Numskull Games and Smitner Studio have announced that Hazard Pay, a distinctive dystopian block-pushing puzzle game, will debut on Nintendo Switch in June 2024.
This new title immerses players in the shadows of Cold War-era intrigue and laboratory horror, promising unique clean-up mechanics and branching narrative decisions. Set against the backdrop of 1982, Hazard Pay transports players into a clandestine research facility, deep within an authoritarian state.
The player assumes the role of a government clean-up specialist dispatched after a devastating containment breach at the Institut für Proteintherapie (IPT).
Your primary mission: obliterate incriminating evidence, restore order, and claim your hazardous pay.
However, as you probe deeper into the scientific labyrinth, the unsettling truth behind IPT’s genetic experiments surfaces—and the line between duty and complicity blurs. According to Numskull Games, the IPT’s initial effort to combat a national food shortage by synthesizing artificial proteins has led to biological catastrophe.
Now, mutated creatures roam the facility’s corridors, posing a constant threat.
Players will navigate through perilous laboratories, dormitories, and experiment chambers while evading PRS-86—a relentless, blind tracker—and The Collector, an organism gone wildly out of control. As the latest in a line of expendable clean-up operatives, the player must make crucial ethical decisions, including whether to aid or abandon trapped scientists.
Gameplay pivots on expertly crafted push/pull puzzle levels, tasking you to erase trails, destroy evidence, and obscure the horrifying events.
With each session, branching choices will influence alliances, shape trust, and ultimately determine which finale you reach. Hazard Pay distinguishes itself with: - Handcrafted, compact puzzle levels featuring push/pull mechanics - Innovative clean-up actions—erase blood evidence and conceal secrets - Branching story paths altering alliances, trust, and story outcomes - Environmental storytelling revealing the dark secrets of IPT The official trailer previews the atmosphere and suspense players can expect when Hazard Pay arrives on the Nintendo eShop in June.
Both Numskull Games and Smitner Studio have a reputation for bringing immersive indie experiences to Nintendo Switch, and this release further bolsters the platform’s rich indie game library. Hazard Pay’s June 2024 launch broadens the Switch’s portfolio with a genre-defying puzzle adventure steeped in narrative intrigue and environmental tension.
As soon as the official release date is confirmed, further updates will be provided.
Stay tuned for more Nintendo Switch news and upcoming eShop releases.
This new title immerses players in the shadows of Cold War-era intrigue and laboratory horror, promising unique clean-up mechanics and branching narrative decisions. Set against the backdrop of 1982, Hazard Pay transports players into a clandestine research facility, deep within an authoritarian state.
The player assumes the role of a government clean-up specialist dispatched after a devastating containment breach at the Institut für Proteintherapie (IPT).
Your primary mission: obliterate incriminating evidence, restore order, and claim your hazardous pay.
However, as you probe deeper into the scientific labyrinth, the unsettling truth behind IPT’s genetic experiments surfaces—and the line between duty and complicity blurs. According to Numskull Games, the IPT’s initial effort to combat a national food shortage by synthesizing artificial proteins has led to biological catastrophe.
Now, mutated creatures roam the facility’s corridors, posing a constant threat.
Players will navigate through perilous laboratories, dormitories, and experiment chambers while evading PRS-86—a relentless, blind tracker—and The Collector, an organism gone wildly out of control. As the latest in a line of expendable clean-up operatives, the player must make crucial ethical decisions, including whether to aid or abandon trapped scientists.
Gameplay pivots on expertly crafted push/pull puzzle levels, tasking you to erase trails, destroy evidence, and obscure the horrifying events.
With each session, branching choices will influence alliances, shape trust, and ultimately determine which finale you reach. Hazard Pay distinguishes itself with: - Handcrafted, compact puzzle levels featuring push/pull mechanics - Innovative clean-up actions—erase blood evidence and conceal secrets - Branching story paths altering alliances, trust, and story outcomes - Environmental storytelling revealing the dark secrets of IPT The official trailer previews the atmosphere and suspense players can expect when Hazard Pay arrives on the Nintendo eShop in June.
Both Numskull Games and Smitner Studio have a reputation for bringing immersive indie experiences to Nintendo Switch, and this release further bolsters the platform’s rich indie game library. Hazard Pay’s June 2024 launch broadens the Switch’s portfolio with a genre-defying puzzle adventure steeped in narrative intrigue and environmental tension.
As soon as the official release date is confirmed, further updates will be provided.
Stay tuned for more Nintendo Switch news and upcoming eShop releases.
