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As a bodiless rogue AI, hijack enemy robots in a top-down shooter and chain their movesets to survive procedurally generated runs.
Released 15 Sep 2025
Hijack Enemy Robots
Swap Hosts Mid-Fight
Set Up Trickshots
The roguelike where you play as the enemies. Take control of your foes, turn them against each other in fast-paced combat, and leap to a new host before your current body breaks down.
Developed by Xylem Studios · Published by Xylem Studios, Hawthorn Games
You are a rogue AI without a body, navigating a post-apocalyptic world inhabited by robots. To survive, you take control of enemy machines and use them as your hosts.
Fight through top-down shooter battles by switching between robot types, each with its own moveset and strengths. Combine their abilities, time attacks, and land trickshots to earn style points during combat.
Traverse procedurally generated levels, face bosses with swap-related mechanics, and unlock upgrades that change how each host functions. Between runs, a hub offers conversations, quests, and minigames, alongside systems for longer-term progression.
Players often praise the body-swapping combat for making fights dynamic and giving each robot a distinct playstyle to learn. Many say that mastering the mechanics and chaining attacks becomes especially satisfying, while also appreciating the writing, world, and soundtrack. Some describe a steep learning curve and intense difficulty, though others enjoy the challenge once the systems click.
RAM is a top-down roguelike shooter with a defining twist: you don’t have a body. You play as a rogue AI, jumping between enemy robots to survive. Turn your enemies into your weapons and fight your way through a post-apocalyptic world run by quirky robots.
Every enemy is a potential host. Switch control at a moment’s notice between unique enemy types, each with a distinct moveset and playstyle, and their own arsenal of upgrades to unlock.
Digital pets. Student projects. Sentient memes. Within a year, they were all that remained of intelligent life. After ten, it was just the strong ones. And in 2120… one of them made you. How much longer until there’s nothing left at all?
Traverse the ruins of the human world across multiple procedurally-generated levels, and contend with the eccentric mechanical societies that have risen to inhabit them.
RAM expands the style systems seen in games like Devil May Cry and Ultrakill by making style points in-run currency. Master combat techniques and execute trickshots to earn a diverse array of upgrades that modify how each host robot functions, then pit your accumulated strength against dangerous bosses with their own unique swap-related mechanics.
| Platforms | Windows, macOS |
|---|---|
| Achievements | 41 |
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| Controller support | PlayStation, Xbox |
| Controller required | No |
| Demo | View demo on Steam |
| DLC / extras | 2 listed on Steam |
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