Cruelty Squad developer Consumer Softproducts announced today that their next title, FPS/Mecha hybrid Psycho Patrol R, will be released on Steam Early Access on March 31, 2025.
While Psycho Patrol R‘s art style is similar to Cruelty Squad‘s, the new game is going for a non linear open world as opposed to a mission-based structure, and we’ll now have access to a V-Stalker mech with its own weaponry. In early gameplay posted to Youtube a few months back we got to see how the mecha controls (and it seems to be able to destroy certain pieces of the scenery, opening up new paths for interesting immersive sim-lite gameplay). The visual uniqueness and old school Rainbow Six-esque tactical gameplay that came to define Cruelty Squad are both in full display here, so I’d say that fans of Consumer Softproducts are in for a treat next year.
Psycho Patrol R is a mecha FPS hybrid policing and punishment simulator set in the decayed state of Pan-Europa. You play as an officer of the European Federal Police, a V-Stalker pilot of Psycho Patrol, a special unit tasked with counter-psychohazard operations and neural meltdown prevention using cutting edge criminological frameworks. The battleground of the 21st century is the human brain, the base unit of the hyperconjoined egregore Terra. The soul of the planet is on the verge of collapse. Your chances are 0.001%.
The gameplay is a combination of high intensity tactical FPS combat, combined seamlessly with operating your V-Stalker mecha unit to decimate your enemies. The world is open with a variety of different goals to achieve.
- Different weapons, from small arms to 120mm cannons and DNA sniffers.
- Customize your V-Stalker for a massive tactical advantage.
- Choose from a wide variety of routes and approaches.
- Open, non-linear world.
- Unique NPCs to meet and interact with.
- Solve the mystery of the Orgone.
