Synthetic Hazard

Synthetic Hazard

ESAT · November 18, 2020 · Action, Experimental, Shooter, FPS, Roguelike

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About Synthetic Hazard

Synthetic Hazard is a first person rogue-like shooter, developed by a team of young ESAT students as a final degree project. Take control of a security android in a secret laboratory after a catastrophic containment breach.

Battle your way through the facility with high mobility, a modular upgrade system, and an arsenal of experimental futuristic weapons.

Your goal? To destroy the core of the escaped techno-parasite, thus preventing its attempts to escape to the surface. On your way there you will have to face modified and corrupted robotic experiments, part machine, part biological, don't let corruption overtake you!

The facility:

Fight for the future of humanity in a secret three-story laboratory with over 70 rooms created by hand and procedurally rearranged. No run will be the same!

The enemies:

The techno-parasite, a biotechnological being capable of modifying the machinery at will, conceived as a secret weapon, this specimen has escaped and has nested in the core of the facilities, from where it’s spreading its dangerous flesh.
Corroding and corrupting everything in its path, it has also taken control of the rest of the laboratory's robotic experiments, modifying and improving them, to create a fearsome army.

Weapons and abilities:

As a 701 series security android, you have enormous potential at your fingertips, you were designed to be highly adaptable to all kinds of situations and threats. As you progress in your mission to end the synthetic hazard, you will be able to get improvement modules that will allow you to improve yourself and unlock new skills, or open weapons cache where you can acquire experimental weapons to help you defeat your enemies.

Key features:
  • 3 lab levels, each filled with more than 70 hand-made rooms.
  • 6 weapons at your disposal, short or long range, new or old redesigned technology, there is a bit of everything.
  • A polished sense of movement with levels that allow you to express your play style.
  • 6 perks, with which to get powerful upgrades and offer variety to your game session.
  • 8 different enemies to fight.
  • You can complete the main story by beating the three procedural levels or fight the techno-parasite in an optional arena mode.

Synthetic Hazard — game info

Platforms
Windows
Player modes
Single-player
PC Game Pass
Not included

What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

Recommended Jul 31, 2025
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6 found this helpful
Not recommended Aug 29, 2023
Yeah, this game is pretty broke. I guess the visuals are fine as far as Unity asset flips go but the guns all feel pretty worthless and enemies are as basic as it gets with horrible AI, and oh yeah, I went to go through the open door to the next room and actually fell out of the map... For me, this one is a no-go.
2 found this helpful
Recommended Jun 23, 2026
Pretty buggy but its still kinda fun
Not recommended May 25, 2026
this game it ♥♥♥♥
Not recommended Mar 8, 2026
"Synthetic Hazard" is a student project that has been published on Steam Direct. It's from ESAT. Student projects might look better than amateur shovelware, but they aren't real professional products. This is just a glorified homework assignment. It lacks the depth and value you get from professionally developed software because it was made for a grade, not for users. Schools shouldn't be using Steam to show off student projects. It might be fine for the school's marketing, but it clutters the Steam store with pollution... we have to sort past all these short student tech demos just so we can find real, full software from professional students. This is a case of a tech college putting its own interests before the interests of the audience. The students made a sci-fi FPS where you kill a bunch of robots and plague aliens. Unfortunately, they went down the "procgen IS content" path so the experience is just endless repetitive samey levels, and of course they also stopped working on it once they got their grades and walked away. What does this tell prospective employers? These potential hires can't finish the job they are given. The students gave up on this 5 years and 4 months ag…
Recommended Nov 18, 2025
Игра Synthetic Hazard – это зубодробительный шутер в лучших традициях старой школы, приправленный мрачной киберпанковской атмосферой. Безумный экшен, огромные толпы врагов, реки крови и пули, летящие со всех сторон – вот что вас здесь ждет. Сюжет, хоть и не блещет оригинальностью, вполне справляется с задачей мотивировать к истреблению орд синтетических монстров. Арсенал оружия радует разнообразием и мощью, каждое оружие ощущается по-своему и позволяет эффективно справляться с разными типами врагов. Однако, игра не лишена недостатков. Отсутствие внятного обучения может оттолкнуть новичков, а чрезмерная сложность на высоких уровнях может показаться несправедливой. Графика, хоть и стилизована под ретро, местами выглядит устаревшей. В целом, Synthetic Hazard – это отличный выбор для тех, кто соскучился по динамичным шутерам с бесконечным экшеном и не боится трудностей. Если вы ищете глубокий сюжет или инновационный геймплей, то эта игра, возможно, не для вас. Но если вам нужно просто выпустить пар и уничтожить сотни врагов, то Synthetic Hazard – отличный вариант.

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