Metro Surge

Metro Surge is a single-player superhero action RPG in which players design their own hero, receive a random set of powers and fight for a city that does not yet know it needs them.

Players create a hero identity, then receive one of many power systems called Skill Shards. Combat is third-person action, with movement through the city in the style of Batman and fighting that the studio compares to Sifu. Powers include gliding, wall running and shockwave explosions.

Studio: Game Hermits

Country: Egypt/Saudi Arabia

Genre: Action RPG, superhero

Platform: PC (Steam)

Status: In development (prototype). The studio is aiming for a 2028 release.

Why it matters: Metro Surge is Game Hermits’ Cohort 3 entry in Exel by Merak’s accelerator and one of the few Egyptian games to take a place in a Saudi programme of this kind. It builds a superhero game around a randomised power system, so every player’s hero plays differently.

More to come as development progresses