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SYSTEM//PURGE
A downloadable Simulation for Windows

SYSTEM//PURGE v1.0 — LAUNCH LOG

Agent Log – Timestamp: 2025-11-29

> INITIALIZING...
> CRITICAL CORRUPTION CONFIRMED
> PURGE PROTOCOL: ENGAGED

The cleaner is finally live.

SYSTEM//PURGE began as a single idea:
“What if your actual files became the dungeon?”

Much time, many headaches and one nervous breakdown later… here we are.

A full 50-sector traditional roguelike that:
- Mounts your real folders (Metadata only! There is no online functionality AT ALL. #retrolife)
- Turns your Downloads folder into a death maze
- Runs from one double-clickable .exe
- Never phones home
- Block it in your firewall if you want. It still works perfectly
- Has permadeath, CRT scanlines, zzfx micro-synth, and a boss that remembers every time you “killed” it

The Guardian has been watching.
It has retreated 9 times.
In Sector 50 it stops running.

 Launch Week Reality Check
- 50% off // $3.00 (Black Friday itch.io promotion)
- Price returns to $6 when the sale ends
- One-time purchase. All future sectors, patches, and nightmares included free.

If you enjoy it even a little, consider grabbing a copy.
Every purchase keeps the phosphor glowing and the Prime Intellect terrified.

https://chronowyncardworks.itch.io/system-purge

Now if you’ll excuse me…

I have a Sector 50 SysOp speedrun to fail spectacularly.

Stay corrupted,
- Chronowyn Cardworks
Last surviving maintainer of the cleaner

P.S. Yes, the game really does read your filenames.
No, it will never touch the contents.
Yes, you can nuke it in your firewall.
No, I’m still not telling you the ultra-secret-debug-mode-code.
Yes, Mac version is coming soon.

> END OF LINE

Files

  • SYSTEM_PURGE.exe 273 MB
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