I Am Your Beast is the finest wagyu expertly prepared by a Michelin star kitchen. There isn't an ounce of excess fat on the barnstorming, bloody, breakneck shooter—and lord knows it's absolutely dripping with flavor. That is very much by design.

Developer Strange Scaffold has made a name for itself as one of the most efficient studios in the game industry. The company, led by creative director Xalavier Nelson Jr., styles itself as a "human-centric" operation that strives to build video games in ways that are "better, faster, cheaper, and healthier."

It's a philosophy that has enabled the studio to release 15 projects in five years, with four of those (I Am Your Beast, Clickolding, Life Eater, and El Paso, Elsewhere) debuting…