Peripeteia

Peripeteia is a first- and third-person game set in an alternate-history Poland, combining shooter, stealth and RPG mechanics. You play as Marie, a cybernetic mercenary in a post-Soviet city shaped by corruption and conflict between nations, factions and ideologies. You take on tasks wrapped in conspiracy and mystery, using logic, skill and cunning—or violence—to get through them.

Explore the city

The city’s levels are vast, with towers, sewers, rooftops and basements that are all reachable and can take hours to explore. There are no quest markers or single correct routes. Marie can climb nearly anywhere, and you can make new paths with tools such as a sabre lodged in a wall or a well-placed crate.

Choose your approach

Missions are open-ended sandboxes with multiple ways to handle problems. You can hack terminals, possess enemies, turn factions against one another, sneak through vents, talk past guards or attack with a stolen PKM. Your choices affect who lives and dies, and which flag flies over the city.

Weapons and equipment

The game includes over 100 weapons, from Cold War surplus and prototype rarities to stolen NATO hardware. Magazines, bullets and attachments are physical objects in your inventory. You can strip enemy weapons for parts, carry gear between missions and build a stash in Marie’s basement, planning a loadout or improvising when plans go wrong.

Survive the city

Marie is powerful but not invincible. You manage her implants, ration her energy and scavenge supplies while the city’s factions use and discard her.

Sound and setting

The soundtrack features Sewerslvt, Ed Harrison and a dozen other artists, spanning drum and bass, atmospheric ambience and breakcore. The city’s post-Soviet brutalist architecture is rendered with the grit of the early 2000s and modern lighting.