In lower than two weeks, a brand new cooperative horror recreation referred to as REPO on Steam has gone from 7,000 concurrent gamers to hitting over 145,000 customers on Valve’s platform (per SteamDB). To name the online-multiplayer expertise a shock hit might be an understatement. That is solely the second title from developer Semiwork, which beforehand created Voidigo.
REPOre stands for retrieve, extract, and revenue operation. As such, as much as six folks work collectively within the on-line cooperative recreation to achieve precious objects as quietly as potential. That is simpler than it sounds within the physics-based horror recreation, particularly in a gaggle setting with a “grabbing device.” However there are monsters listening and ready to make every part much more chaotic.
Semiwork has referred to as the burst in reputation for REPO “fairly the expertise,” because it’s the primary time the studio has utilized the Unity engine in addition to made a web based multiplayer recreation. The developer is busy with new options, enemies, and ranges for the horror game–as nicely as addressing bugs. Moreover, Semiwork is making an attempt to determine one of the simplest ways to handle hackers with out implementing anti-cheat techniques, since that might negatively have an effect on gamers utilizing mods.
Final however not least, a few enjoyable codes have been dished out by Semiwork about REPO. For instance, typing “/cinematic” within the textual content chat will take away the UI. Additionaly, the developer says you possibly can put “/greenscreen” into the chat for that characteristic to pop up in-game.
REPO is $10 on Steam Early Access. The web cooperative horror recreation launched February 26.