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As an unpaid intern, Jackie fights through cursed startup dungeons with breakable office weapons, skills, and coworker perks.
Released 24 Sep 2020
Fight With Office Junk
Adapt to Breaking Weapons
Earn Coworker Perks
Going Under is a satirical dungeon crawler about exploring the cursed ruins of failed tech startups. As an unpaid intern in the dystopian city of Neo-Cascadia, you’ll wield office junk as weaponry as you make your way through the offbeat procedural dungeons beneath your company campus.
Developed by Aggro Crab · Published by Team17 Digital
In dystopian Neo-Cascadia, unpaid intern Jackie is sent beneath her company campus to clear the monster-filled ruins of failed tech startups. Each dungeon turns a different corner of startup culture into a workplace-themed threat.
Fight through rooms of enemies using attacks, dodges, and objects picked up from the environment. Almost anything can serve as a weapon, but weapons wear out or break, so you must adapt as you go and choose what to use against each foe.
Runs offer skills that can be learned for later expeditions and combined into different builds. Completing coworkers’ tasks earns their support and unlocks bonuses, while defeating dungeon bosses advances the story; harder dungeon versions and a multi-dungeon challenge provide further tests.
Players often praise the game’s satire of startup and corporate culture, along with its witty dialogue, colorful corporate-inspired art, and memorable characters. Many also enjoy improvising with breakable environmental weapons and experimenting with skills and coworker bonuses. Some find the combat clunky or the later runs repetitive and punishing, while others appreciate the challenge and difficulty options.
Going Under is a satirical dungeon crawler about exploring the cursed ruins of failed tech startups. As an unpaid intern in the dystopian city of Neo-Cascadia, you’ll wield office junk as weaponry as you make your way through the offbeat procedural dungeons beneath your company campus.
Failed businesses no longer just cease to exist--they sink beneath the earth, and their employees are cursed to wander the halls for eternity as monsters. It’s your duty to put these monsters out of their misery and repossess their assets--so that your boss can afford a new car, or something.
Battle through the remains of failed startups themed off of gig workers, dating sites, and cryptocurrency. Uncover the true motives of your employer, a carbonated drink startup known as Fizzle, and their parent company, a subscription box manufacturer with an army of helpful shipping drones. Make friends with your co-workers! Hire a freelance goblin! Date a slime! Invest in crypto! Set a rideshare on fire!
In the dungeons of Going Under, almost everything can be used as a weapon, from laptops to brooms to body pillows. Proper weapons can be found as well, but even they can break at a moment’s notice if you aren’t careful. Playing cautiously and picking the right weapon for the situation are musts if you intend on surviving your internship.
And you thought your boss was a monster. At the bottom of the dungeons lurk the founders of the cursed startups, getting rich off of investments while their employees fight amongst themselves. Defeat them and return to the surface with their enchanted relics to empower the company you work for.
As you explore, you’ll encounter powerful Skills that change the way you play. Learn them at the Cafe and they’ll show up in future runs. Use a Skill often enough, and you’ll get it “endorsed” and available to start your expeditions with. Combine multiple Skills for crazy synergies, and you’ll be cleaning house in no time.
Complete Tasks for your co-workers to gain Clout with them and unlock their unique bonuses. Learn more about Neo-Cascadia, the origins of Fizzle, and how the drone shipping empire known as Cubicle came to dominate the city. Can you save your company and yourself from going under for good?
| Platforms | Windows |
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| Achievements | 23 |
| Age ratings |
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| Controller support | Xbox |
| Controller required | No |
| DLC / extras | 1 listed on Steam |
| Website | Official website |
