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Binary Domain

Critic score6 critics
First release
Feb 16, 2012
Publisher
Sega
Genres
Shooter, Puzzle · Action, Science fiction

The Machine Age has begun in the immersive and atmospheric squad-based shooter Binary Domain. Regain control of a futuristic Tokyo from an emerging robotic threat in the year 2080. The story starts when Dan Marshall and his squad are sent to bring the robotic community under control as they begin to infiltrate society and slowly take over undetected, leaving humans redundant in their wake. Fighting through the derelict lower levels of the city, players control an international peace-keeping squad that soon starts to question their surroundings and the choices they make. Are the robots becoming more human, or are humans becoming more like machines? Thrilling encounters with these highly intelligent robotic enemies require you to think tactically, make challenging, real-time moral decisions and build up trust with your team mates in order to guide your squad to safety and success.

Also known as バイナリー ドメイン

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Storyline
In the late 20th century, global warming consumed 75% of the world's habitable land, forcing mankind to build new, raised cities above those that are now claimed by the sea. But the flooding has not only claimed land. Millions of people have been killed as well, leaving humanity's workforce severely depleted, and as a result, have created a robotic workforce to handle the workload. To govern how this robotic workforce is treated, the UN creates the "New Geneva Convention", part of which is clause 21, which forbids robots that can pass as humans from being created, which are dubbed "hollow children" by the population. To enforce clause 21, the UN creates specialist R.U.S.T crews. When a hollow child breaks into the robotics company Bergen's headquarters, the UN, believing he is a hollow child who has lived his life as a human, suspects the Amada corporation of his creation. As a result, a R.U.S.T. crew is dispatched to bring Amada's CEO before the UN Security Council to answer questions.Read more

In the late 20th century, global warming consumed 75% of the world's habitable land, forcing mankind to build new, raised cities above those that are now claimed by the sea. But the flooding has not only claimed land. Millions of people have been killed as well, leaving humanity's workforce severely depleted, and as a result, have created a robotic workforce to handle the workload. To govern how this robotic workforce is treated, the UN creates the "New Geneva Convention", part of which is clause 21, which forbids robots that can pass as humans from being created, which are dubbed "hollow children" by the population. To enforce clause 21, the UN creates specialist R.U.S.T crews. When a hollow child breaks into the robotics company Bergen's headquarters, the UN, believing he is a hollow child who has lived his life as a human, suspects the Amada corporation of his creation. As a result, a R.U.S.T. crew is dispatched to bring Amada's CEO before the UN Security Council to answer questions.

Release dates
PlayStation 3
Feb 16, 2012
Xbox 360
Feb 16, 2012
PlayStation 3
Feb 23, 2012
All 9 release dates
Xbox 360
Feb 23, 2012
PlayStation 3
Feb 24, 2012
Xbox 360
Feb 24, 2012
PlayStation 3
Feb 28, 2012
Xbox 360
Feb 28, 2012
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Apr 27, 2012
Time to beatIGDB · recorded
Main Story
9h
Main + Extras
13h
Completionist
12h
Game modes
Co-operative, Multiplayer, Single player
Perspective
Third person
Where to buy
Keywords
cyberpunk, mech, invasion, robots, procedural generation
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At a Glance

Critic Score
72
Main Story (IGDB)
9h
Main + Extras (IGDB)
13h
Completionist (IGDB)
12h

Overview

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Steam users rate this Very Positive, 3,606 reviews in all languages, recorded 16 October 2026

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Multiplayer

  • Online multiplayerIGDB · 30 Oct
  • Online co-opIGDB · 30 Oct

Feature data: IGDB

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