Peripeteia News

If you miss Deus Ex and retro Thief, new stealth FPS Peripeteia is made for you

Immersive sims are one of those types of games that can be really hard to properly define, but when you sit down and play a really good one, you almost immediately understand it. Everybody knows the classics like System Shock and Deus Ex, and more modern titles like Dishonored, but the indie scene has plenty to offer, too. In fact, a new contender joins through early access today. Peripeteia is, to quote its creator, a "first-and-third-person role-playing stealth game taking place in alt-history cyberpunk Poland".

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The cyberpunk immersive sim I've been itching to play finally has a release date

Peripeteia is an upcoming indie immersive sim where you're an out-of-work cyborg mercenary living in a dilapidated post-Soviet city full of homeless people, gas-mask thugs, and talkative bartenders. "It's Deus Ex except you're Motoko Kusanagi from Ghost in the Shell, retired, in Poland." That's how I summed up the demo for Peripeteia when I played it in 2021, and I've been waiting to play more of it ever since...
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Early Access February 21st 2025

A doll awakens to a dead world.
Your choices will become her fate, grasp the bayonet of the future with a callous hand.

We're proud to announce Peripeteia will be releasing into Early Access on February 21st 2025.
Spread the word. The moment we've all been waiting for is near.

Thank you for supporting the game—playing the demos, sharing your thoughts, and being part of our community. And if you're not yet part of it, you're missing out!

Find out more about our plans and the scope of Early Access on the Steam Store page. And remember to check our social media for fanart, shitposts, and the occasional cryptic transmission.

Peripeteia is perpetual pit of immersive sim despair dripping with post-Soviet bleakness, out in early access next month

Peripeteia feels like what I'd get if I asked a wasp to describe Deus Ex to me. It has sharp, insectoid qualities. Unwelcoming but oddly comfortable in its rusty soviet Ozymandism. The first sign of sentient life this immersive sim offers me is the greeting of a gasmasked freakdroid as I leave a warehouse. Tinny propaganda songs play from TVs too big to comfortably fit in anyone's car. The warehouse is so huge I thought it was outside until I looked up and there was writing on the sky and I realised it was a roof. I'm still messed up about it, honestly.

Peri 2023/2024 update roundup

We’re very happy with the steady progress we’ve been making with Peripeteia since we last posted but the rate of public updates has slowed down as we’re polishing up existing levels, mechanics and unbreaking the save system, leaving little that we can show off without spoiling the fun for everyone.
If you’re interested in trying out our “dev complete” super buggy version of the game and help us test it, you can subscribe to our Patreon, as announced in this post/trailer summarizing what’s in store:
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We opt to create these large development updates rather than make separate post for every time we participate in Screenshot Saturday, but we’d like to remind you that you can follow our social media:
The platform formerly known as Twitter YouTube and our YT Community Blue Sky Instagram Facebook Fediverse (you can follow us from Mastodon, Pawoo, Misskey, poa.st and all other federated instances)
You'll gain the added bonus of fanart and reposts from other immersive sims and games with a similar vibe!
Also remember to join the Discord, as it is the best way to reach us, receive updates and interact with the community!

Enemies can smoke and use certain items dynamically now.
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There are many solutions for your problems, at times, it's spiritually an OSHA violation.
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We added more advanced gun attachments and had fun with them, referencing a certain popular action movie. Check out Deep State, which inspired the original twitter post
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We’ve also fully implemented new armor options for Marie.

Marie will be able purchase a Lada in later levels or live up to her people and steal one. Very proud of this addition
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Thank you for playing our demo, following the game and supporting us! Stay tuned for more exciting news!