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Repel the Rifts is a roguelite tower defense game where you lead a commander through an alien world, uncovering new terrain each wave, drafting powerful upgrades, and constructing defenses to hold back the chaos.
Repel The Rifts is a tower defense, roguelike and mechs game
developed by RefinedBearGames
and published by Goblinz Publishing and WR game.
Released on November 24th 2025 is available on Windows, Linux, Steam Deck and Steam Machine
in 7 languages: English, Simplified Chinese, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese and Korean.
It has received 353 reviews of which 297 were positive and 56 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.8 out of 10. 😊
The game is currently priced at 12.99€ on Steam, but you can find it for 1.90€ on Eneba.
The Steam community has classified Repel The Rifts into these genres:
Tower Defense
Roguelike
Mechs
Sci-fi
Tactical
Turn-Based
Roguelite
Space
Turn-Based Tactics
Strategy
Pixel Graphics
Resource Management
2D
Isometric
Singleplayer
Indie
Early Access
Here is the detailed breakdown of supported languages for Repel The Rifts:
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| Korean | |||
| Spanish - Spain | |||
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| Japanese |
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Windows
- Processor: 2 GHz
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Storage: 200 MB available space
Linux
- Processor: 2 GHz
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Storage: 200 MB available space
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I really enjoyed this game and played it solid for a couple days. Beat it on hardest difficulty with all heroes. The different heroes create different strats and I think they are well designed. This TD falls into the same trap as others of it's kind, you get penalized for picking new towers! It is much better to stack all tower buffs on 1 type and use the others for support. Think about it, 4 tower types with +25% damage or 1 tower with 100% damage and gets the anomaly spots (bonus placement). When you pick new towers it also dilutes the upgrade pool. There is 1 hero that counters this that has a special tower that gets the on hit effects of surrounding towers. In that case it is worth having and upgrading 4 tower types. In 2 days of playing, I have worked my way through all the content. I got it on sale for $8. What other entertainment can I get for that price? Worth it, but dont expect a master piece here. Tower Dominion does it better in all aspects. Prevents focus on 1 tower, has a large variety of commanders. Better map generation. So many more hours to play to master. Also twice the cost but for 4x the game
Soft recommendation: I love the gameplay (as a fan of tower defense), I love the art, I love the music. Definitely can get repetitive as it is right now, but for an early access it's very promising. I'd love to see techs to make 3 of the non-Pathfinder commanders do more during battles, and PLEASE for the love of god add an Undo button during deployment.
While I'm giving the game a thumbs up, I do believe the game needs more content for this price. That said, it is only early access, so I'm hoping there's more level varieties/locations/objectives added in the future. Because as it is, once you beat the demo, the game itself isn't really any different. You do get to unlock additional characters, but you're only going to be doing the same basic surveying mission every time. Perhaps having each character unlock a new location exclusive to that new character, until you beat it. Then it becomes open to all characters (that you've unlocked). Maybe even a handful of new units in the new locations as well. Still, very fun, even if short. Bangin' soundtrack, too. Loving the Bad Boys (1995) vibes (music sounds like the stakeout music lol).
I recommend this game, with some caveats. It's fun and I enjoy it, there's just not much depth or content, especially at the full price (I paid around $12 for it, a better price would be about $3 in its current state). Most of the upgrades are just % increases to different abilities, and many of the upgrades or characters are so clearly bad they're not worth considering (for example, upgrades to commander health or the class that uses money for meh abilities... it's so junk I forgot the name of it). Many of the tech tree perks don't really do anything except allow new upgrades at the market, or give miniscule stat bonuses. It really needs more decisions that feel like they change or impact the game in meaningful and interesting ways. It could also use a campaign mode or something, where different planets impact the towers and demons differently. Overall, I did enjoy my time with it and hope more content and interesting decisions will be added.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Repel The Rifts is currently priced at 12.99€ on Steam.
No, Repel The Rifts is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 12.99€ on Steam.
Yes, Repel The Rifts received 297 positive votes out of a total of 353 achieving a rating of 7.83.
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Repel The Rifts was developed by RefinedBearGames and published by Goblinz Publishing and WR game.
Yes, Repel The Rifts is playable and fully supported on Windows.
No, Repel The Rifts is not playable on MacOS.
Yes, Repel The Rifts is playable and fully supported on Linux.
Yes, Repel The Rifts is playable and fully supported on Steam Deck.
Yes, Repel The Rifts is playable and fully supported on Steam Machine.
No, Repel The Rifts does not support VR.
Repel The Rifts is a single-player game.
Yes, there is a DLC available for Repel The Rifts. Explore additional content available for Repel The Rifts on Steam.
No, Repel The Rifts does not support mods via Steam Workshop.
No, Repel The Rifts does not support Steam Remote Play.
Yes, Repel The Rifts is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.
You can find solutions or submit a support ticket by visiting the Steam Support page for Repel The Rifts.
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Online players
13
Developer
RefinedBearGames
Publisher
Goblinz Publishing,
WR game
Release
24 Nov 2025
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