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R.E.P.O.

semiwork

2025•Strategy

Taste attributes: actionhorrorscience fictionmonster/alien/supernaturalrobots/ai/spacefresh & originalunsavouryheavyimaginarygrittybig & variedfighting evilhuman spirit/resilience/survivalrescue/escape/jeopardyunderdog triumphs

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Boxlist takeA fantastical, dark strategy game: fresh and serious. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.

Pace: balanced · Originality: fresh · Tone: very dark · Weight: heavy · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: gritty · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score

IGDB rating

72 / 100

168 ratings

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About This Game

R.E.P.O. (Retrieve, Extract and Profit Operation) is an online cooperative survival horror game for up to six players, developed by Swedish studio Semiwork using the Unity engine. Players are tasked with locating valuable physics-based objects within procedurally generated environments and carefully transporting them to extraction points without damaging them, all while avoiding hostile creatures. Between levels, players spend earned currency on permanent upgrades, weapons, and tools at a service station. The game emphasizes verbal coordination and strategic planning among teammates.

Summary: IGDB

Story

R.E.P.O. takes place in a quiet, post-apocalyptic world where humanity has seemingly vanished. Skeletons remain frozen in ordinary, everyday positions inside untouched structures, hinting at a sudden and mysterious extinction event. In the vacuum left by mankind, players assume the role of "Semibots"—humanoid, pill-shaped retrieval droids equipped with gravity-manipulation tools. The Semibots operate under the strict servitude of the "Taxman," a mysterious, detached Overseer AI that communicates exclusively through a bizarre distortion of emojis—most notably a crying-laughing icon. The Taxman...

Characteristics

Where this game sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast

FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal

DarkTONEWholesome

LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy

FantasyREALISMRealistic

SimpleINTRICACYIntricate

Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear

UnderstatedSTYLEStylised

IntimateSCALEEpic

RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

ActionHorrorScience fictionMonster/alien/supernaturalRobots/ai/spaceFighting evilHuman spirit/resilience/survivalRescue/escape/jeopardyUnderdog triumphs

Keywords

Cosmic horrorRogueliteOnline coopProximity voice chatMoneyUpgrades

Where to play

Steam

Details

Developer: semiwork
Publisher: semiwork
Released: 26 February 2025
Platforms: Nintendo Switch 2, PC (Microsoft Windows)
Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Perspective: First person
Time to beat: 350h rushed
Taste scores: How we score
Source: IGDB

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