Redeemer

It was released in Japan on March 5, 2020.

• Title — Redeemer • Developer — Sobaka Studio • Publisher — * Good Shepherd Entertainment • Buka Entertainment • Ravenscourt • Engine — Unreal Engine • Platforms — * Microsoft Windows • PlayStation 4 • Xbox One • Nintendo Switch • Released — * 1 August 2017 • 19 July 2019 (Enhanced Edition) • Genre — Beat 'em up, top-down shooter, hack and slash • Modes — Single-player, multiplayer • Designer — Stepan Shabanov • Programmer — Dmitry Kachkov, Artem Khakhin • Artist — Mikhail Bushuev, Yuri Savelyev • Composer — Nadezhda Gourskaya

Redeemer is a beat em up shooter game, where the player controls a former elite operative Vasily, who is living in a mountain monastery together with other brothers-monks. One day, an evil corporation discovers Vasily's location and tries to get rid of him using local bandits. Almost all the monks in the monastery are killed as a result, including Vasily's old mentor and best friend. Vasily wants to destroy the evil corporation.

Redeemers gameplay includes a combination of exploration, stealth, and combat. Players move through each location eliminating waves of enemies that stand in the way using any means available. Power-ups and weapon upgrades are dispersed throughout levels. The game features three main types of weaponry (cudgels, sledgehammers and knives). The player can use the environment — special interactive objects in a level, as a weapon, for example chairs, refrigerators, or tables. Vasily can also throw enemies, or grapple attack them, and is able to perform a pounce maneuver on a nearby enemy. When encountering an enemy Vasily can attack or perform a one-button quick kill.

Redeemer was developed by Russian indie game company Sobaka Studio and published by Good Shepherd Entertainment. The game was released for Windows on 1 August 2017 via Steam.

On 17 July 2017, Sobaka Studio and Buka Entertainment announced an "Enhanced Edition" of Redeemer. It was released on Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch and Microsoft Windows on July 19, 2019. All existing owners of Redeemer will receive free upgrades to the Enhanced Edition via Steam. Redeemer: Enhanced Edition features new content, including local co-op mode for 2 players, improvement of some levels' balance and abilities divided by character classes (Monk and Soldier).