3 JUNE 2025 - The deceptively named Flatline Studios is here to overload your neural feed with a firewall-frying demo update for its cyberpunk roguelike deckbuilder and dungeon crawler, Into The Grid.
Just in time for Turn-Based Fest (June 2 - 9) and Steam Next Fest (June 9 - 16), the indie developer has given the playable demo a huge upgrade and total visual overhaul including new enemy models, scenarios and special effects, while also introducing a massive new 3D isometric map to dive into.
Already praised for its “awesome card art” by outlets such as Polygon, Into The Grid now looks even better. Fight back evil corporations and explore cyberspace, battling against hi-tech, robotic weaponry with your deck of powerful programs that now look even more impressive when unleashed.
The Early Access version of Into The Grid is coming this August, adding a second playable character (out of 5 total, planned for 1.0), with their own unlockable cards & skills.
To celebrate the demo update, Flatline Studios also created a fresh new trailer for Clemmy’s BIG (Best Indie Games) Summer Showcase. Affectionately called #INDIE3 by fans of the channel, Into The Grid is shown alongside dozens of trailers from other talented indie devs.
Into The Grid NEXT FEST Demo Trailer - HUGE update!
Press & creators who want to register their interest for a Steam key for the Early Access version of Into The Grid can do so here: Request a Steam code for Into The Grid Early Access
Press kit: flatlinestudios.notion.site/Presskit
Steam Page: store.steampowered.com/app/2576200/Into_The_Grid
Press contact: intothegrid@piratepr.com (interview requests welcome!)
About the game
Into The Grid is a cyberpunk roguelike deckbuilder about hacking and taking down the evil mega corporations that control the world from the shadows, and it’s also a game about the personal stories behind each of these hackers and their Factions. That focus on narrative and lore is another aspect that sets the game apart from others in the genre.
- An exciting blend of deckbuilding, card battler and dungeon crawler - Into The Grid introduces a map exploration system to the genre that’s a breath of fresh air. You will need to be tactical and strategical not only in the way you put together your deck and play your cards, but also in how you explore the map and manage your limited resources to find and reach your goal before The Grid kicks you out, sends a private security force to your location, or worse.
- A unique dual resource system to diminish RNG and leverage “dead draws” - Into The Grid introduces a novel combat mechanic called “Commands”, skills you can activate during combat by spending a resource that almost every card in the game generates just by playing them. Commands are designed to have supporting effects that help to play around RNG by letting you, for example, draw or fetch cards from specific places. Their varied effects also enable different archetypes within each character, creating a new fan of possibilities as you change your Commands in between battles and adjust them to your current deck.
- 5 Characters and Factions to discover the deep lore of the “2112 Universe”
Into The Grid takes place in the year 2112, in a universe that Flatline Studios has been developing for even longer than the game itself. This universe is full of characters and entities with their own agendas and motivations. In gameplay terms, the full game will include 5 different characters, each one belonging to a different hacker Faction that determines the hacker’s ethos and their reasons to be outlaws.
Into The Grid will also include all the expected features from a game of its kind, like meta-progression, card upgrading, narrative events, in-run missions and quests, and more. Some of these features are already available in the Demo while others will come in future updates or directly with the game’s Early Access release.
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About the Studio
Flatline Studios is an indie game development company founded by Argentinian brothers Bruno and Mauro Annetta who started working on the “2112 Narrative Universe” in August of 2021. The studio is formed by a multi-cultural team spread across Argentina, Spain, and The Netherlands. Its main goal is to expand the 2112 IP through games and experiences that they would enjoy as consumers.
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