Section 13 on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information

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Unravel a thrilling sci-fi mystery in this action-packed twin-stick roguelite shooter. Select your load-out, stack up temporary and persistent upgrades, and delve into the depths of a subterranean base, either alone or in a group of up to 3 players.

Section 13 is a early access, dark and top-down shooter game developed by Ocean Drive Studio and Inc. and published by Ocean Drive Studio, Inc. and Kakao Games.
Released on July 19th 2023 is available only on Windows in 10 languages: English, Korean, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese and Japanese.

It has received 667 reviews of which 463 were positive and 204 were negative resulting in a rating of 6.7 out of 10. 😐

The game is currently priced at 19.50€ on Steam.


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System requirements

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Windows
  • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
  • OS: Windows 10 x64
  • Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i3 or AMD equivalent
  • Memory: 8 GB RAM
  • Graphics: GeForce GTX 960 or Radeon equivalent with 2 GB VRAM
  • DirectX: Version 11
  • Network: Broadband Internet connection
  • Storage: 10 GB available space
  • Sound Card: DirectX compatible sound card

User reviews & Ratings

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March 2025
Awesome rogue-lite, snappy controls and action, enough upgrades and discoveries/variety for some mad "just one more run" feels - I played solo and had a blast, I can imagine co-op is epic fun :)
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March 2025
Fun game, but devs at the start making me wait 2 mins to enter the area and listen to all the dialog almost made me quit and refund. Do not waste players times, give them the option to skip everything and get right into the action!
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Feb. 2025
I love this game, its a game I have been wishing and waiting for, after playing the ascent I needed something more similar yet zombie like survivor and this really hit the spot, I have just finished the boss and was hoping for a second run but sadly that was it.
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Oct. 2024
I haven't played it before it changed to Section 13 but what they have is pretty fun. Needs more media advertising to get the word out maybe? Literally found this on accident. It has the foundations of something good.
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Aug. 2024
TL;DR - a vocal minority of the players are misconstruing how the game is evolving in order to review bomb it. The game is good, *does/will still have co-op*, and I'm excited to see where the new direction takes it. At $13 it's absolutely worth it, even more so at the present $10 sale price. That's the cost of a drive-thru meal and you'll get way more enjoyment from this. In fact I've bought several copies for friends just to play with them. Don't listen to the massive influx of negative reviews; it's just your standard review bomb tantrum. The long version: The game is getting review bombed by people who can't read. Don't buy into it. The developers had a small but competent "tactical twin-stick co-op shooter". It received a middling reception and they added a single player component which, while technically there, was nothing to write home about. But they got positive community feedback so they have recently announced a pretty large pivot to more of that gameplay so that, if you wish, you can have a compelling single-player narrative or play co-op. However, the gaming community is going to gaming community and everyone misinterpreted this as "co-op is going away". It's not. They've stated like 3 times over two posts it's not. The co-op is being temporarily disabled while they implement new systems and that is making the community go apeshiii resulting in said review bomb. With that out of the way - TO REITERATE THERE IS STILL CO-OP - they are also changing some of the game systems. The prior version (when it was called "Blackout Protocol") was attempting to be a "tactical" shooter. You had limited ammo, there were different damage types, and a sort of locked-in upgrade path for the weapons you picked up. While all that sounds nice, it didn't play out quite as well as it needed to, so those systems are getting an overhaul into what can be considered more of an "action" format. However, since this is still EA so bear in mind none of this is final. They put out a demo - go peep it - and are asking for feedback. Bear in mind these changes were made *because of community feedback*. Key changes are ammo is now unlimited but requires a reload. Which is fine because ammo management was never really a major problem before. They removed psychic damage and, again, it was kind of irrelevant except for one or two enemies which could only (or primarily) be damaged by psychic weapons. They also changed how you dodge rolled and overhauled the in-mission and meta upgrade systems to be more streamlined - you're now going to get more of the classic "pick one of three" throughout the missions and you're no longer locked in to certain upgrades based on the RNG of the weapons you picked up. Finally, they're adding pickups that provide narrative elements. In short, they are changing to a less "tactics" oriented experience because it didn't really work. Whether that's your bag is a matter of opinion but IMO the changes they've announced are almost all universally good things. I enjoyed the old Blackout Protocol but it definitely had its problems, was short, and grew stale very quickly. It sounds like the changes are going to address those complaints. But, again, you wouldn't get that from the very reasonable community which is now review bombing a small, independent, like 30 person studio based on a misunderstanding of changes most of them haven't even experienced yet. It's your standard tempest in a teapot that, ironically, damages the product these folks purport to love.
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Frequently Asked Questions

Section 13 is currently priced at 19.50€ on Steam.

Section 13 is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 19.50€ on Steam.

Section 13 received 463 positive votes out of a total of 667 achieving a rating of 6.67.
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Section 13 was developed by Ocean Drive Studio and Inc. and published by Ocean Drive Studio, Inc. and Kakao Games.

Section 13 is playable and fully supported on Windows.

Section 13 is not playable on MacOS.

Section 13 is not playable on Linux.

Section 13 offers both single-player and multi-player modes.

Section 13 includes Co-op mode where you can team up with friends.

Section 13 does not currently offer any DLC.

Section 13 does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

Section 13 does not support Steam Remote Play.

Section 13 is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.

You can find solutions or submit a support ticket by visiting the Steam Support page for Section 13.

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Section 13
6.7
463
204
Game modes
Multiplayer
Features
Online players
5
Developer
Ocean Drive Studio, Inc.
Publisher
Ocean Drive Studio, Inc., Kakao Games
Release 19 Jul 2023
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