Simone Global publisher 505 Games and Polish independent developer Paradark Studio have announced a formal publishing partnership for ExeKiller. The upcoming single-player action-adventure title blends retro-futuristic cyberpunk aesthetics with the gritty, lawless spirit of a classic Western frontier. Under the newly established agreement, 505 Games will oversee publishing duties for the game’s global release on PC via Steam, lending corporate infrastructure to support the indie studio’s debut project. A release date has not yet been announced.
Set within a desertified, post-apocalyptic vision of America, the narrative-driven experience casts players as Denzel Fenix, an eponymous “ExeKiller” bounty hunter navigating a world fractured by resource scarcity and corporate survival. Exploration is driven by the Appaloosa – a high-tech hovercar that serves as your primary mobile hub across the expanding wasteland. To keep you fully immersed in this dusty, 1970s-inspired apocalyptic environment, the game sheds standard interface clutter in favor of a completely diegetic HUD, integrating all vital status data naturally into the environment and character equipment.
Investigation stands at the absolute center of every bounty contract. Instead of relying on mindless shooting, you must track marks, examine crime scenes, and activate a specialized Cybervision mode to piece together clues before confronting a target. Confrontations themselves can be handled through multiple tactical vectors, combining lethal gunplay, stealth infiltration, network hacking, or silver-tongued persuasion.
Furthermore, player agency directly dictates structural consequences. Decisions to spare, execute, obey, or betray targets will ripple across the frontier, altering faction relationships and narrative outcomes down the line. To maintain a fluid pace, ExeKiller incorporates a real-time dialogue system that lets you talk seamlessly while driving or shooting. Progression also bypasses traditional RPG tropes; the game throws out arbitrary XP bars and level caps entirely, shifting character growth to tangible tech augmentations, modular equipment upgrades, and weapon modifications earned directly through successfully completed jobs.
