The Riftbreaker

The Riftbreaker

EXOR Studios · 2021 · Base Building, Online Co-Op, Multiplayer, Tower Defense, Survival

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About The Riftbreaker

✦ AI summary

Build a sprawling industrial base on an alien planet to construct a rift home to Earth while defending against increasingly hostile creatures. Combine deep factory-building strategy with intense tower defense combat across procedurally generated biomes, playable solo or with up to 4 friends in co-op.

BASE BUILDING

Your task is to construct a two-way rift back to Earth. It is a very complex invention and requires enormous amounts of energy. Simple solar collectors and a few tons of steel will not be enough. You will need to build up a complex chain of mines, refineries, powerplants and research facilities to complete this mission.

DEFENSE

Your presence on this planet will not go unnoticed. As you build up your industry and disrupt the natural order, the world will start seeing you as a threat. Build up your defenses. Construct walls, barriers and defense towers as the attacks get stronger with every passing day. You will face thousands of hostile creatures trying to eliminate your presence.

EXPLORATION

Galatea 37 is an unknown planet in the Sycorax belt of the Milky Way galaxy. Long distance surveys detected that it is inhabitable and perfect for colonization. The planet is full of rare minerals and substances that can be found in various locations around the globe. Varied biomes can surprise you with unknown fauna and flora as well as harsh weather conditions. Construct local outposts in resource-rich locations that will transport the required resources using rift technology.

CAMPAIGN MODE

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.Take on an epic journey across all the different biomes of Galatea 37. You will establish multiple persistent bases across the globe that will fuel your economy. Research alien substances and lifeforms, as well as fight hordes of alien creatures, clearly not happy with your interference in the natural order of the planet. The campaign spans multiple hours and offers a remarkable degree of freedom in a super detailed, procedurally generated world. You can decide on the order of your priorities and what technologies you want to use. You’re the only human there, after all.

SURVIVAL MODE

Your mission is to survive a set amount of time, fighting off increasingly difficult waves of enemy creatures. Each mission in the game is randomized, offering nearly endless replayability.

HANDCRAFTED SOLO AND CO-OP EXPERIENCES

The Riftbreaker can be played solo or together in a group of up to 4 friends in Online Co-Op. Every game mode and each mission was specifically balanced to be enjoyed in single or multiplayer mode. The game includes a built-in server browser and a dedicated server mode. It can be played online or through a local LAN connection, entirely offline.

SANDBOX

If intense fight for survival is not your thing either, then try out the Sandbox mode, where we give you control over the entire game – including resources, enemy spawns, and weather conditions.

CUSTOMIZE YOUR GAMEPLAY

The Riftbreaker’s gameplay can be customized to fit your playstyle. You can change the frequency of enemy attacks as well as their strength and numbers, resource abundance, weather events, enemy damage, and tons of other settings. There are also multiple difficulty presets to suit the needs of both hardcore strategy players as well as those that want a laid-back base-building experience.

COMMUNITY DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT

The Riftbreaker’s development is continuously fueled by its welcoming community. The game has received years of support after its original release and is continuously expanded thanks to community suggestions and direct contributions. The game has a very open content structure and comes with a built-in set of modding tools, dedicated Steam Workshop integration, and a Mod Manager.If you've read everything and arrived all the way down here, then you might be interested in helping us shape the game. Please come and talk to us on the forums, our official Discord server or through any other of our social media. We'll be sharing inside info about our development progress, and we'd love to hear your feedback. Please come and help us make Riftbreaker the game You want to play!

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What Steam players say

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Not recommended Jul 16, 2026
Early on, the player character talks about how humans need to learn to live in harmony on this new world. This made me think there would be a coexistence gameplay path, where instead of just blowing up everything in sight I could research tech to slowly understand and reach equilibrium with these fascinating flora and fauna, create regenerative resource systems, and so on. Several hours later it was clear I'd inferred everything so very, very wrong. The protagonist's early words were just empty writing, no connection to game design or narrative ethos whatsoever. This game is exactly and only about mindlessly shooting and killing everything you see, then covering their corpses with ugly metal buildings to make more guns to make more corpses. There is no alternate path no matter what tech you research. Wish I'd figured this out within the first two hours so I could've returned it. At least the controls are smooth and the music is decent, so if turning a pristine world into a massive industrial strip mine for interstellar capitalism is your thing, you're gonna love this ♥♥♥♥. Bonus points if you enjoy drowning your dystopian metal cities in boundless corpse fields of native flora an…
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Recommended Jul 17, 2026
The game offers a good mix of base building, research, exploration and defending your base. You also travel between different planets, so the gameplay isn't limited to a single map. I also liked the combat. Different enemies have different elemental resistances, so using the same weapon all the time isn't always the best option. There are plenty of weapons, mods and upgrades to experiment with. Co-op works well overall, although we encountered a few bugs. After completing one of the DLC story campaigns in co-op, we didn't receive the achievement for completing it. However, the Survival achievements unlocked normally. For 100% achievements, you will need all three DLCs.
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Recommended Jul 16, 2026
Excellent game. I had been looking for something like this for awhile. It lets me do direct fighting when I want to and tower defense when I get to wanting to do that. Its perfectly balanced and have had no bugs at all. Very stable. Highly recommend.
Recommended Jul 15, 2026
[b]Total Annihilation Tower Defense Hybrid[/b] - Playtime: 67 hours (Normal + Easy campaign completed, 35 hours each) + 48 hours (Easy, all but final sequence) - Played: 2022, 2023, 2026 [b]Intro[/b] In Riftbreaker you control a big, powerful robot that is a deadly fighting machine as well as a builder. You build bases with power plants, mines, walls and towers. It's basically a defense-only version of Total Annihilation in which you fight randomly spawning enemies instead of an enemy base. Also you can freely move between different maps and build bases on each of them. [b]The Good[/b] - It looks great and ran surprisingly decent on my ancient RX560. - Lots of different buildings, weapons and upgrades to try out. - Decent variety in enemies and environments. - Building ridiculous defenses was always the best part of Total Anni. - No builder units, buildings construct themselves (huge improvement over TA). - It's fun to determine when and how you're gonna build a base. - You can freely teleport with cheap, unpowered telepads. - Sprint/jump/stealth options. - Enough random events to keep things interesting. - Lots of research options to keep you busy. - Killing huge hordes of e…
Not recommended Jul 15, 2026
Pretty decent game, but bad map spawns with unreachable areas unless you use cheats or use rock removal mods (that need to be installed before starting the map) sour the experience.
Recommended Jul 15, 2026
Base building, tower defense, fun tech tree, several DLCs that add interesting content - all around pretty solid. Loot drops can get a little unsatisfying after a while but it pushes the 'number go up' button enough that it adds a bit of flavor. Fun with friends for sure.

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