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Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers (1997)

Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers cover
Developer
Atlus
Platforms
Sega Saturn, PlayStation
Genres
Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Rating
4.0 of 5, 18 player ratings

How it feels

A brooding, dungeon-crawling journey through neon-lit corridors where demonic forces lurk beneath a gleaming technological utopia, rewarding patient exploration with layers of occult mystery.

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About

Soul Hackers delivers a first-person, dungeon-crawling RPG experience set in a future where technology and otherworldly forces meet in a macabre fusion of cyberpunk futurism and gothic horror. A first-person sci-fi RPG epic, Soul Hackers tells of a city held up as a beacon of humanity's triumph of technology, but with an infernal secret. In this would-be utopia, a group of hackers takes on a centuries-old mystic society, and a battle for control over humanity's fate is about to begin.

What players say

A stylish, AKIRA-flavored cyberpunk SMT dungeon-RPG sitting between classic Megaten and modern Persona, with a strong world and prophetic tech-paranoia themes. A cult classic that locals and fans prize for its atmosphere even as its combat and dungeon crawling feel dated.

Screenshots

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