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The Riftbreaker: Prologue

2020

Should you play it?

The Riftbreaker: Prologue allows you to experience the events taking place before the story campaign of the main game. Explore an entirely new world. Gather resources. Build up a base. Defend yourself from thousands of alien creatures.

What works

  • Engaging mix of rts, tower defense, and arpg
  • Satisfying combat and base building
  • Beautiful graphics and effects
  • Frequent developer updates and community interaction
  • Free demo with substantial content

Things to keep in mind

  • Ui and controls can be clunky or unintuitive
  • Demo is short and limited in scope
  • Performance issues during large battles reported
  • Lack of multiplayer currently
  • Some players find base building mechanics awkward

What to play next

Top picks

Games that feels the closest overall

  • The Riftbreaker

  • Warhammer 40,000: Inquisitor - Prophecy

  • Divinity: Original Sin (Classic)

  • Decision: Red Daze

  • Heroes of Science and Fiction

  • Kriegsfront Tactics - Prologue

Less social

Games that feels like The Riftbreaker: Prologue but with less teamwork and cooperation

  • Tavern of Gods

  • The Last Flame: Prologue

  • Darfall

  • Eador. Imperium

  • FatalZone: Outbreak

  • IDUN - Frontline Survival

More intimate

Games that feels like The Riftbreaker: Prologue but with more focus on close relationships

  • Divinity: Original Sin - Enhanced Edition

  • Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Definitive Edition

  • Dinotica

  • SWORN

  • The Red Solstice

  • Colony Siege

More competitive

Games that feels like The Riftbreaker: Prologue but with more competition against others

  • X-Morph: Defense

  • Songs of Silence

  • Anomaly 2

  • Iron Core: Mech Survivor

  • WARSHIFT

  • Grim Dawn

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  • Purple star: this page’s game at the centre — everything is relative to it.
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How to read the map This is a polar difference map: direction = which motivation differs, and distance = how much (same units as the sidebar deltas).

The Riftbreaker: Prologue: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Cooperation, Fellowship, Intimacy, Leadership. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Survival, Leadership. It leans lower than usual among comparable games on Intimacy.

Last update: 03/08/2026