The Surge

You play as Warren, a worker at the CREO megacorporation who wakes in a wrecked section of its complex after a catastrophe. Wearing a heavy exoskeleton, he must make his way through the facility as its machines and people become threats.

Combat is close-range and deliberate: manage stamina, study enemy attacks, and choose which body part to target. Finishing moves can sever limbs, letting you claim the weapons or armor worn there; against robots, breaking parts can also affect their attacks and defenses.

Explore connected industrial areas, find shortcuts, and return to medical stations to bank resources and upgrade your equipment. Tech scrap and materials support crafting, while core power determines how many implants and other upgrades your exoskeleton can use.

Players who enjoy The Surge often point to its limb-targeting system, which makes combat choices directly shape the gear they can collect, and to the industrial sci-fi atmosphere. Reviews also praise the sense of discovery in connected areas and the satisfaction of building up equipment. Others find the combat clunky or overly punishing, and say similar-looking corridors make navigation difficult.