One of the most contentious features in Pure Onyx has been its roguelite structure. Unlike a linear brawler, v0.95 requires players to run procedurally generated "sectors" to collect data shards and upgrade Onyx’s base stats.

The developer’s roadmap promises three additional boss fights and a "New Game Plus" mode that allows players to carry over their Augmentation Chips, which will be critical for the rumored "Hardcore Purity Run" achievement (completing the game without triggering any capture scenes).

He enters like a question with too many consonants. “Eromancer,” says the doorway’s patchwork poster, letters burnt at the edges. The man in the doorway tells stories by the scars on his knuckles and by a laugh that sometimes comes out soft enough to be mistaken for apology. He smells faintly of citrus and old secrets. His eyes are the kind that catalog; they log proclivities the way a botanist logs petals—precise, reverent, slightly clinical.

Version 0.95 introduces a "Combat Log" that, through environmental storytelling, reveals that Onyx is not just a fighter but a former corporate operative whose memories have been fragmented. The adult content is framed through "resonance flashbacks"—intrusive memories triggered by specific enemy types. This narrative device justifies the explicit nature of the game, making it feel less like a porn game and more like an arthouse cyberpunk thriller with NSFW elements.

The game supports controllers, though issues have been noted with Steam’s overlay and third-party PS5/PS4 drivers (like DS4Windows). Related Media