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Recycle Defective Androids to Earn Your Citizenship in ‘Side Hustle’, Out Now [Trailer]
Italian solo dev theJameskrik delves into a dystopian world of narrow deadlines and procrastination in their latest title, Side Hustle. A short (~1 hour) horror adventure, Side Hustle is out now on Steam with a time-limited discount. But if you’d prefer to try before you buy, the demo is also available.
The story is simple: You work for the Side Hustle program, specifically in their Android Processing Center. Your goal (over the course of five days) is to earn enough credits to obtain the prestigious citizenship of the City of Light. In order to do that, you’ll need to disassemble defective androids to recycle their parts into Tetra-Mat, special high-density matter containers.
Is the complete solitude and atmosphere of the disposal facility getting to you? Not to worry! You can also use the credits you’ve earned to purchase non-intrusive accessories to improve your work efficiency. All the while, you can read about the amazing opportunities that await you in the City of Light.
Oh, and don’t feel bad about dismembering the androids. They don’t feel any pain.
And if you find that Side Hustle is your thing, you can also check out theJameskrik’s first release, the psychological horror “end of the world” game, SHIATH.
If you haven’t gotten your fill of Backrooms games yet after the success of the Kane Parsons film, Cortez Productions and Perp Games are here to fix that, launching The Backrooms: Lost Tape today on PlayStation 5. Originally released on Steam back in 2022, The Backrooms: Lost Tape ushers you back, quite literally, into the movie theatre.
Separated into two chapters (tapes), you’ll first play as an usher, Josh, who accidentally falls into the Backrooms. As you explore, you will be desperately trying to unravel the mysteries of the intertwined, sprawling yellow rooms to find any means of escape. Each empty space may not be as empty as it seems… malevolent entities stand in your way of freedom.
With the second tape, in an intense mission to find out what happened to Josh, more of the haunting story starts to unfold. Take a deeper dive into the unsettling and eerie world as Nikolas, as this chapter introduces its own unique challenges. Will Nikolas ever discover its secrets and find out what happened to Josh?
The PlayStation 5 release of The Backrooms: Lost Tape coincides with a major update for the Steam version, which has seen the game upgraded to Unreal Engine 5.6. That also entails updated visuals, full controller support, and various bug fixes.