Platforms
- PCOct 14, 20218.2playscore8.013 Critics9.013.9K Players
- PlayStation 5Oct 14, 20218.2playscore7.88 Critics9.2465 Players
- Xbox Series X|SOct 14, 20217.6playscore8.07 Critics7.2520 Players
- PlayStation 4Oct 14, 2021NAplayscoreNA0 CriticsNA0 Players
- Xbox OneOct 14, 2021NAplayscoreNA0 Critics7.3554 Players
23 critic reviews · 1 community reviews across all platforms
Critic Reviews
- The Riftbreaker is a fantastic game that combines multiple genres into a fun experience. The base-building and resource management are deep and rewarding, the combat is fast-paced and satisfying, and the random maps ensure that each playthrough offers something new.
Tom Henry · Jul 28, 2024 Reviewed on PCRead full review - Overall, The Riftbreaker is a rather good game that manages to properly do what it sets out to. That said, due to the genre combination it ends up as a jack-of-all-trades but a master of none. This means that the game is quite alright in its respective genres, but never truly excels at what it presents you with
Noparg · Dec 01, 2021 Reviewed on PCRead full review - Despite my lack of experience with base building strategy games, I still thoroughly enjoyed my time with The Riftbreaker. The way it smartly balances out its story progression and combat made it more accessible to a player like me, while still offering plenty of challenge later on. While I do wish the act of balancing so many home bases and resources was easier, overall the blend of genre’s gave me shots of hectic fun with my growing pains of learning the best tricks. This will be a game I will continue to go back to.
Jordan Hawes · Nov 16, 2021 Reviewed onRead full review - For people that love Stardew Valley and wanted to see it collide with a kaleidoscope of other genres with a Sci-Fi coat of paint are in for a ride. For those that shudder at the sound of the words ‘Stardew Valley’ avoid.
AJ Small · Oct 27, 2021 Reviewed on Series X|SRead full review - The focus placed by The Riftbreaker's gameplay loop on resource management may be too monotonous for some players. It's a game that focuses on its base-building mechanics more than its Action RPG mechanics. Still, it's a decent mixture of both that can either be loved or hated by players.
Ule Lopez · Oct 26, 2021 Reviewed on PCRead full review - The Riftbreaker is a fantastic blend of real-time strategy and bullet hell combat that provides an intense challenge and an addictive RPG loop. Its story and characters are aggressively forgettable and its numerous bugs leave it feeling a bit unpolished, but it succeeds at so much during its 50-hour campaign that I’ll remember it for a long time to come… once I recover from the various panic attacks it induced.
Travis Northup · Oct 21, 2021 Reviewed on PC, PS5, Series X|SRead full review - With a lengthy campaign that supports every aspect of its genre-bending gameplay, The Riftbreaker feels like a momentous big-budget release. Thankfully, its amazing visuals that scale well from less powerful rigs all the way to the latest GPUs keeps its aesthetic an eye-popping selling point across multiple setups. The fact that it can also showcase that graphical prowess on the latest consoles and still provide a refined strategy experience makes this a special entry into the genre. EXOR Studios has delivered a surprisingly great single-player experience that offers dozens of hours of thoughtful play.
Alex Santa Maria · Oct 20, 2021 Reviewed on PCRead full review - The Riftbreaker has nothing like that; it simply throws mission after mission, objective after objective, at you, almost as if it’s afraid that once you turn it off, you’re not going to want to turn it back on.
Fox Doucette · Oct 18, 2021 Reviewed on PCRead full review - It is such a wild mix of incredibly deep base buildings with light tower defense, and excellent twin-stick shooting. The type of game idea is that you smack your head and go “of course, this is brilliant”.
Jesse Norris · Oct 14, 2021 Reviewed on Series X|SRead full review - This isn’t for everyone, to be sure. Less of a sprint and more of a marathon, the challenge of The Riftbreaker is both sustained and intense. This means things like pacing hiccups feel a lot more potent. Even if the prospect of an extended campaign like this seems daunting, the game’s lush visuals are a soothing balm. If you want something more out of the RTS genre, The Riftbreaker will have what you’re looking for.
James Paley · Oct 14, 2021 Reviewed on PS5Read full review
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Community Reviews
- Rated on PC
About the game
Trailers & Screenshots:
You play the role of captain Ashley S. Nowak - you are the Riftbreaker, an elite scientist/commando inside a powerful Mecha-Suit. Enter a one-way portal to Galatea 37, a distant planet at the far reaches of the Milky Way Galaxy, with the purpose of building up a base that will allow travel back to Earth and further colonization. Ashley's Mecha-suit, which she calls "Mr. Riggs", can withstand the harshest environmental conditions and has a full range of equipment for base construction, resource extraction, gathering specimens and of course - combat. It is capable of traveling through rifts that connect space across vast distances.
Developer: EXOR Studios