Action · June 15, 2021

Cruelty Squad (2021)

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WARNING: This game is not recommended for people with photosensitive epilepsy. Cruelty Squad is a tactical first person shooter set in the hardcore gig economy of corporate liquidations. You're an emotionally dead combat-substance fueled grunt of Cruelty Squad, a depraved subsidiary company tasked with performing wetworks for its host conglomerate. Will you make the Corporate Arch Demoness proud or succumb to bitter tears of failure ? Highly kinematic tactical gameplay using varied weapons such as the flechette shotgun, silenced 10mm pistol, radiation emitter, dart gun, corrosive gas launcher and more. No handholding! All of the missions have multiple viable approaches and routes. Plan out your equipment loadout to gain a tactical advantage. Choose between non-lethal and lethal options. Throw toilet bowls at enemies. Fight and sneak through offices, suburbs, police stations and secret compounds. Find and unlock hidden equipment and levels. Open objective based gameplay, in each mission your goal is to kill or destroy your targets before heading for the exit. Revisit earlier missions and try to beat your best time. Can you S-rank all of the missions? Enemies including private security, cops, psycho freaks, flower hybrids, swamp cultists and mutant dogs. Talk to NPCs and figure out the mysteries of the world. Advanced death mechanics. Stock and organ market simulation. Punishment mode.

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198 Action titles launched in 2021 — top 6 by review volume.

Position in Action

MetricThis titleGenre position
Review volume20.8k Steam reviewsTop 24% in Action
Positive rating97% positiveGenre average: 83% — this title sits in top 5%
Engagement hours12 h averageTop 42% for session depth among Action

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Community Tag Signals

Tag weights reflect how many Steam users voted each descriptor — larger pills = stronger consensus.

  • Capitalism · 510
  • Surreal · 502
  • Immersive Sim · 476
  • FPS · 472
  • Psychological Horror · 422
  • Psychedelic · 381
  • Shooter · 347
  • Cyberpunk · 337
  • First-Person · 325
  • Dark Humor · 308
  • Lore-Rich · 297
  • Stealth · 291
  • Dystopian · 287
  • Stylized · 277
  • Action · 247

Press Quotes

“Cruelty Squad is what a great immersive sim sees before it dies.” 93% – PC Gamer “the first video game with the entire cycle of abuse included” milsimdev

Engagement Profile

All-time avg

12h

short (5–15 hours)

Median

5h

Typical completion time

2-week avg

0h

Current engagement

Achievements

38

Steam unlocks available

Reception Metrics

Steam community

97%Overwhelmingly Positive · 20.8k reviews

20.2k positive · 624 negative

Curator recommendations

20.8k

Release & Availability

Release dateJun 15, 2021
DeveloperConsumer Softproducts
Base price$5.99
DLC / Add-ons1 released
PlatformsWindows
Estimated owners1M–10M
External linksOfficial site · Support

Content Notes

Low-polygon depiction of violence, decapitation, dismemberment, drug use, profanity and nudity.

Features & Capabilities

Community

  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Cloud

Other

  • Single-player
  • Family Sharing

Editions & Packages

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