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Developer Sobaka Studio
KIBORG is a brutal rogue-lite beat’em up where you enhance your body with new cybernetic implants each run. You’ve been sent to the worst prison in the galaxy for crimes you didn’t commit. Death won’t provide an escape, but a violent reality show may offer a way out. From the Steam store page
270 reactions from 4 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon, Lemmy) · newest Nov 5, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
79
LovedLoved
166 positive · 45 negative
95% range 73–84%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 166 | 45 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 15 | 1 | 24 |
| Mastodon * | 1 | 0 | 12 |
| Lemmy * | 0 | 0 | 6 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Very Positive
522 of 617 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
78% recommend · 154 yes, 43 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 197 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Very Positive (1,218 of 1,440 positive).
Players praise the addictive gameplay loop and satisfying combat, often comparing it to the Batman Arkham series. [1][2][3] Some reviewers note the game has jank, bugs, and a weak story, but many find it fun despite these flaws. [4][5][6] The game is described as a rewarding roguelite with deep upgrades that encourage repeated runs. [7][8][9]
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- [6]
It's just honestly kind of a mess early on. I can see how once you really dig your teeth into the upgrades you become a bit of an unstoppable killing machine. But to begin with, you absolutely suck. This is made worse by how clunky the controls are, especially the lock on attacks that just send you flying to whatever it feels like. Ranged enemy that you really need to deal with fast? Ah well, the game has sent you …
- [7]
KIBORG isn’t the prettiest game in town, but it’s been one of 2025’s more pleasant surprises and it absolutely deserves a shout-out. A substance over style sort of stuff. In an already crowded roguelite genre, it somehow held my attention long enough to complete it 100% across all seven difficulty levels. That’s rare for me these days, especially after clearing a game once or twice. A core reason is how easy KIBORG …
- [1]
Masterclass in pick-up and play fighting thats fun and replayable every time. If you liked Arkham Asylum you'd love KIBORG because its that fighting system with LOTS of improvement. Guns, melee weapons and implants that make every run different. Threatening enemies to dispatch and a hopeless, prison aesthetic where Quake 2 meets Undisputed and Bloodsport make a gritty experience we need VERY much in our age of …
- [2]
(For any new players, make sure to check the panel to the left of the elevator periodically, the game has a habit of changing the default difficulty). It's jank as hell, but there's nothing else quite like it. It's basically what if the Arkham combat was an arena roguelite, but make it Eurojank. And in the classic style of Eurojank, where Eastern European developers prioritize the ambition and idea over the most …
- [5]
Good game, however it's pretty far from finished. Lots of misspellings, broken mechanics, ai generated speech randomly chiming into conversations, missing achievements, story doesn't make a whole lot of sense, so on and so forth. I'd say it's worth 20 dollars if you like the style of gameplay, but it definitely has lots of room for improvement.
Summarised from 34 of the 261 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 12, 2026. How summaries are made
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Players who liked KIBORG talk about addictive and rewarding gameplay loop; those who didn't talk about janky controls and camera issues. Which matters more to you?
Reactions
60 of 270 · most liked firstTwo indie cyberpunk games were released this week (CyberCorp, Kiborg). I've been keeping my eye on both of these games for awhile but I wasn't sure if either one of them really deserved a post here. But since they both released this week I figure one post for both games is sufficient. I should mention I haven't bought either one yet, I just thought others here might be interested. [CyberCorp](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1116170/CyberCorp/) is a top-down twin-stick looter-shooter. So…
neutral · AI labelView post →UPDATE: The Commando update patch notes (05.11.2025) say they fixed the issue with the next room not loading. If that’s true, then you can probably ignore most of what I wrote before update. I’ll probably come back in a couple of weeks to try the new implant, and if all the issues I ran into are actually fixed, I’ll update my review. I still have a bunch of questions about the game, but overall, I did have fun with it. If they ever add alternative floors so there are two options for each…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →KIBORG isn’t the prettiest game in town, but it’s been one of 2025’s more pleasant surprises and it absolutely deserves a shout-out. A substance over style sort of stuff. In an already crowded roguelite genre, it somehow held my attention long enough to complete it 100% across all seven difficulty levels. That’s rare for me these days, especially after clearing a game once or twice. A core reason is how easy KIBORG is to pick up. Yes, your first few runs will be miserable until you achieve…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →See, this is a MIXED. All over. The base game is a massive amount of fun. The voice acting is probably the worst I've ever heard. The story is... let's just say it exists, and I can't be kinder than that. This DLC is pretty tough, and barring a few dumb glitches (people can spawn inside the floor, camera can VERY easily get useless on terrain if you get backed into a corner) - quit to menu and resume the playthrough circumvents every single one of these issues. The final boss is... crap.…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →You know what I like about this place? It never learns. It kills you. Rebuilds you. Sends you back in like nothing changed. Like you didn’t just get better. Like you didn’t just figure something out. That’s adorable. At first you fight to survive. Then you fight to win. And eventually… you realize you’re not fighting at all. You’re refining. Every run strips something away. Fear. Hesitation. Doubt. You come back cleaner. More efficient. Like the system is sanding you down into something…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Genre - Rogue-lite 3rd person beat-em up with guns 7.5/10 solid game This is an example of when you impulsively buy a game based on reviews and trailers. Then said games lives up to your expectations with added Indie Jank. It took me 8ish hours to complete on difficulty 1 across multiple runs trying varying builds. The game didn't seem overly harsh and there are permanent upgrades. However, these are my top 5 improvements: 1) Make melee weapons more viable with increased durability, or…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Game crashed, so I went to bed. Booted up the next day, game loads into the middle of that same run. Noice.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Masterclass in pick-up and play fighting thats fun and replayable every time. If you liked Arkham Asylum you'd love KIBORG because its that fighting system with LOTS of improvement. Guns, melee weapons and implants that make every run different. Threatening enemies to dispatch and a hopeless, prison aesthetic where Quake 2 meets Undisputed and Bloodsport make a gritty experience we need VERY much in our age of rainbow kiddie slop.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I have a lot to say about this game but I want to get back to playing it so I'll keep it short, at first I was like awe man, Combat feels clunky and slow then I started to get unlocks and upgrades got deeper into the skill tree I keep saying, one more run, but that turns into 2-3 hours of many more runs, because I just got more juiced and almost beat that boss's second phase that surprised me. there's only one difficulty, feels balanced, has cool synergies and mutations that make epic runs…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →In Kiborg, you wake up with no memory in a prison that looks like Fury Road was scaped off the desert highway and dumped into a dystopian warehouse. A deformed fat man watches you on a monitor and tells you who to kill, so you kill them. This is essentially the game. I’ve read the reviews calling it a janky little brother to the Arkham series and they aren’t wrong about the jank, but they’re wrong to pigeonhole it as a knock-off. I believe its strength is that Kiborg only reaches as far as…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →(For any new players, make sure to check the panel to the left of the elevator periodically, the game has a habit of changing the default difficulty). It's jank as hell, but there's nothing else quite like it. It's basically what if the Arkham combat was an arena roguelite, but make it Eurojank. And in the classic style of Eurojank, where Eastern European developers prioritize the ambition and idea over the most polished execution, while creating an English based narrative without the best…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game took about 2 hours to click for me. Once it did, it became incredibly fun. The combat has a similar feel to Batman Arkham, but it's fairly different. The is a light attack, heavy attack and circular attack. The is also a manual lock on button. When you learn to use it, that is when you feel like Batman, flying across the room to punch a thug. There is the rogue like aspects of the game that are very good and diverse. But what makes this game stick out is it's permanent skill tree.…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →10/22: -Ad Infinitum (EGS) -Time Travel: Escape Room Game (Legacy) 10/29: -Trash Goblin (EGS) -Kiborg
neutral · AI labelView post →It's just honestly kind of a mess early on. I can see how once you really dig your teeth into the upgrades you become a bit of an unstoppable killing machine. But to begin with, you absolutely suck. This is made worse by how clunky the controls are, especially the lock on attacks that just send you flying to whatever it feels like. Ranged enemy that you really need to deal with fast? Ah well, the game has sent you towards that other useless guy behind him. Too bad. There goes half your health,…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Playing a game called Kiborg and it feels like something that came out for the original Xbox it is a lot of fun.
positive · AI labelView post →Very nice! I died a lot, but getting stronger every time... Why are AAA games so expensive and not even as good as a lot of these AA games.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I don't like a single thing about this game. It's a mishmash of a lot of things, with none of them done well. Progression, combat (mele and firearms)... All feels clumsy and overcomplicated, nothing flows well. After giving it a generous amount of time, I'm done with it.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Talks about gameplay loop. You come back and repeat. The game does not punish you. It motivates you to keep playing to improve. When you upgrade your characters thanks to your efforts and beat the tower, you feel a sense of reward. I want to feel that. I love to unlock new powers and weapons. I cannnot stop. It is addictive. I can't wait for the expansion KIBORG: descent. Still get some stutters and fps drops but I fix them lowering graphics and still looks amazing My full review here…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →In a world where roguelikes are around every corner, can this gritty, brutal new beat 'em up set itself apart from the pack? Augment your body and brawl for freedom in our Kiborg review: www.qualbert.com/reviews/kibo... #Indiegame #IndieDev
neutral · AI labelView post →This utilized Arkham Batman game series style combat as the basis and turns it into a cyberpunk (I think) roguelite beat-em up. It is fun if you like this kind of combat. :-) ** Will provide more extensive review once I have more hours in. “Jank?!? You merely adopted the jank. I was born in it, molded by it”— Me
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is a fun brawler, shooter with plenty of upgrades and randomness which keep it interesting, Plenty of upgrades and combos to buy in game with the credits you earn from each playthrough. You will die a lot at first but slowly you become a beast that caters to you playstyle. Give it a try!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Not recommend if you expect story campaign you will be very disappointed it just same loop chapter wave for 7 ending and each 1 cutscenes but if you like endless and gore combat for farming level and satisfying maybe that for you
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Buying yourself a new skull, then fighting an ungodly amount of enemies while being heckled by a sentient tumor with a russian accent. 9/10 (Inga subtracts a point)
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →While the visuals did not blow my mind - Imho this is probably the most fun, genre-mixing candidate for 2025 and Sobaka-Team has deserved all the praise they received. Keep it up
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Bad camera ruins the game. This could have been a really fun game. The combat is pretty good. The powers are interesting. The graphics are good. The bad camera just sours the whole experience. The camera is way too tight and so sensitive. I have tried adjusting the FOV, but this fish eye effect just makes me nauseous. The camera angles could be forgiven if enemies didn't randomly teleport all around you. Getting shot at and killed from an off screen enemy is never fun and it happens all the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Good game, however it's pretty far from finished. Lots of misspellings, broken mechanics, ai generated speech randomly chiming into conversations, missing achievements, story doesn't make a whole lot of sense, so on and so forth. I'd say it's worth 20 dollars if you like the style of gameplay, but it definitely has lots of room for improvement.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Early morning gaming time with KiBorg. First full Sovereign armor build with synergy. Love this game. Happy Sunday, my friends. #videogames #kiborg #xbox
positive · AI labelView post →New trailer has been released for the third-person action roguelite game, KIBORG. Wishlist here: store.steampowered.com/app/2405060 #indiegames #steam #indiegame
neutral · AI labelView post →172 runs just to try and get a complete set of ANY of the newer implants. its IMPOSSIBLE to do so you will never be able to get all the achievements. I TRUELY HOPE the devs never make another game as long as they live cause CLEARLY they suck at it.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I held off on buying this game for a while (mainly just waiting to be in the mood for a beat-em-up) and when it went on sale recently, I picked it up. I wish I had picked it up earlier, this game rules. lol Combat is fluid and very punchy, it really feels nice flying across the room, landing crunchy smack after crunchy smack, then finishing it up with an elbow blow that hits so hard it blows the top half of their body off. Side Note - I've seen people complaining about the voice of Volkov,…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is so goooooood i love playing local coop with my brother it works well for the most part and i have no performance issues on any versions i use but i started using directx11 because faster boot up times The power climb you get in this game is so good i keep playing immediately after losing and when i do win its because of the way i planned my build. My only real issue is that when youre playing coop if thee game bugs out or crash then player 2 can not be restored in the run you was…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →In these crazy times it's good to have a stress reliever game. KIBORG is mine. The brutal combat and armor system keep me coming back again and again. #videogames #kiborg #rougelike
positive · AI labelView post →Game need patches. Sometimes "lose 20% health" is "lose 20% maximum health"... etc. Looks like somebody just didn't had time to polish game, this is sad. I hope developer will fix translations. Because of that this can destroy some loop.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Game just randomly refuses to launch sometimes
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Its a damn great roguelike action game! you got fists, guns, and big variety of implants and very nice combat. and also feeling quite oldchool, idk why but it recalled memories from Fighthing Force (PS1) game is definitely worth a try!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The urge to take one more run is alive and well within this one, and even though I never fancied myself a beat em up game lover, there is so much more to experience here. Would love some Dualsense mapping, but outside of that, this is one serious banger.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →infuriating, repetative and sometimes just unfair
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you love Redeemer, this is like a less story driven arena version of Redeemer with beefed up graphics, new modifiers, and some comedy mixed in. Absolute blast of a game with a ton of replay value that I've enjoyed since I picked it up. Will continue supporting this studio for a long long time.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →KiBorg is what you get when you mix the combat from the Batman Arkham games, Sleeping Dogs and the Surge. Then turn it into a rouge like and make it ridiculously addicting. I'm having a freaking blast with this one! This little indie game is a keeper in my book. #videogames #kiborg #rougelike
positive · AI labelView post →Kiborg - Co-Op Mode Announcement | PS5 & PS4 Games.
neutral · AI labelView post →My nephew spent the weekend here so I installed [Kiborg](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2405060/KIBORG/) from my backlog for some mindless fun. It's pretty decent. Good roguelike upgrade variety. Enemies are varied enough as well. Bosses are nothing to write home about. Story is barely there. All in all perfect for the occasion.
neutral · AI labelView post →Ruined by ranged weapons & enemies. Too many unfun mechanics and bad animations, incredibly early access feeling.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Launched it twice then can never again. Shaders crash on opening, verifying game files and the devs "fix" of deleting the pre cache files does nothing to fix it. Unplayable.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Um, I don't particularly care for complex combo-based games that constantly introduce combo-breaking enemies. Why build a fun system and then punish the player for daring to be involved? Come on. Just let me have fun punching guys, it's not that complicated.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →JFC. Not all of us are god tier gamers. Can casuals like myself get an easy mode of something? Not all of us have precognition to be able to block in the millisecond timing windows for parries, no real way to recover health (the only way to get enemies to drop health packs is a freaking 1% chance WAY up in one branch of the the skill tree??? wtf!!), EVERYTHING devastates your health, blocking barely works, I mean, I really want to enjoy this game but its just frustrating as fu*k. Not all of us…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Absolutely enthralling gameplay, incredibly addictive in the best way possible. The freeflow combat flows so perfectly you can master the combos and get implants to empower them more or go full brute strength and ignore some of the combos, but in both aspects you'll have different interesting challenges, and that's only 2 of the possible sets this game has not counting the mixups of DNA, augmentations, and implants from different sets. You can go range if you want distance or power if you wanna…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Kiborg - Launch Trailer | PS5 & PS4 Games.
neutral · AI labelView post →Wont launch anymore no matter what i try. Unplayable game.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →nah, slow clunky unplayable
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →When winning isn’t enough. #Kiborg Descent DLC. www.thelabvideogametv.com Our Game Is Never Over. #indiegames #videogamejournalist #waynebenjaminpresents #thelabvideogametv
neutral · AI labelView post →Actually one of the best roguelikes and beat em ups I've ever played, like ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥, I bought it expecting it to be hot ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ to be honest, but I was really surprised, the loop is fun as hell, and yeah, theres jank, but ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ does it not take away from the rest of the game. The game is hard as balls, so beware, winning a run is like doing brain surgery on yourself through your own ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥, but its a really fun punishment, like getting a lollipop after genital torture. Highly recommend,…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very fun game. Very old school and this is one very positive point on it.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →high tier fighting game
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →combat is hella fun and replays dont get old
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Grindy, poorly tuned experience with weak combat and weak narrative. Nothing about this game is fun. Combat is unsatisfying, the story is forgettable, and the music is annoying. The game also lies about healing: it claims you recover after clearing a room, but you don't - you must find a special healing room, and even that won't fully restore you. Death usually comes at the second mini-boss, which forces you to start over and slowly grind a resource to unlock bland skills that barely make you…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is enjoyable, but not for its current price point. I want to preface my review by saying I did get this game for 13.60 usd and at that price I find it was money well spent. This game is more akin to an early access title than a fully finished indie game. While I do recommend this game, id give it a 3/5 POSSIBLY a 4 for the player that likes fighting games, it just needs so much work. The start of your journey will probably be a bit rough as combat isnt fully fledged out and has quite…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Pros: This is peak 3D beat em brawler roguelite. You can unlock more perks, combos, skins, abilities, etc. They also added coop in a update for free, Easily one of the best action game out. Cons: Remoteplay together coop input is laggy af. I went out of my way to test that before posting this review ( dx12 not as much input lag for my friend compared to Vulkan). Needs more camera options for coop. Feedback: Add horizontal camera as an option for coop. If you guys can fix the input lag that…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Tried KIBORG to see if it was for me. Friends, the very first innate unlock of the game UNSPOOLS YOUR ENTIRE RIGHT ARM INTO A ROCKET ENGINE TO THRUST PUNCH. No cowardly robot your-fist-flies-away daintiness, YOU CHARGE INTO THE MIDST OF STAGGERED FOES. store.steampowered.com/app/2405060/...
positive · AI labelView post →I'm live on Twitch with more Nick Attempts - my indie game review series! Up first we have Stygian: Outer Gods, then KIBORG and finally, Jump The Track! twitch.tv/hiscursedness #indiegames #gaming #twitch
neutral · AI labelView post →[Prime] *Kiborg*, cyberpunk hack-and-slash roguelike. > ### FIGHT FOR YOUR FREEDOM > In the future, even death can’t free you. If a criminal dies while serving their sentence, they are reconstructed to return to their suffering. And you’re serving a 1300-year sentence. The only way to shorten this sentence? Win on “The Last Ticket.” The rules are simple: there is a shuttle on the roof of the prison, and if you can fight your way through hordes of other inmates and reach it in time, you will be…
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