The Surge

The Surge
Developer(s)Deck13 Interactive
Publisher(s)Focus Home Interactive
Director(s)Jan Klose[1]
Producer(s)
  • Johannes Bickle
  • Max Kübler
Artist(s)
  • Attila Grőb
  • Richard Masa
Writer(s)Simon H. Mackenzie
Composer(s)Markus Schmidt
Platform(s)Microsoft Windows
PlayStation 4
Xbox One
Amazon Luna
ReleaseWindows, PS4, Xbox One
16 May 2017
Amazon Luna
20 October 2020
Genre(s)Action role-playing
Mode(s)Single-player

The Surge is a 2017 action role-playing video game developed by Deck13 Interactive and published by Focus Home Interactive. The game was released for PlayStation 4, Windows, and Xbox One on 16 May 2017, while an Amazon Luna version released on 20 October 2020.

The Surge is considered a spiritual successor to Deck13 Interactive's earlier action role-playing game Lords of the Fallen, with which it shares many gameplay features. Deck13 Interactive described the game as inspired by Rise of the Robots[2] and the Dark Souls series.[3]

  1. ^ Eiser, Martin (17 December 2015). "Fighting the Future: Jan Klose on The Surge". Gamereactor. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
  2. ^ Warman, Dylan (13 May 2017). "The Surge Launch Trailer Released Ahead of Schedule". OnlySP. Archived from the original on 25 December 2019. Retrieved 13 May 2017.
  3. ^ Kollar, Philip (13 June 2016). "See Dark Souls reimagined as sci-fi in the latest trailer for The Surge". Polygon. Retrieved 13 June 2016.