The Company Man

About

In The Company Man you play Jim a recent grad thrust into the chaotic hierarchy of Good Water Company. Navigate surreal office departments like a frostbitten accounting wing and HR’s endless paper maze. Use desks chairs and software to fend off absurd threats while climbing floors to reach the executive suite. Combat involves slinging emails as projectiles and leveraging office supplies in platforming puzzles. Progression relies on mastering each department’s gimmicks to survive increasingly ridiculous challenges. The game’s sharp satire of corporate culture stands out with over 80% positive reviews on Steam. Players praise its creative level design and dark humor turning mundane tasks into action set pieces. Forust’s indie title blends side scrolling platforming with RPG elements letting you upgrade skills to handle micromanaging supervisors and malfunctioning copiers. The pixel art style and quirky character interactions keep the tone light despite Jim’s Sisyphean climb toward a promotion that may or may not exist.

Storyline

Jim finally graduates from university, ready to launch his epic career in the Good Water Company. But things quickly spiral into insanity as he finds himself fighting to avoid getting fired. Jim must learn the quirks of each department, from the air-conditioned ice lands of accounting to the mountains of paperwork in human resources, beating every floor on his journey to the top.