ROUTINE is a first-person sci-fi survival horror game set on an abandoned lunar base designed around a retro 1980s vision of the future, where players explore the base and unravel the mystery behind its downfall. Developed over more than a decade, it was released on December 4, 2025.
I'm actually quite impressed with this. The horror side of it works quite nicely... and the puzzle side's pretty bloody good, too... So, yeah, well worth a Lucy, I'd say.
Overall I thought this was really fucking good. This definitely scratched like my Soma itch. It scratched like my Still Wakes the Deep itch.
This is incredible. This is so well done. My only complaint is I wish I could turn on my own flashlight and not have to rely on like doing this. That's my only complaint. Otherwise, this is this is so good.
if you don't really know too much about Routine's development history or don't really care about that stuff to begin with and are just looking for something spooky to play, I'll definitely say that this is worth picking up because it is perfectly fine in that regard. Looking at it in terms of a horror game that took 13 years to make, though, well, that's another story.
That was a lot of fun. I really enjoyed the atmosphere. Incredibly immersive. Sound design was cool.
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