On Steam, several surprise hits were released in 2025 alone. One of these is clearly a horror game that has gathered many fans. Now, the developers have announced a new feature that many players have been waiting for.
What game is it about? The cooperative horror game R.E.P.O. was released on February 26, 2025, on Steam. In a short time, the game managed to host a remarkable number of over 270,000 players. Even today, more than 20,000 users play R.E.P.O. daily (steamdb.info).
With up to 5 friends, you dive into a spooky environment and must collect various valuable items for your creator as little robots. Should you die in this task, your robot’s head falls to the ground and must be picked up by the other players to allow you to be resurrected.
What is this new feature? The developers announced on Steam and in a YouTube video that they have “heard the players’ prayers”. With the new monster update planned for October 30, 2025, a feature will be added that allows you to keep playing even after your demise, even though your body is missing.
Inside the head is a backup battery that charges up. Once it has gathered enough energy, you can move as a head and even communicate with your friends through the microphone. However, this movement is somewhat restricted, as the head only grows small stumpy legs. You may also execute a jump to scare off potential monsters or your allies.
In the video, you can see the trailer for R.E.P.O.:
Players are excited about this new feature
What do the players say about the new feature? On YouTube, there are some comments where fans celebrate the planned feature. noobgod4272 is already looking forward to yelling at his friends if they walk blindly past his head: “Finally, I can yell at my friends to get my head when it’s DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF THEM and they overlook it.”
Another user praises the developers and writes how much he likes that the heads of dead players can still help the living, for example, by distracting the many monsters. Some players also appreciate that they can continue talking with their friends even if their head falls off, albeit only with a slightly distorted robotic voice.
The developers not only listen to the players’ prayers but also go undercover among them. Sundstrom, a developer of R.E.P.O., secretly slipped into the ranks of players through random matchmaking and unbiasedly asked them how they feel about various features to get unfiltered feedback: Developer creates surprising hit on Steam, which over 150,000 players really enjoy – Sneaks into the community to ask you questions
