The Riftbreaker
October 14, 2021
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 …
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"The Riftbreaker is one of the most rewarding games that I&s;ve ever played. With that in mind, that sense of accomplishment will come after many stressful moments and heartbreaking failures which could have been alleviated with some more intuitive mechanics."
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85.0
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96.0
Story
88.0
"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 …"
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70.0
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75.0
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80.0
"Very unique mix of base-building strategy, survival and Action-RPG. But in later stage it is extremely hard."
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85.0
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80.0
Story
90.0
"The Riftbreaker will throw you on an alien planet both lush and unforgiving, in what could be the perfect mix between a survival RTS and an action/shooter game."
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70.0
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45.0
Story
60.0
"The Riftbreaker tries to combine multiple genres in a base-building tower-defense action RPG, but bad voice acting and frustrating design choices ruin the experience."
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85.0
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70.0
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65.0
"The Riftbreaker successfully blends real-time strategy, tower defense and twin-stick action alongside a stunning and surprising visual compartment. A bit more could have been done to simplify the management of all the elements with a controller, but when it all …"
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70.0
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85.0
Story
60.0
"The Riftbreaker is an excellent mix of many interesting genres, which in the new formula can draw you in like a swamp. There is nothing to wonder, you have to take and play!"
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75.0
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85.0
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65.0
"I didn’t know what I wanted out of The Riftbreaker. But the result feels both natural and necessary. Of course, you would blend careful base planning with high-speed swarms of monsters. Why wouldn’t we mix these three ideas into one? …"
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30.0
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90.0
Story
65.0
"It is such a wild mix of incredibly deep base building with light tower defense, and excellent twin-stick shooting. The type of game idea that you smack your head and go “of course, this is brilliant”."
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60.0
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75.0
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65.0
"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 …"
Read original review"The Riftbreaker is a genuine challenge throughout. The world is beautiful and the campaign is superb."
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25.0
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25.0
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25.0
"The Riftbreaker is a special experience."
Read original review"The Riftbreaker is a great combination of real-time strategy, tower defence and bullet hell combat. Thanks to its hilarious RPG elements, large amount of equipment and extensive tech tree, it is a very sophisticated work. The Riftbreaker will clearly become …"
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75.0
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90.0
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40.0
"The Riftbreaker is a wonderful defencee game with excellent actions. Collecting, adventure, and combat are harmoniously mixed. However, repeating play routines at late phase is boring. It would be much more fun If unexpected factors were added."
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70.0
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85.0
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40.0
"The Riftbreaker is an addictive, complex, and satisfying RTS/bullet hell hybrid, even while it suffers from some very noticeable performance issues."
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60.0
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35.0
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25.0
"The focus placed by The Riftbreaker&s;s gameplay loop on resource management may be too monotonous for some players. It&s;s a game that focuses on its base-building mechanics more than its Action RPG mechanics. Still, it&s;s a decent mixture of both …"
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