R.E.P.O. is an online co-op horror game for up to six players from small Swedish studio semiwork. It launched in Steam early access in February 2025 and quickly found a large audience. The premise is simple: haul valuables out of dark, abandoned locations. But every object obeys physics and the monsters are listening, so even getting a piano down the stairs takes teamwork.
This guide is for new players and for teams that keep falling apart in the same spot on their first runs. It covers the core loop, how extraction points work, carrying items without breaking them, spending money in the shop, bringing dead teammates back and the mistakes new players make most. It is based on the Steam store page and the developer's patch notes and devlogs published on Steam.
R.E.P.O. is in early access and updated often, with new items, monsters and balance changes arriving regularly. That is why we only give numbers where the patch notes state them clearly; the version this guide covers is noted at the end.