Game profile
R.E.P.O.
As a team of salvage robots, players collect valuable items in abandoned buildings while dangerous creatures lurk in the dark. Careful play and team coordination decide between success and chaos.
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What kind of game this is
At its core this is Horror / Survival, set in a science fiction world. Visually it is deliberately stylised rather than photorealistic, and the overall tone stays dark throughout. The structure is guided rather than open, so you are moved along instead of dropped into a map. Sessions of an hour or two sit at the sweet spot here.
The difficulty is moderate and fair, demanding attention without punishing you for it. There is no story to speak of, the systems carry everything. Co-op is supported, so you can bring someone along. It runs on 2 platforms. It sits in the budget bracket.
What stands out
- Loot under pressure
- Avoid creatures
- Physics chaos
This fits you if
- you actually want to be scared
- you want your skill measured against other people
- cutscenes annoy you and you just want to play
- you have someone to play with
- you are watching your budget
- you prefer a darker, heavier tone
Look elsewhere if
- you play mainly for narrative
- you want something light and easy going
- you play alone, this needs other people
- you specifically want an open world to roam
How long is R.E.P.O.?
About 25 hours in total. At three evenings a week and two hours each, you will be busy for roughly 4 weeks, or 13 sessions.
How the rating ranks
Critics settled on 82 out of 100, which puts it above 40 percent of the 1276 games here and at rank 742 overall. That is mid-table for this database. Not a standout at the top, but solidly rated.
For comparison, Horror averages 80 points across the database, so this one sits 2 points above its own genre. The figure rests on 166 collected ratings.
Released in 2025, so it is current. Expect it to run well on modern hardware and still get patches.
The facts
- Release year
- 2025
- Genres
- Horror, Survival
- Playtime
- approx. 25 hrs.
- Difficulty
- Moderate, fair
- Story weight
- None, pure gameplay
- Play with
- Co-op
- Setting
- Sci-fi
- Visual style
- Stylised
- Price bracket
- Budget
- Platforms
- PC, Switch
- Critic rating
- 82 / 100
Direct comparison
| Genres | Release year | Playtime | Critic rating | Price bracket |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| R.E.P.O. | 2025 | approx. 25 hrs. | 82 | Budget |
| Barotrauma | 2023 | approx. 40 hrs. | 85 | Budget |
| Dead by Daylight | 2016 | Endless game | 67 | Budget |
| Cronos: The New Dawn | 2025 | approx. 15 hrs. | 81 | Full price |
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- 89/100 Dead Space (Remake 2023) Shared: Horror, Survival, Sci-fi, shorter
- 85/100 Signalis Shared: Horror, Survival, Sci-fi, shorter
- 65/100 The Callisto Protocol Shared: Horror, Survival, Sci-fi, shorter