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Backlight War

A 3D top-down, level-based post-apocalyptic survival delivery game. Players control a debt-ridden character, take "Crisis Emergency System" tasks to enter ruined cities, fight oncoming zombies and mutants, pick up items via buttons to boost abilities, finish deliveries for debt repayment.

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“Backlight War” is a 3D top-down post-apocalyptic survival delivery game. In the post-apocalyptic ruins, you play as a prison inmate trapped in debt, assigned by the "Crisis Emergency System" (launched by the top post-apocalyptic management) to risk your life completing delivery missions—you’ll navigate through broken walls and debris, fight against zombies and mutated monsters, and deliver packages on time to earn rewards.

It comes with a core debt-based financial system: the "Crisis Emergency System" exploits labor in the name of "debt repayment". Your rewards are first used to offset your debt, and only the remaining amount can be spent on weapons and protective gear. If you fall behind on debt repayments, punitive increases in mission difficulty will be triggered. Only by constantly braving dangers to complete deliveries can you gradually pay off your debt and find a glimmer of survival in the doomsday.

  • You control a single character, enter the post-apocalyptic city, defeat monsters, and deliver goods to citizens.

  • You can enhance your abilities by pressing buttons or touching supplementary items and enhancement items on the ground.

  • Getting hit by enemies will reduce your health, and the game ends when you run out of lives.

  • The moment you enter the city, you face direct threats from the outside world—various monsters will charge at you head-on. Defeat them with the skills you learned in the training camp!

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