Great pixel art and music
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“Nice pixelated vibe, like the golden SNES era. Earworm-as-hell chiptune battle music and nice little dee-doos when stuff lands.”
Steam review · 13 h played ↗
Repel The Rifts
Worth buying? What 165 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 165 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 84%Very Positive · 84%RefinedBearGames2026Tower Defense · Roguelike · Roguelite
−25%$12.99$9.74
US Steam price, checked 47 min ago
The verdict
A polished, charming pixel-art roguelite tower defense with varied commanders, but thin on content and easy once you find a strong build. Skip it if you want depth or lasting challenge.
Great for
Tower defense fans who want short, pretty roguelite runs with distinct commanders at a low price
Main risk
You may run out of content within a few hours and find it too easy and repetitive.
What players love
Distinct commanders and tower variety
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“how each character is drastically different from one another in terms of their set up and how they play”
Steam review · 4.9 h played ↗
Fun roguelite loop with meaningful choices
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews
“Really fun tower defense where choices matter.”
Steam review · 6.5 h played ↗
Good value and runs well on Steam Deck
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 positive reviews
“Works well on the Steam Deck. Controller support works well, and the game runs well.”
Steam review · 4.7 h played ↗
Map surveying shapes the lanes
Mentioned in ~1 in 23 positive reviews
“Love the way you can somewhat shape the lanes and overall map with the survey feature.”
Steam review · 4.5 h played ↗
Responsive developer with potential
Mentioned in ~1 in 28 positive reviews
“Devs also responded within an hour to a bug I submitted in the Discord.”
Steam review · 8.5 h played ↗
What players complain about
Too little content
Mentioned in ~1 in 2 negative reviews
“BARELY any more content than what was even in the demo. Just play the demo and you'll have played the full game.”
Steam review · 2.6 h played ↗
Repetitive with shallow depth
Mentioned in ~1 in 2 negative reviews
“The game is just repetitive.”
Steam review · 5.5 h played ↗
Too easy; one tower spam wins
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“you could build and level one singular splashing Cryo tower to wipe out all the enemies”
Steam review · 4.8 h played ↗
Overpriced vs Tower Dominion
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“It's mindboggling to me, that there is only 3 € price difference between Tower Dominion and Repel The Rifts.”
Steam review · 3.2 h played ↗
RNG and balance spikes
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“Teleporting enemies just bricked me on night 19”
Steam review · 4.1 h played ↗
Endless mode stops expanding
Mentioned in ~1 in 14 negative reviews
“once you hit "endless" (after 25 nights), you don't ever get to expand again.”
Steam review · 28.9 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: VerifiedController support200 MB
Minimum
Processor2 GHz
Memory4 GB RAM
Storage200 MB available space
Processor2 GHz
Memory4 GB RAM
Storage200 MB available space
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