HeistGeist

HeistGeist is a story-driven, non-roguelike cyberpunk RPG about Alexandra, a professional thief for hire who is trying to survive after a heist in Venice goes wrong. Hunted by corporate assassins and threatened by an unhappy client, she must assemble a team of specialists and pull off a major heist. You plan jobs, make choices when plans go awry, fight with cards and hack corporate systems.

Story and setting

The game takes place in the 2040s in a fictional version of Central Europe, in a sprawling post-cyberpunk city inspired by real locations and the developers’ hometown. Its original story follows Alexandra through twists and intrigue, with over 70,000 words of dialogue and nearly five hours of voice acting from 14 voice actors.

Plan the heists

You recruit unusual allies with specialized skills and plan high-stakes heists for secret prototypes or classified corporate information. Even carefully prepared jobs can go wrong, so you adapt, make choices and try to stay alive while completing the job.

Card-based combat

When stealth is not an option, you fight guards and automated security systems in tactical card battles. Instead of using traditional skill trees, you build a deck around your strategy. Playing cards in the right sequence creates combos: start with a low-cost attack, build the sequence and finish with a powerful card.

Cards gain modification points as you use them. When a card levels up, you can choose between two versions suited to different character builds. You can also install cyberware to change Alexandra’s attributes.

Hack corporate systems

Hacking uses a separate card-based system set in a reimagined cyberspace. You break through barriers, avoid deadly ICE and run programs or install viruses to reach data storage at the end of a server grid.