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97%1k97% positive reviews, Overwhelmingly Positive across 1k reviews·Roguelike · Arena Shooter
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TENET is a fast-paced shooter where you are trapped underworld in a nightmarish arena, and the only key to survival is to stay within the light. Your skills will be put to the test as you blast, punch, and stomp your way through this gore infused gauntlet as you tear your foes limb to limb.
TENET
SteamTENET is a fast-paced shooter where you are trapped underworld in a nightmarish arena, and the only key to survival is to stay within the light. Survive, collect, and upgrade! With help from the underworld seer, you can exchange your earnings for powerful upgrades for increased chances of survival, along with cosmetics to fully customize your character, killing your foes in style. TENET takes inspiration from several classics to bring about a fusion of old meets new. Compete for high scores and place among the leader boards. Your skills will be put to the test as you blast, punch, and stomp your way through this gore infused gauntlet as you tear your foes limb from limb. In TENET your goal is to survive waves of enemies increasing over time in difficulty. Every series of waves end with a Boss Encounter, surviving the encounter enables you to meet the "Underworld Seer" to summon the "Pillar of Vis" which grants access to a powerful weapon upgrade or exchange to convert the current sessions collected "Runes" into "Purified Tokens" for purchasing higher quality upgrades and cosmetics in the "Player Profile". Please note that the game is currently in Early Access which means this is not the final state of the game. Please read the Early Access notes above for more information about our current and future plans.
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