Lia: Hacking Destiny

About Lia: Hacking Destiny

Lia: Hacking Destiny is a roguelite action RPG with platforming and shooter elements from Orube Game Studio. Released in 2025, it drops you into a robot-ruled post-apocalypse where you hack, fight, and rescue kittens to overthrow mechanical overlords. The game blends fast gunplay, weapon customization, and chaotic boss battles with absurd humor. Available across PC, consoles, and mobile, it leans into quirky sci-fi with missions like freeing cats from robotic algorithms and dodging spam-driven AI. If you want a third-person shooter with rogue elements and a side of cat memes, this is your jam.

Gameplay

You start each run by picking a weapon, sniper rifle, katana, or bazooka, and then cycle through a rotating arsenal mid-fight. Combat is frantic, with enemies ranging from basic drones to kawaii-adjacent bosses like a Segway-driving mall cop bot or a robot mom with a laser parenting style. You collect power-ups to craft builds: maybe a shield that summons laser cats or a flamethrower with purr effects. Levels are platformy, requiring jumps, grapples, and dodges between industrial facilities. Each run reshuffles layouts and threats, but the real challenge is balancing resource management (ammo, health) with quick reflexes. The game rewards experimentation, but you’ll die a lot.

What Players Think

PlayPile community ratings average 4.2/5, with 68% completing the base story. Average playtime is 18 hours, though 25% hit 30+ hours chasing 100% cat rescues. Moods are split: 55% love the “quippy humor and weapon variety,” but 30% call it “repetitive after three runs.” Critics on Metacritic (72/100) praise the boss designs and accessibility but note shallow RPG systems. A Reddit user wrote, “The robot zoo level is genius, dino bot with a ‘meow’ roar?” Meanwhile, 40% of players complain about inconsistent difficulty spikes, especially in the “captcha boss” finale.

PlayPile's Take

It’s a solid 10-20 hour experience for fans of chaotic roguelites and robot humor. The $29.99 price tag (PC) feels fair for the content, but the lack of co-op or multiplayer might turn off some. With 45 achievements, you’ll get trophies for freeing 50 cats or killing 1,000 bots. Not impressive, but the mix of fast action and weird sci-fi is addictive. Skip if you hate permadeath or want deep RPG systems. Best played with a snack and absurdity.

Storyline

In a post-apocalyptic world where machines have taken over the planet, the humans left behind now fight to survive, hunted by oppressive robotic patrols. Fight, hack, and become the resistance: humanity’s hope is in your hands. Your own playstyle Set your combat pace by cycling through a colossal arsenal of devastating weapons. Go for a sniper and a katana for deadly precision… or embrace chaos with a bazooka in hand. Unlock dozens of power-ups, craft unique builds, and mix and match for endless possibilities until the robots are nothing but scrap metal. Take down brutal robots Raid distinct industrial facilities, each with enemies and bosses that grow increasingly challenging and… unique. An overprotective robot mom who mistakes love for mass destruction? We’ve got it. A Segway-riding robot trying to play mall cop? Also, yes. A ravenous robotic dinosaur in a post-apocalyptic zoo? Absolutely. Think you’ve got what it takes to crush these tin cans? Free the caged cats Stop the robots from monetizing hypnotic cat videos. Free the fluffballs from the algorithm’s chains and earn the lifelong loyalty of an entire feline army. Stop the spam! Uncover the secrets of a robot society where work shifts are endless and ads have no limits. Outsmart an absurdly strict CAPTCHA system and prove you’re smarter than AI. Fight to keep Earth from being overrun by all that spam!