Bank balance: ¥0. So she took the shadiest job she could find.

Shut-in gamer El suddenly loses every last yen in her bank account. As she despairs, her pet robot Puruya hands her a game: Byte de Baito — a job that pays you just for playing. It sounds way too good to be true.

BYTE SURVIVOR is a tinker-and-upgrade survivors-like where simple controls let you mow down massive hordes.

Battles are automatic. The carnage is not subtle.

Every attack fires on its own. In battle, all you do is move and aim your weapons. Anyone can instantly enjoy the thrill of melting the hordes that flood the screen. Enemies never shoot back — this isn't a bullet-dodging game. It's about how you handle the sheer mass bearing down on you.

But the job? That's all manual.

Your real work isn't fighting — it's mining. Gather resources to hit your quota, manage your oxygen on some stages, and work each site's mechanics. And since enemies turn vicious in the dark, keeping the lights on is part of the job too. The hordes are just workplace hazards. While auto-battle handles the fighting, your hands stay busy with work. One shift takes about 10 minutes — perfect for one more run before bed.

Build your power into your rig

Your work tool is your own PC. Swap in parts to power up your machine, mod your partner Puruya, and shape your weapons through skill trees. El suits up too — her "avatars," materialized from her inner psyche, change both her look and how she fights. Pick today's work outfit: lab-coated Hakase, profit-digging Digger, or hobby-obsessed Janshi. When a build clicks, the screen simply stops surviving. Max out your specs and dive deeper.

Quota met. Clock out — or work overtime?

This job has quotas. Earn enough and you're free to head home; get greedy, and overtime pays a bonus. But your PC keeps heating up while you mine, and when it hits its limit, the run ends — forcibly. The itch for one more payday versus a machine running hotter and hotter. Will you make it out on time today?

Every run reveals more of the story

Each shift you complete unlocks more of the story, and El's room slowly begins to change. Why did her bank balance vanish? What is Byte de Baito, really? Uncover the truth of this world at your own pace.

A world that's nostalgic — and a little weird

The stage: 2024, in another Japan whose history split from ours around the year 2000. A neon-pop cyberspace awaits, packed with creepy-cute enemies and a cast of lovable oddballs.

Grind to survive.