RIG Riot Is a Mech Fan’s New Dream Game

Looking for a brand-new mech game to fill the hole in your heart left by Armored Core? What about a third-person roguelike with thousands of mods that allow you to customize and optimize your mech in any way you want? If so, you definitely should check out RIG Riot.

What is RIG Riot?

RIG Riot is a third-person roguelike mech shooter where you fight waves of increasingly difficult enemies, completing objectives and missions all to level up your mech to gain bigger and more powerful weapons and mods. The more you fight and conquer, the more parts and mods you will bring back, and with over a thousand to collect, you can build your RIG in any way you like.

How you build your RIG naturally affects how you operate in combat. Strap on lighter parts to make yourself lighter and more mobile, or weld on bigger parts to become a walking tank. Choose from tons of weapons, including everything from sniper rifles and shotguns to laser blades and missile launchers- you name it.

Easily, this RIG is Riot’s biggest strength. The sheer amount of parts you can collect, swap out, and customize is really what makes this a mech fan’s mechanical dream. Being able to try easily over a hundred different build combinations alone will keep you coming back for more and more.

Even in defeat, you still earn parts, so if your latest build didn’t feel like it was solid enough, go back to the shops and see what new modifications you can throw on.

RIG Riot just launched a few days ago after over two years in development; this solo developer has now officially gone full-time into making their vision of an “Armored Core-like” because no game currently on the market quite scratched that itch.

If this sounds like your type of jam, you can grab yourself a copy on Steam, and if you do before the end of the month, you can get it for slightly cheaper while the introductory sale lasts.