Red Coil Games presents
Short fights. Hard routes.
A top-down cyberpunk auto-shooter roguelite. Pick an operative, build around five abilities and fight your way through New Elysium to Tairum Tower. Solo, or with a second player on the same screen.
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Join the DiscordFight the corporation that owns death.
Tairum Corporation owns the City, the police, the hospitals, and what happens to you after you die. You are a Phantom: one of the few rebels a mysterious digital Caretaker refuses to let stay dead. Every time you fall, he sends you back.
Tairum owns the city, the police and your afterlife. Fight back. Liberate the sectors, clear the zones overrun with Tairum’s troops and take down its elites. Level up between fights and upgrade yourself for the rest of the run. Every sector brings new enemies and hazards to learn and new ways to die.
Every class has its own identity, movement and weapon. Cut through the crowd as Ronin, then pilot your master’s spectral echo. Ride your rebuilt Racer over your enemies as Biker. Hold the line as Alpha, with a shotgun and hounds that charge in with every blast. Become a wild-west sharpshooter as Ricochet. Turn Tairum’s forces against them as Hacker. Unleash brute force as Breaker.
In every run you choose the route you follow, so plan ahead. Choose regular or elite fights, strangers with an offer, or hunt smugglers with special caches. Upgrade your skills, and pick new abilities. The fate of the mission lies in your choices.
Rebuild the “Spectre” Bar, the Phantoms’ base of operations. Unlock its rooms, upgrade them and welcome new faces to the cause. Welcome specialists who can enhance your augmentations and amplify your strength.
Two players, one screen, one horde. Each of you plays your own operative and makes your own picks. If you go down, your partner only has to win the fight to get you back.
The Phantoms
Each operative has a different weapon and class ability. Three are ready for Early Access. More join during Early Access and at full release.
Ronin
Rin Akiyama
Rin became a Ronin when her dojo was massacred by Tairum forces. She closes distance fast and cuts through crowded lanes before enemies can surround her. They say she sometimes talks to her Master in her sleep.
- Range
- Melee
- Speed
- Very fast
- Toughness
- Fragile
Weapon: Lonely Blade
Class ability: Sensei's Echo
Lonely Blade. A cyber blade for fast cuts at close range. Dashing slashes every enemy along her path.
Sensei's Echo. Rin roots into an untouchable trance and you take direct control of her master's spectral echo who can strike harder and reach further than her. Waking from the trance stuns everything around her.
Alpha
Eli Voss and Bolt
Eli left his land outside of the City after his wife crossed the Void. He holds the line with a close-range shotgun and a faithful companion, Bolt.
- Range
- Short to mid
- Speed
- Average
- Toughness
- Sturdy
Weapon: Ol' Gun
Class ability: Alpha Pack
Ol' Gun. A short-range shotgun that fires three pellets per shot. Its wide spread and heavy knockback keep packs off Eli.
Alpha Pack. Alpha summons two hounds and the pack circles him at speed. Every shotgun blast sends charging dogs trampling down the cone, and dashing makes the whole ring slam outward.
Biker
Nadia Volk
Nadia is the last living member of her gang. The only thing left from it is her Racer. She is a fierce gunslinger who uses her Vultures to bring down all who stand in her way.
- Range
- Mid
- Speed
- Fastest
- Toughness
- Light
Weapon: Vultures
Class ability: Last Ride
Vultures. Alternating left and right shots in a tight frontal cone. High fire rate, increased piercing rate.
Last Ride. Her crew's rebuilt bike, Racer, can burst onto the arena and ram everything she drives over.
Ricochet
Cade Marlowe
Cade hunted bounties for anyone who paid, and nobody asks where his money came from. He fights from range with a heavy revolver and a habit of aiming at the walls. Whatever brought him to the Phantoms, he isn't telling.
- Range
- Long
- Speed
- Average
- Toughness
- Light
Weapon: Jury Rig
Class ability: Dead Man's Hand
Jury Rig. A heavy revolver with slow, hard-hitting shots. Every bullet bounces off enemies and walls, losing a little damage each time.
Dead Man's Hand. Time slows and Cade fans the hammer. His shots ricochet without end, and every bounce lands a critical hit.
Breaker
Michael
Michael spent years as a Tairum riot enforcer, until the one order he refused. Now the Corporation wants its chrome back. He is the slowest of the Phantoms and the hardest to put down, and nothing hits harder.
- Range
- Melee
- Speed
- Slowest
- Toughness
- Toughest
Weapon: Bare Knuckles
Class ability: Maximum Voltage
Bare Knuckles. Alternating haymakers in a short arc in front of him. Every third hit is a two-fisted slam that throws enemies back.
Maximum Voltage. Michael roars, grows to giant size and electrifies his fists. His punches shock everything they hit and send shockwaves rolling forward.
Hacker
Ada
Ada used to engineer Tairum's systems. Now she breaks into them. She fights from mid range and would rather turn the horde on itself than fight it.
- Range
- Mid
- Speed
- Average
- Toughness
- Shielded
Weapon: Exploit Driver
Class ability: Root Access
Exploit Driver. An arm-mounted gun that electrifies what it hits. Every few seconds a shot carries a hack that turns an enemy to her side or cracks an elite's defences.
Root Access. Ada hacks the whole arena. Enemies freeze while their systems reboot, every shot carries a hack, and converted enemies explode when their time runs out.
The studio
Fibi the Sweetest
An independent studio. Tairum is our first game. The three of us design it, code it, draw its characters and talk to its players every day, together with a small crew of artists and a composer we trust.
The most important member of the Red Coil Games studio, Fibi, keeps everyone focused on the things that are most important. Treats.
Who makes Tairum
Red Coil Games
- Chris WasowiczCreator and lead developer
- Natalia WasowiczCharacter and sprite art
- Karolina WasowiczSocial media
- FibiEmotional Support <3
With
- Fatih ReisEnvironment and effect art
- Michał KalinowskiIllustration and portraits
- Dmitry BazanovUI and UX design
- Adrian UgowskiMusic and sound design
Press
Keys, interviews and assets: contact@redcoilgames.com
- Developer and publisher
- Red Coil Games
- Genre
- Top-down auto-shooter roguelite
- Platform
- PC (Steam)
- Release
- Coming soon (Early Access)
- Players
- 1 to 2, local co-op
- Languages
- English, Polish