Fallback
Action roguelite with changing perspectives on a climb from underground
Endroad · Published by Endroad, Microids · Released Oct 11, 2019
- Reviews
- Very Positive
- 87% of 318
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Players
- 0
- daily peak, Oct 29, 2026
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update on Steam
- 5 years ago
- Nov 3, 2020
Metacritic: 72/100 (critic reviews)
What is Fallback?
Fallback is a single-player 2.5D action platformer set in an underground city, where humanity's robot caretakers have become its jailers. You choose from six classes, explore randomly generated rooms, fight robots and bosses, and search for captive rebel leaders. Across repeated runs toward the surface, you improve equipment and unlock skills that carry over after death.
For you if...
- +you enjoy difficult fights built around timing and enemy patterns
- +you like experimenting with different character builds
Not for you if...
- −you prefer continuous progress without restarting after death
What players say
87% of 318 reviews are positive
Players praise the combat and visual style. Common complaints center on getting lost without a map and encountering repetitive room layouts.
Screenshots and trailer
Fallback system requirements
Minimum: GTX 960, 8 GB RAM, 4 GB of disk space.
As published by the developer.
Can my PC run Fallback?
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Set up my PC →Minimum
- OS
- Window 7/8/10 (64-bit OS required)
- Processor
- Intel i3 2120 @ 3.3 GHz, AMD FX 4100 @ 3.6Ghz
- Graphics
- Nvidia GTX 960, AMD Radeon R9 280
- Memory
- 8 GB RAM
- Storage
- 4 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 11
Recommended
- OS
- Window 10 (64-bit OS required)
- Processor
- Intel i5 4690 @ 3.5 GHz, AMD FX 9370 @ 4.4GHz
- Graphics
- NVIDIA GTX 1060, Radeon RX 480
- Memory
- 16 GB RAM
- Storage
- 4 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 11
Does Fallback have co-op or multiplayer?
No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.
Does Fallback run on Steam Deck?
Playable Playable: it runs on Steam Deck with some adjustments.
- Some text entry requires manually opening the on-screen keyboard
- Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
- The native resolution is not the default one
- All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
- Shows Steam Deck controller icons
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
PC version details
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Full controller support
- Platforms
- Windows
- Achievements
- 30
- Steam features
- Cloud saves, Family Sharing
- Languages
- Full audio: English. Text only: French, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Portugal, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Spanish - Latin America.
Does Fallback use AI-generated content?
No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.
Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 27, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam
Tags
- Action Roguelike
- 2D Platformer
- Perma Death
- Hack and Slash
- Roguelite
- Souls-like
- Sci-fi
- 2.5D
- Exploration
- Difficult
- Platformer
- Fighting
- Roguelike
- 3D Platformer
- Procedural Generation
- Action
Recent updates
- Nov 3, 2020 · Steam Cloud saves, Bugfix, Chinese, Hungarian and Polish !
- Dec 17, 2019 · PATCH 1.2.3
- Oct 16, 2019 · Patch 1.1