As a guard who’s woken up on the wrong end of an infestation in Black Iron prison, players must escape. It’s easier said than done, especially with prisoners and other security guards (referred to as Rivals) hampering your progress. Fortunately, you can find weapon schematics to unlock an ever-growing arsenal alongside skills and suits for future runs.

Some interesting twists include sabotaging your Rivals remotely and even fighting your corpse from a previous failed run. If the action and arcade-punk soundtrack (courtesy of Crash Bandicoot and Jak series composer Mutato Muzika) isn’t enough, you can also go for a final runback to receive “powerful permanent gear.” Failure means losing everything, though.

[REDACTED] is out worldwide on October 31st for Xbox Series X/S, PS5, and PC.

Set in Black Iron, players discover weapon schematics and “experiments” to unlock weapons, suits, and skills for each subsequent run. While horrifying creatures await, you must worry about Rivals, other prisoners and security guards seeking to escape. You can deal with them remotely or engage in 1v1 battles.

Of course, you need to deal with the previous run’s corpse, who uses the last loadout while adding some “extra tricks.” Interestingly, you could also ignore the escape pod in the end and go for “one last hardcore do-or-die run back”, which can unlock “powerful permanent gear” if you succeed.

Striking Distance also confirmed that Mutato Muzika, who worked on the Crash Bandicoot and Jak series, is composing the soundtrack. Stay tuned for more details on [REDACTED] shortly.