Ruiner

Ruiner is an isometric Cyberpunk top-down shooter video game developed by Reikon Games and published by Devolver Digital released in September 26, 2017. The game follows a silent, masked protagonist in the city of Rengkok who sets out to save his brother from a corrupt organization known as Heaven.

Why It Rocks

 * 1) Amazing graphics. The grungy city streets and sprawling industrial section are all brought to life with such vivid detail that it's almost unbelievable. The Cyberpunk setting is detailed enough to make fans of Blade Runner or other such media interested.
 * 2) Gorgeously rendered cutscenes, even compared to the graphics.
 * 3) Awesome synth-like soundtrack that really fits each scene.
 * 4) Rather than earn money from quests and executions, you earn Karma which levels you up and boosts your reputation with the inhabitants of the city. People who were originally bigoted towards you will start to warm up to you the more Karma you collect. And there's also plenty of optional Karma to collect in secret areas of levels or by completing sidequests.
 * 5) Really fun, fast-paced gameplay that is reminiscent of Hotline Miami, only there's also Hack and slash gameplay mixed in that makes the pacing much faster and overall gameplay more fun. You're also not as vulnerable as in the aforementioned game, making combat that much more fun.
 * 6) Almost no voice acting, and the most of the voices that there are are computerized and sound awesome.
 * 7) An increasing level of difficulty as the game progresses, one which starts pretty easy, only to get about as difficult, yet rewarding, as Dark Souls.
 * 8) Interesting storyline. In the beginning, it seems like a super generic "KILL BOSS" style game, only to have an interesting plot twist where you were being controlled by a nefarious hacker, which makes the plot that much more complex.
 * 9) Ridiculously fun boss fights that both are fast-paced and require a different strategy to beat. Just swinging your pipe (later, your sword) at them is no way to win as they all have different patterns that you need to figure out in order to defeat them.
 * 10) Lots of different abilities to unlock that are actually useful. For example, though you start out with the dash ability, you lose it and then have to earn it back. There's also abilities such as using explosives, powering up attacks, calling in for supplies, or upgrading your energy shield to not only block bullets, but deflect them.
 * 11) A huge variety of guns. Though your titular Ruiner has infinite ammo, it also has small clips and causes little damage. There's guns like submachine guns, assault rifles, shotguns, and then energy weapons like a giant laser.
 * 12) There's also disposable melee weapons to pick up that have their own set of special abilities, like lighting enemies on fire.
 * 13) Wide variety of enemies, some of which are just about as fast and smart as you, forcing you to react quickly on your feet.