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In 2056 New Houston, a marked-for-death mercenary fights through a first-person campaign using stealth, gadgets, and customizable guns.
Released 04 Dec 2025
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Become an Accountant - a hired mercenary who keeps the books balanced by any means necessary. This time though, you are the intended target. Take a journey through New Houston in the year 2056 and follow one man's tale of revenge as he escapes Transience.
Developed by RESURGENT · Published by RESURGENT









In New Houston in 2056, Eli Reed is an accountant-for-hire—a mercenary who is suddenly marked for death. He must escape the city, clear his name, and uncover who put a bounty on him and why.
The single-player campaign spans nine missions. In first-person encounters, you can try to stay out of sight or fight directly, using cover, gadgets, and the environment to deal with enemies.
You begin without the advanced suit, then gain armor and abilities including time-slowing, night vision, a distraction tool, and a flash pulse. Weapons and attachments found in mission stashes let you customize your arsenal, including changing a weapon’s role.
Players who enjoy the game often praise its gunplay and detailed weapon animations, moody near-future atmosphere, and the ability to combine stealth with direct firefights. Some also appreciate weapon customization and its slower tactical pace. Recurring criticisms include erratic enemy AI, unreliable stealth, and lengthy opening sections and character monologues; some players also report frustrating checkpoints. Reactions vary, with some finding a satisfying tactical shooter and others feeling these issues get in the way.
In Transience, you become the hunter - an Accountant. Armed with the latest weaponry and tech, your job is to keep the books balanced... By any means necessary. Only this time, you are the intended target.
Single-Player Campaign
A story told through the lens of Eli Reed, an accountant-for-hire who ends up on the wrong side of the gun. Redlisted and on the run, you must uncover the mystery of who placed the bounty and why. Utilize near-future weaponry to take out your enemies as you take steps to clear your name.
Heavily inspired by gritty narratives we played growing up, the story unfolds in a way that keeps you at the edge of your seat. 9 missions spread out over 9 incredible hand-crafted environments, telling the story of one mans journey out of Transience.
Fully Voiced Dialogue
Combat and Stealth Gadgets
Multi-Approach Maps
Tactical Stealth Action
Inspired by many tactical games from back in the day, we aimed to combine the maneuverability and fluidity of a Third Person Stealth game, with the slower pacing of a First Person Shooter. Become the spectre in the walls, the shadow picking off survivors one by one. Sometimes staying out of sight is only one way to complete the objective. Sometimes a more active and aggressive hand is required. Transience offers the player a ton of ways to approach objectives, from Stalking in the shadows, Running and Gunning down corridors or a blend of both. Utilize an arsenal of customizable weaponry to make your enemies fear your presence. You are the accountant.
Deep Weapon Customization
Powered by NWS™ (New World Systems) this industry-wide standard has allowed weapons manufacturers to interchange attachments and core parts at will. Take an SMG and turn it into an Assault Rifle or take an Assault Rifle and modify it into a DMR. Throughout the story, you will find attachments and weapons via stashes found around the environments that allow you to build and customize weapons on the fly. With 13 base weapons to discover throughout the campaign, NWS™ makes your survival odds that much easier.
A Whole New World
Take on the city of New Houston in the year 2056. Peace has been torn apart by a sudden conflict overseas, resulting in war-time prosperity. Government contracts are king, and advancement at any cost for the war effort drives industry in America. Corporations have gained so much influence from the new status quo that they have become the de facto law of the land. Currency is shifting towards digital under the government’s nose, funded by the innovative new technologies in their most dangerous forms being researched and shipped out to the war. Propaganda insists that the scraps of progress trickle down to the citizens, a half-truth. Access the advanced technology of corporate influence, from shrinking forms of medical tech to quieter suppressors and magnetic subway lines, the city is full of gadgets to use and weaknesses to exploit.
NNCG "Eclipse" Suit
Developed by NOVASKIN™ - This Nitro-capsule Gilded Undersuit was initially built for the war efforts overseas. The suit provided the wearer with solid kevlar-superior protection for quick engagements, featuring lightweight armor panels attached to a thin form-fitting undersuit. Powered by N-caps, this low-energy-consumption equipment is one of several premier front-line suit designs in existence today, always outperforming its competition by a country mile. The secret is in the underlying layer of specially developed Non-Newtonian Colloid that temporarily provides the wearer with reactive armor. Hardly anything can pierce this extremely effective protection whilst it's active. This suit will also give you access to a number of gadgets to help you along your journey: from a distraction tool, to a Flash Pulse for blinding enemies. And, of course, Night Vision.
| Platforms | Windows |
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| Achievements | 20 |
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| Controller support | Xbox |
| Controller required | No |
| DLC / extras | 2 listed on Steam |
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