Recompile cover

Recompile

19 Aug 2021 · (4 years ago) · Full Release

Phigames

1 IVGDB Score
72
Steam rating

Recompile — full details, reviews, and credits on IVGDB.

Need a rig? Gaming PCs, handhelds & where to buy →

Developer: Phigames  Publisher: Dear Villagers

About

Game modes
Developers
Publishers

About this game

Witness the birth of sapient AI in this sprawling atmospheric hacking adventure.

Combining Metroidvania progression with non-linear exploration and gameplay. Recompile challenges players to explore, fight, hack, and survive. Discover the many secrets beneath ancient digital landscape and prepare for system-wide reconfiguration.

The game’s entire narrative takes place within 1 second of real time.

Delve into the ancient, sprawling ruins of the Mainframe and discover a range of traversal abilities to help you on your journey towards attaining true sapience.

The game has multiple endings based on the players actions; you can repair systems, restore lost data, hack or destroy enemies, all whilst uncovering the truth about the Hypervisor and the original purpose of the Mainframe.

The inhabitants of the Mainframe are strange and diverse, and many are found to be inherently hostile. A full complement of powerful weapons and abilities are available to help you survive, defend and destroy.

Many environmental features, such locked doors, forcefields, elevators and even enemy spawning systems are all powered by intricate, interconnected logic gate circuitry.

Nothing is hardcoded, everything is systemic, and all fully exploitable.

Logic gates can be freely inverted (and reverted), allowing puzzles or other threatening obstacles to be peacefully and safely bypassed. Even the inhabitants themselves can be tampered with, their programming changed to follow the player’s commands.

The story explores everything from machine sentience to the nature of choice.

Life and death. Chaos and determinism. Sentience and sapience. Intelligence exists in many forms. In this dying world, one must explore all possibilities. Observe and respect all perspectives. Only then, can we truly survive.

Games that inspired us:

Axiom Verge, Hollow Knight, Ori and the Blind Forest, Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Rime

product_feature_1166435760

Where to buy

official stores
GOGView store →

Reviews

Screenshots

Recompile screenshotRecompile screenshotRecompile screenshotRecompile screenshotRecompile screenshotRecompile screenshotRecompile screenshotRecompile screenshotRecompile screenshotRecompile screenshotRecompile screenshotRecompile screenshot

Do you recommend it?

You'll sign in if you haven't yet.

No member reviews yet — be the first.

Discussions

View all →

No discussions yet. Start one →

Aggregated from: gog