The story of Riftbreaker, not the story in the game, but the story *of* the game, is a fascinating one, and one which the big development studios should take notice of. This review is being written August 25, 2025, when the Co-Op function was added to the game, but I've been playing it since release. I would have recommended it back then, but now I absolutely have to. This game was made with no intention of multiplayer functionality, but because it's the perfect kind of game to play with friends, there was a huge outpouring of requests for it and the devs at EXOR set about the herculean task of adding multiplayer. Through the long saga of this function's development, they've kept up a regular series of updates on the process, but didn't skimp on regular gameplay content releases at the same time. EXOR is an exemplar of game development studios, willing to put in the hard work for something their community deeply desires. As for the game itself, if you liked the factorybuilder gam...

Used to have a blast playing this game. Waited years for the coop mode and was really looking forward to it. The end result was... mediocre. If it was [i]just[/i] the addition of coop than that would have been great. Sadly the game came with a complete overhaul that makes everything just feel like a complete slog to get done. I don't care for the new boss mechanics in the slightest. Boss fights are supposed to be entertaining. These are just [b]cheap and annoying[/b]. Wish I could say I still enjoyed this game but the 2.0 update has changed this from something to play for fun, to something that just feels like a never ending laundry list of boring chores. A bunch of busy work to waste your time.

I like ARPG's. I like factory sims. I like this game, because it's an insanely good casual combination of the two genres.

i do not give a CRAP what anyone says. If you like to explore, fight, shoot, set traps, drop mines, spikes, drones, NUCLEAR MINES etc every elemental gun you can think of every melee weapon you can think of and realize you are piloting a robot in third person to fight explore do what you wand AND THEN..... buld walls a base power sats radar etc.... This game has it ALL. i cound myself playing for 12 hours in a row didnt eat piss shit nothing.... THen i realized real life is a calling. THATS how much this game can grip you. Say what you want. THis game is GOOD!!!

Fantastic builder and combat survival game. If you like Factorio but want more combat then this game is for you.

New update nerfed resource rates and added high resource costs to research that already took ages to finish. Not a fan anymore =/ This game was already a time sink and its clear they don't care about wasting your entire life playing it now. Zero respect for your time spent.

Tried out the game, played a few hours into release and I loved the idea! Killing bugs, build base and automation. But because there was effectively just one map I decided to wait a few years for proper release. Now after 4 years of development and Update 2.0 i believe that the developer did not have a good idea what a good game about automation and killing bugs is. What I remember from my coop playthough after trying a few times to get a good start is just constant bla bla bla ALSHLEY bla bla WE NEED TO KILL BUG bla bla bla NO THE NATURE WE CANNOT! bla bla bla. Unsinkable BS. bla bla bla all the time, and most of it is on timer, unskipable... I tried to finish the game with it's DLC but just waiting game, waiting for them to stop talking so we can get to some action... For them to start taking again but this time on a new map. Just talking. Running around while they talk, getting bored while they talk. There is no actual automation in this game, it's done within 30 seconds and again ...

Endlessly fun mix of combat and base-building, you can really lean into either one to make the game work. A super-dedicated dev team that has put out countless amazing updates.

If you like arpg's and you like factory sims like factorio, satisfactory, etc.... get this game. Holy hell and the nine above they did so much work based around the deluge of demands for coop (I partook in that nightmarish mob). It was a genuine treat to watch the progress of the game as the devs took it upon themselves to rework the entire game from the ground up while showing us EVERYTHING and holding nothing back. Good god the amount of techno babble from the devs was confusing but appreciated. Now on to the game: - Stellar optimization - Coop - Engaging combat with multiple massive research trees - Base creation base creation base creation base creation - Multiple biomes full of unique flora and fauna as well as innumerable hostile and less-than-hostile creatures to savagely eviscerate. - Two enjoyable characters (the MC and the mech ai).

I want to like this game. I really do. It has everything I like. But gotdang, that bloom hurts my eyes so much, I want to play this at night and it just HURTS. Please add an option to remove bloom...