R.E.P.O.

R.E.P.O. (Retrieve, Extract and Profit Operation) is a cooperative horror game with live physics from a small Swedish studio, Semiwork, based in Uppsala, which previously released the action roguelike Voidigo (a roguelike is a genre with procedural levels and permanent death). The game came out in Early Access on February 26, 2025, and quickly became one of the most discussed co-op horror games of the year.

The game loop is built around teamwork: up to 6 players enter procedurally assembled creepy locations and use a physics-based grabbing tool to drag valuable (and absurdly funny) objects to the extraction point, earning the in-game currency SURPLUS. The main point is the live physics: furniture tips over, items slide and bounce, and a careless move drops fragile cargo and attracts monsters that react to sound and mass. Between runs, SURPLUS is spent on upgrades, weapons and gear at the Service Station. Every run has a new map layout.

The second key hook is proximity voice chat: players' voices fade as they move away from each other. This is what makes R.E.P.O. both creepy and funny at once: fear when a monster jumps out from around a corner, and laughter when a teammate yells into the microphone and drops the cargo. This "scary + funny = streamable" quality spread the game through dozens of top streamers (Valkyrae, ironmouse, Sykkuno, auronplay) and viral clips on TikTok and YouTube Shorts.

By March 2025, R.E.P.O. reached a peak of 271,571 concurrent players (March 23, according to SteamDB) and became the top-selling paid game of the week on Steam, ahead of Split Fiction and Baldur's Gate 3. On Twitch, the game stayed in the top 15 by peak viewers throughout its first month. In November 2025, R.E.P.O. received the Golden Joystick Award for Best Early Access Game.

If you are a fan of Lethal Company or Content Warning, R.E.P.O. has the same core, but with deeper physics and up to 6 players. Unlike Lethal Company, there is no strict timer here (in LC, the window runs from 8:00 to 24:00), and the mechanics scale better in groups of 5-6 people.

Localization: the official interface and subtitles are in English only. Russian is available through an unofficial mod from the RTLC team (Russian Translate Localisation Crew) on Thunderstore with the BepInEx loader, the same team that provides the Russian translation for Schedule I. Because of frequent Early Access updates, the mod sometimes falls behind. Semiwork confirmed work on official localization for the release of version 1.0 (~2026); specific languages have not been announced yet. The regional price in Turkey and Argentina is lower because of the official regional pricing set by the rights holder.

R.E.P.O. is a cooperative online horror game from the Swedish studio Semiwork: a team of up to 6 players pulls valuable objects out of creepy locations with a physics-based grabbing tool, without breaking the cargo or waking the monsters. Live physics, proximity voice chat, procedural levels. A viral hit of 2025: peak of 271K players, Golden Joystick award for Best Early Access Game. The interface is in English (official Russian is in development).