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Severed Steel

Severed Steel is a stylish and visceral single-player FPS featuring a fluid stunt system, destructible voxel environments, loads of bullet time, a unique one-armed protagonist, and a dark electronic soundtrack.

85 17 September 2021

Severed Steel is an indie developed by Greylock Studio, released 17 September 2021 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4.

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What Severed Steel is

Severed Steel is an indie game developed by Greylock Studio and released in 2021. It was published by Digerati Distribution. It is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unreal Engine 4.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Severed Steel is a single-player FPS featuring a fluid stunt system, destructible voxel environments, loads of bullet time, and a unique one-armed protagonist. It's you, your trigger finger, and a steel-toed boot against a superstructure full of bad guys. Chain together wall runs, dives, flips, and slides to take every last enemy down. Play as Steel, a nimble, one-armed sharpshooter on a mission. There is no reloading – pick your shots well and be ready to pry a loaded weapon from your enemies' cold dead hands. Dodge bullets, leap off walls, slide kick, throw weapons – do whatever it takes to come out on top in intense and frenzied firefights. Pepper through plaster with sharp 4.7 mm…
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How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

How it was received

Severed Steel holds a critic score of 85 out of 100. That places it above 85% of the 5,098 rated indie games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2021 averaged 74, so it scored 11 points above the year average.

What it launched against

Severed Steel launched on 17 September 2021, within three weeks of Deathloop, Kena: Bridge of Spirits, Far Cry 6 and Death Stranding: Director's Cut. It reviewed better than 2 of the 4. It arrived 1 year into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Deathloop, Kena: Bridge of Spirits, Far Cry 6, Death Stranding: Director's Cut.

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When did Severed Steel come out?
Severed Steel was released on 17 September 2021 for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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