The blurb at the top under the logo is actually a pretty apt description. I'd add that it's Hitman if 47 was chronically depressed and the shadowy corporation you work for isn't shadowy at all.

You'll be able to tell by looking at the screenshots if it's something you'd enjoy.

In a world where every FPS is a counterstrike clone, a 100-man orgy of RNG, a ""looter shooter"" (read: we can't balance equipment so it's randomly generated) or getting way too close to any of those things, Cruelty Squad is a breath of fresh air. Or putrid air. Find your targets. Kill them. Leave. Do this without dying. That's it. No tacticool nonsense or glittery gun textures, just breaking down doors and killing everything before it has a chance to even look at you. That makes it sound easy but you're just as squishy as your enemies and you're usually outnumbered. There's weird guns to bring home, secrets to find, organs to sell, fish to fish. It doesn't moralize at you in gameplay like most assassin or stealthy games. Why should I lose something for putting braindead corporate mechs and horrible "people" out of their misery. I think people play up the immersive sim bits. There's elements. You can listen to what NPCs have to say if you haven't scared them (including your targets, check 'em out). You have to deal with certain enemies in certain ways, or you can sneak past. There's multiple routes throughout levels, but I think that's mostly where it ends. It's such a vague term anyways. If you're a babyman that's scared of hitscans you won't like this game.

It's worth pointing out this is a game with one of the fastest early access turnarounds I've seen on Steam, something like 7 months from initial release to 1.0.

If you want something actually different and not something bluechecks and jornulizts are saying is unique but is the same regurgitated refuse from other games; try this.
If not; you can go back to the playground where Mommy Microsoft, Daddy Valve, creepy Uncles Activision-Blizzard, Epic Megagames, Tencent, Electronic Arts, Sony, and Ubisoft are all watching intently.