R.E.P.O. Adds 10 New Monsters in Major Update

The long-awaited Monster Update has arrived for R.E.P.O., introducing a huge wave of new content, balance changes, and quality-of-life improvements.

Developer semiwork has expanded the game’s roster with 10 new enemies, which should make R.E.P.O. even more replayable than it already is. The update also introduces two new mechanics, Death Head Possession and Tumble Grab.

Death Head Possession now lets players recharge their battery while dead and spend that energy to possess their head and interact with the living players. Tumble Grab allows players to move and grab objects while in the tumbled state.

So far, in my playthrough of the update, I have encountered a few of the new enemies: a disturbing monster with multiple heads for a body that throws one of them at you, a strange child who does not like it if you pop its balloons scattered around the map, and a demonic-looking baby riding a bicycle. They are just as weird as you would expect from R.E.P.O. And that’s just scratching the surface of this new update.

Several maps have been expanded, including the Museum of Human Art, which now features 20 new rooms. Headman Manor and Swiftbroom Academy have also received extra rooms, updated textures, and improved visuals. There are also tons of new valuables across each location.

The Monster Update also delivers numerous balance changes, optimizations, and bug fixes, marking one of the game’s biggest patches yet. To coincide with the release, R.E.P.O. is currently 35% off on Steam for a limited time.

To top it all off, semiwork has also released a live-action trailer to promote the update. It’s actually really high-budget, which is a clear sign that the game’s success as one of the year’s most-played titles is really paying off in production value.

Full Patch Notes:

New Stuff:

• 10 new enemies!
• Death Head Possession – Added battery that recharges while dead! Spend your battery charge to possess your head and interact with the living.
• Tumble Grab – While tumbled you can now grab objects, items and weapons!
• New Upgrade – Death Head Battery!
• New Upgrade – Tumble Climb!
• Swift Broom Academy – 24 new valuables!
• Headman Manor – 8 new valuables!
• McJannek Station – 22 new valuables!
• Museum of Human Art – 20 new rooms!
• Headman Manor – 2 new rooms!
• Swiftbroom Academy – 1 new room!
• Truck Chat – Added more Tax Man messages!
• Steam – Rich presence now shows the current level name and level number, and friends in the same lobby appear as a group.
• Discord Rich Presence – See and join your friends’ games directly from Discord!
• New Setting “Item Unequip Auto Hold” – Toggle auto grab for unequipped items. Defaults to “on” for existing players and “off” for new players!
• Save Menu – Added “Restore from Backup” button to recover corrupted save files from the latest backup. Also added the ability to name save files!

Changes:

• Valuables – All levels now have unique valuables, no sharing between levels anymore!
• Music – Updated Main Menu music!
• Ambience – Many rooms now feature new ambient sounds.
• Player Damage – Players are now immune during level outro animation.
• Upgrade Crouch Rest – Now also triggers when in Tumble state and stationary.
• Truck Chat – Displays remaining Extractions instead of money left when trying to leave early, and hints at multiple Extractions if the next point is inactive.
• Truck Healer – Now activates after final extraction fully completes.
• Water – Non-lethal water appears less radioactive.
• Headman Manor – Added window curtains and new flooring to some modules. Some props now have improved textures!
• McJannek Station – Some props now have improved textures!
• Swiftbroom Academy – Some props now have improved textures!
• Shop – Updated car models.
• Overcharge UI – Bar now appears more fully charged before impact.
• Save Files – Slight optimization to reduce file size when storing many players.

Balance Updates:

• Enemy Shadow Child – Deals more damage and yanks players harder.
• Phase Bridge – Now remains where released, suspended mid air, and auto-aligns for easier walking.
• Torque Drone and Zero Gravity Drone – Lowered battery drain penalty when drones are attached to enemies.

Fixes:

• Player – Fixed rare spots where players could get stuck and couldn’t jump. Fixed bug where revived players could fall through the level after being revived.
• Phys Grabber – Fixed grabbed item movement degrading when strength exceeded 90.
• Enemies – Fixed rare bug causing enemies to spin endlessly after grabbed by multiple players.
• Enemies – Fixed rare spots where enemies could get stuck and couldn’t jump. Improved jump logic to reduce accidental jumps into pits.
• Enemy Bowtie – Fixed bug where yelling particles lingered after death.
• Enemy Chef – Fixed bug where players could be hurt through walls.
• Enemy Peeper – Fixed bug where forced grab release ended sooner than intended.
• C.A.R.T. – Fixed bug where disconnecting while holding C.A.R.T. prevented it from resetting. Fixed being able to steer whilst inside it.
• C.A.R.T. Cannon – No longer disables while in the extraction point.
• Item Battery – Fixed bug where some items granted more uses than displayed pips on first purchase.
• Items – Fixed rare bug where equipped item light lingered.
• Upgrades – Fixed particles not always visible to clients when a player uses an upgrade.
• Truck – Fixed countdown failing to start if a player exited after entering.
• Shop – Fixed inventory items sometimes duplicating when dying in the shop. Fixed grenades and the explosive mine not being ungrabbed on explosion. Fixed trapzap not resetting properly.
• UI – Fixed health and energy counters overlapping the max value when above 999.
• Save Menu – Fixed moon level sometimes showing the wrong moon graphic. Fixed corrupted saves hiding other saves. Menu now correctly deletes more types of corrupted files.
• Save File Deletion – Fixed bug deleting saves when entire team died, revived, and host quit the game.
• Valuable Discover – Fixed issue causing valuables on ledges to be undiscoverable from low angles.
• Aim Cursor – Now hides while the map is open and a grabbable object is targeted.
• Aim – Fixed a persistent pixel at the reticle center when pixelation was set to “Medium” in settings.
• Chat – Fixed pressing the enter key whilst chat is open and hovering over a button causing the button to be clicked.
• Vertical Aim – Fixed “Invert Vertical Aim” not working when spectating.
• Value UI – Fixed occasional flicker of lines above text.
• Settings – Fixed multiple close sounds sometimes playing on the settings page.
• Headman Manor – Fixed multiple level issues.
• Swiftbroom Academy – Fixed multiple level issues.
• Museum of Human Art – Fixed multiple level issues.
• Optimized memory usage.