Flatline

About

Flatline drops you in a neon-drenched city where you play as Scarlett, a cyborg assassin with a high-tech blade and bio-boosts. The action mixes platforming and close-quarters combat, letting you zip between enemies, stringing together slashes and dodges. Every fight demands careful pacing, overshoot your health threshold and it’s game over. The stages are compact but packed with patrolling drones that escalate in numbers and aggression. The dash-and-slash formula is crisp, with satisfying momentum-based combos that encourage risk-taking. While the story is lean and the runtime brief, the game’s polish and pacing earn praise from players, with several Reddit threads noting its addictive difficulty curve. As a student project from DigiPen’s 2020 graduating class, it shows the sharp design sensibilities of its creators. The challenge is steep but fair, making each run feel earned.