Routine

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"Routine is exactly what I wanted it to be."

"ROUTINE is an atmospheric horror film, fascinating but imperfect: punitive, divisive and deliberately anachronistic, it foregoes jump scares in favour of loneliness, tension and powerful aesthetics, capable of imposing a unique vision despite its limitations."

"Routine is a tense, atmospheric adventure through an unforgiving lunar base where everything is out to kill you. It has its imperfections, but, in the face of the narrative and puzzle craft that beckons you through every minute of Routine, …"

"Sci-fi horror game Routine has been a very long time coming, but unfortunately, it wasn&s;t worth the 13-year wait."

"Routine is one of those games that made me feel relief after finishing it. And I will never play it again. But not because it’s bad – on the contrary, it is a terrifying horror with a very immersive world. …"

"ROUTINE is an excellent puzzle-focused first-person horror game that, despite its slow pacing, is able to keep you at the edge of your seat for 10 hours straight, with a tense, rich atmosphere created by wonderful execution of its retro …"

"Routine offers a tense and atmospheric sci-fi horror experience that rewards careful exploration and attention, but its demanding design and lack of guidance may frustrate less patient players."

"Lunar Software’s title stands out as a gem of analog horror, offering a brilliant and immersive experience thanks to its suffocating atmosphere and obsessive attention to detail. Routine earns its well-deserved acclaim through its 1980s-inspired, analog world-building and a carefully …"

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"Routine is a short but intense horror focused on mood over action. Not for everyone, but truly distinctive."

"ROUTINE is an excellent, immersive horror experience that revels in building and maintaining tension, forcing the player to rely on their own wits to progress and survive. While some may be put off by the game’s slower, more methodical pace …"

"After several years in development and facing the risk of cancellation, Routine by Lunar Software finally arrives on PC and Xbox Series with a unique horror experience, born of a lost era yet possessing an impossible-to-ignore charm."

"ROUTINE may have been a long time coming, but it&s;s definitely well worth the experience now that it&s;s finally here, especially for fans of the horror genre. It keeps you immersed at all times thanks to its lack of UI …"

"ROUTINE combines a retro-futuristic aesthetic with an unnerving sense of dread to create an incredibly engaging and highly atmospheric horror experience."

"Scary monsters, beautiful locations, and a story that&s;s sadly lost in space."

"In conclusion, ROUTINE stands out as an experience that leaves a deep and lasting impression – not through what it explicitly shows, but through what it hints at, suggests, and allows to resonate long after the console or PC is …"

"Routine stands out. It targets a specific aesthetic, a specific vibe, and a specific cadence, and it pulls out every stop to land on those targets."

"There&s;s a wonderful creepiness to the robots. They&s;re superbly designed."

"ROUTINE is a strong warning that horror works best with restraint. It might not change the genre, but it confidently and skillfully repeats basic ideas. ROUTINE gives players who want a deep, thoughtful experience a memorable fall into isolation."

"Routine was a really cool experience and I enjoyed it a lot. I was completely drawn into the atmosphere of the game, I had some trouble with the robots, and most importantly, I had fun the whole time."

"Routine from developer Lunar Software and Raw Fury is a good space horror game filled with the right amount of intensity and fear, which is complemented by its gameplay elements. The only improvement needed is with the controls."

"What Routine lacks in quantity, it makes up for in staggering quality. It&s;s cassette futurism at its most tactile, with an aesthetic direction that&s;s only matched by the novelty of its CAT tool. Lunar Software raises the bar in sound …"

"Tasking you with exploring an abandoned lunar base and investigating what happened to it, Routine is a first-person horror game that will have you captivated from beginning to end thanks to its tense atmosphere and engaging puzzles."

"From the very moment your character wakes up in Routine, confined to a small room with nothing more than a perfunctory bed and shower, you can&s;t..."

"It may have taken Lunar Software&s;s Routine thirteen years to come out, but it just became one of my favorite horror games of all time, because, quite frankly, the game does everything right"

"ROUTINE is a perfect example of how experimenting with the horror genre can pay off fantastically. While the lack of a map and a proper pause screen can be frustrating, the difficulty makes each gameplay set piece feel far more …"

"Routine delivers tense, atmospheric space horror, clever puzzles and enemies, as well as a bold story twist, but a short runtime, weak late puzzles, and no pausing drags this horror game down."

"Stylish, subtle, and unsettling in equal measure, Routine surprised me in all the right ways, even though some mechanical aspects may frustrate and pull you out of the moment."

"This is a bold, uncompromising vision of horror. It rejects modern gaming conveniences in favor of deep immersion and palpable dread. While its "analog" design and lack of hand-holding will alienate some, those who crave a true survival horror experience …"

"With a truly spectacular retrofuturistic aesthetic, Routine delivers an immersive sci-fi horror that is incredibly tactile to play, impressively creating tension amongst the silence, but a disappointing ending, frustrating design choices and gameplay repetition stops it from reaching the stars."

"13 years have not been a waste. Routine is not a perfect horror game, but it is very thrilling, atmospheric and (in a good way) unfriendly."