and claustrophobic rather than heroic: every trip outside feels like a calculated risk against a city that never truly sleeps.

Runs begin with preparation in Adam’s apartment, where you manage supplies, customize your living space, and cultivate strange blood-fed plants that produce ammunition. Once underground, you search alleys, buildings, and dark corners for valuables while fighting hostile creatures and other players who want the same loot. The extraction loop gives every bullet weight, since dying can mean losing what you carry, while successful returns let you build a stronger stockpile and improve future excursions. Combat favors patience, positioning, sound awareness, and knowing when to flee, making it far more tense than a straightforward twin-stick shooter.

Its most distinctive idea is the link between domestic upkeep and violence: your cozy apartment is not merely a menu screen, but an extension of the survival economy. The contrast between delicate bonsai care and ruthless urban scavenging gives the game a personality that similar extraction titles often lack, while its compact overhead perspective keeps encounters immediate and readable. Century City also rewards repeat visits because player behavior, loot decisions, and the constant threat of ambush make no two expeditions feel entirely safe. Fans of Escape from Tarkov’s high-stakes extraction structure, Hunt: Showdown’s paranoia, or dark pixel-art indies should find plenty to enjoy, though newcomers need patience for its unforgiving losses.