Top-down roguelike shooter Section 13 is a gripping journey into a terrifying research facility and its murderous mutant wards

The top-down roguelike shooter formerly known as Blackout Protocol has been reborn as Section 13 and will release in Q1 2025 for PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X/S platforms.

As revealed earlier today at the Future Games Show at Gamescom Presented by Sid Meier’s Civilization® VII, the developer formerly known as Blackout Protocol has rebranded and changed its name to Section 13, while retaining the same tense, top-down roguelike shooter style.

As one of four S2P agents, you are sent deep underground into the vaults of Section 13, a terrifying research lab that has been overrun by its own nightmarish experiments. Death will send you back to the top floor of the research lab, but it is your job to delve as far into the facility as possible without meeting an untimely death.

Boasting 13 weapons, 6 throwing devices, and 9 melee weapons in Steam Early Access right now, Section 13 is just getting started – there are more weapons and gadgets to come. It may be a roguelike adventure in nature, but there are constant upgrade systems that will power up your character and weapons for bigger and better firepower.

Section 13 currently features 12 expansive and shape-shifting levels, with three mini-bosses and one final, climactic boss fight. All of these levels are procedurally generated, so each new dive into the depths of the research facility and its murderous test subjects is a whole new gauntlet.

If you’re curious about Section 13, check out the product of over a year of evolution, available on Steam Early Access for $12.99.

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