Fit check
Is Repel The Rifts worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Tower-defense players who want roguelite expeditions with changing terrain
- Strategy players who enjoy experimenting with tower upgrades and artifact combinations
- Players seeking an alien-world setting with repeated defensive runs
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking direct control of individual combat units may find tower placement too indirect.
- Players who prefer fixed defensive maps may dislike surveying terrain that changes the available strategic options.
- Players looking for a game outside tower defense and strategy may not fit the game's core format.
Our take on Repel The Rifts
Players who need a fixed map may hit a wall when new terrain is revealed and tower value depends on geography. Those who prefer a single upgrade path may also struggle at the market and artifact choices, which vary across expeditions.
What is Repel The Rifts?
Repel The Rifts is a roguelite tower-defense game set on an alien world.
Players lead a Commander through expeditions against repeated waves of creatures emerging from dimensional rifts. Each wave reveals additional terrain, and different tower types can benefit from different geographical features, making map expansion part of defensive planning. Tower improvements are purchased from a market and may strengthen existing defenses or add effects. Alien artifacts further modify the defense, with combinations to discover during expeditions. Commanders have distinct starting setups, each including three towers, an ability, and a passive trait. The game also includes Endless mode, which becomes available after surviving 25 nights.
How Repel The Rifts plays
- 01Terrain Surveying
- Revealed geography affects which tower types can benefit from particular areas.
- 02Tower Market
- The market sells improvements that can strengthen towers or give them additional effects.
- 03Commander Selection
- Each Commander brings three starting towers, an ability, and a passive trait.
- 04Alien Artifacts
- Collected artifacts can be combined to modify defensive setups.
- 05Endless Mode
- Surviving 25 nights provides access to a mode that continues testing the defenses.
Repel The Rifts compared to similar games
Xenonauts also focuses on defending against an alien invasion, but uses turn-based control of small squads and persistent soldiers. Repel The Rifts instead centers on tower placement, terrain revealed by waves, Commander selection, tower upgrades, and artifact combinations.
Repel The Rifts: platforms & release
Is Repel The Rifts worth it?
It is worth it if: tower-defense players who want roguelite expeditions with changing terrain. Skip it if: players seeking direct control of individual combat units may find tower placement too indirect.
Where can I download Repel The Rifts?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Repel The Rifts's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Repel The Rifts on?
Windows and Linux.
