Graft

About

Graft is a survival horror RPG where you scavenge and adapt to survive in a collapsing sci-fi world. You play as a scavenger navigating the crumbling megastructure of the Arc, a once-vibrant biomechanical colony now devoured by darkness. Combat revolves around harvesting body parts from foes to graft onto yourself, altering your abilities and appearance. Each modification shifts your traits and relationships, blending resource management with moral trade-offs as you decide what parts to keep and who to trust. The world is a maze of shifting corridors, lethal ecosystems, and hostile survivors, all while the environment itself feels like an active threat. The game stands out for its body horror themes and reactive character system. Your choices about grafts and alliances directly impact how others interact with you, creating unpredictable social dynamics. Exploration rewards are balanced with risk, every new area offers tech or lore fragments but demands careful preparation. Though not a mainstream hit, it has built a cult following for its gritty aesthetic and gameplay that forces constant adaptation. The blend of survival mechanics with permadeaning character changes makes each playthrough feel like a desperate, evolving escape plan.

Storyline

The Arc is dying. You must escape. Once, it hung in the sky like a jeweled moon—a continent-sized station filled with biomechanically enhanced citizens, all working toward some greater purpose lost to time. Bodies were replaceable, resurrection assumed. Now your city—one of the last—has fallen, swallowed by the encroaching darkness of the station's slow death. Beyond its walls you find yourself in the Arc's decaying superstructure, where both power and light are precious resources. But the darkness isn't empty. It only feels that way at first. The Arc is packed with powerful and unsettling wonders, if only you can live long enough to extract them. Master forgotten technologies and unearth secrets as you traverse yawning chasms, self replicating labyrinths, and techno-catacombs in search of a way out. You are not the only survivor in the desolation. Form fragile alliances and build them into deeper relationships. Of course, anyone still living is likely both dangerous and treacherous, and that includes you. The choices you make will shape your journey and decide the fates of those you meet.