Cruelty Squad casts the player as an emotionally dead operative working for a subsidiary that carries out wetworks for a corporate conglomerate. Its missions unfold in settings such as offices, suburbs, police stations and secret compounds, with targets to kill or destroy before reaching an exit. The premise is deliberately grim, pairing corporate drudgery with surreal details like enemies that include flower hybrids and the option to throw toilet bowls.
The game’s tactical first-person shooting is built around choices rather than a single prescribed route. Missions offer multiple approaches, and players can plan equipment loadouts, select lethal or non-lethal options, and use a varied arsenal ranging from a silenced pistol to a corrosive gas launcher. Hidden equipment and levels reward exploration, while revisiting completed missions to improve times and pursue S-ranks gives the objective-based structure a score-chasing edge. The store description also notes advanced death mechanics and a stock and organ market simulation, adding further layers to its abrasive design.
As a single-player game, Cruelty Squad is organized around individual mission runs, experimentation and replay, rather than shared sessions. It is a useful context for understanding the kind of play represented, without reducing the game’s distinctive design to a headcount.
