And it turns out that soloing REPO is actually quite fun.

In part this is because the game is just undeniably well made on the level of feeling.

Doors look like they could withstand nuclear blasts.

A grotesque emoji face from the game REPO

Cue hilarious disasters, even when playing solo.

On my first game playing alone, I thoroughly spooked myself.

This was horror and comedy of a kind that needed no monsters.

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I was a young child in an expensive glassware shop.

I almost cringed myself into oblivion.

In the next room I encountered I found what was clearly an explosive gas canister.

A player searches for loot in the dark in REPO.

This, as I’m weirdly certain I’ve typed before, is when the gnomes attacked.

Dead, but also haunted by those staring eyes, that weird floating head.

A) Here was value.

A player navigates the dark world of REPO.

B) Here was good fortune!

C) I was going to make a mess of things.

D) I was going to pay for that good fortune.

A heavy metal door opens in REPO

Recent classics like Lethal Company.

Eternal classics likeHalf-Life 2.

Moving a guitar through the darkness of REPO.

The player’s cart full of treasures is ready to be loaded in REPO.