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"This game contains depictions of violence, self harm, and general misery," opens Casualties: Unknown, a short but still considerate content warning for the survival game ahead. Boy howdy is that last one accurate! We'll get back to that, first, how about some setup.

Casualties: Unknown is set in the year 2XXX, and you are a bioengineered anthropomorphic creature capable of thought that has been sent to a planet to recover some lost cargo. Upon arriving at said planet, you must essentially head downwards, as far as I can tell, through 11 layers of this alien world. It is a game very much about simulation . Simulating physics, lighting, and the like, all to make you conscious of your every move, ever so slightly like a Noita , but for furries.…