Indie · December 18, 2015

UnderRail (2015)

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Underrail is an old-school turn-based isometric indie role-playing game that focuses on exploration and combat. The game is set in a distant future, when life on the Earth’s surface has long since been made impossible and the remnants of humanity now dwell in the Underrail, a vast system of metro station-states that, it seems, are the last bastions of a fading race. The player takes control of one of the denizens of such a station-state whose life is about to become all that much more interesting and dangerous, as our protagonist is caught amidst the conflicting factions of the Underrail as they violently struggle to survive in the harsh underground environment. COMBAT The game's turn-based combat features many different weapon types - pistols, rifles, crossbows, energy weapons, sledgehammers, knives and more, each with their own advantages and drawbacks. PSIONICS The player is also able to learn powerful psionic abilities from one of the three psionic schools: Metathermics - Burn your enemies alive or freeze them to death. Psychokinesis - Use the power of telekinesis for offensive or defensive purposes or electrocute your foes. Thought Control - Assault the minds of your enemies by overloading them, instilling overwhelming fear, creating deadly hallucinations and more. SUBTERFUGE For those looking to avoid direct confrontation, the game offers a set of subterfuge skills. Move around the world in stealth like a shadow, lockpicking doors and hacking computers. If people have something you want, you can often just pickpocket them. But if it does come to blows, you can use devious  traps to stack the odds in your favour. CRAFTING Underrail features an elaborate item crafting system. A vast majority of the armor, weapons and some other items encountered in the game can be crafted, and some are exclusively acquired through it. Crafted equipment tends to be superior to that which is scavenged or purchased in terms of raw numbers, provided you are investing in your crafting skills.

Indie releases from 2015

32 Indie titles launched in 2015 — top 6 by review volume.

Peer Indie titles

Comparable titles in the same genre and review-volume band — ranked by Steam positive percentage.

Community Tag Signals

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

  • RPG · 308
  • Post-apocalyptic · 205
  • Isometric · 187
  • Turn-Based · 159
  • CRPG · 156
  • Turn-Based Combat · 140
  • Indie · 127
  • Singleplayer · 109
  • Sci-fi · 93
  • Open World · 90
  • Atmospheric · 85
  • Crafting · 85
  • Old School · 66
  • Cyberpunk · 60
  • Difficult · 57

Position in Indie

MetricThis titleGenre position
Review volume6.4k Steam reviewsTop 39% in Indie
Positive rating87% positiveGenre average: 87% — this title sits in top 60%
Metacritic72/100Genre average 77 — top 80% of Indie titles
Concurrent peak135 playersTop 29% in Indie by live player count
Engagement hours31 h averageTop 17% for session depth among Indie

Reception Metrics

Steam community

87%Very Positive · 6.4k reviews

5.6k positive · 837 negative

Metacritic

72/100 critic aggregate

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Metacritic user score

7.7/10

Curator recommendations

6.0k

Peak concurrent players

135

Release & Availability

Release dateDec 18, 2015
DeveloperStygian Software
Base price$4.49 -70%
DLC / Add-ons2 released
PlatformsWindows
Estimated owners100k–1M
External linksOfficial site · Metacritic page · Support · [email protected]

Engagement Profile

All-time avg

31h

moderate (15–40 hours)

Median

6h

Typical completion time

Achievements

55

Steam unlocks available

Features & Capabilities

Community

  • Steam Achievements

Other

  • Single-player
  • Family Sharing

Editions & Packages

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