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ReCore: Definitive Edition
Developer Armature Studio, LLC, Comcept
ReCore is a 2016 action-adventure and platform game developed by Armature Studio and Comcept and published by Microsoft Studios. The story tracks Joule Adams, one of the first volunteers for the utopian colony of Far Eden, who wakes after centuries in cryo-sleep to find that nothing has gone according to plan. With her three robotic machines known as corebot companions, Joule ventures throughout Far Eden to uncover… From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
247 reactions from 4 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Lemmy, Mastodon) · newest Oct 11, 2026 · last updated Oct 28, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
64
Fresh
118 positive · 66 negative
95% range 57–71%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 118 | 66 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 16 | 3 | 36 |
| Lemmy * | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Mastodon * | 2 | 0 | 1 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Mixed
443 of 716 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
64% recommend · 121 yes, 67 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 188 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Mixed (1,098 of 1,740 positive).
Players have mixed feelings, praising the concept and art but criticizing repetition and bugs. [1][2][3] Some find it a flawed but enjoyable action-adventure with a Metroid-like feel. [4][5][6] Others are frustrated by tedious collectibles, poor AI, and technical issues. [7][8][9]
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Representative posts
- [7]
I understand why this game failed. Boring story, tedious gameplay and uninspired visuals. The only emotion this game made me feel was RAGE as it required me to find about 2500 sand colored collectibles in a world made of SAND COLORED SAND. Glad I can put this one behind me.
- [9]
I went out of my way to 100% Achievement Hunt this game because I hate myself, and to experience everything this game could offer because I desperately wanted to love it, but now I'll tell you a bit about it and why I can't personally recommend it. The premise of the game is straightforward. Earth is all but gone, humanity sent ships across the stars to a desert planet called Eden to Terra-form it, and colonize it …
- [1]
So I recommending this because "Mixed" is a little unfair, but it's also... not. Because this game is definitely a mixed bag. It was billed as a realistic take on Megaman, and a part of me loves it simply for that idea--a girl and her robots exploring a dried-out wasteland populated with dangerous robots, trying to figure out what the heck went wrong with the terraforming plan. It's a solid plot, and honestly it …
- [5]
TL:DR I would rate the game 8/10, the actual current rating it has on Steam is baffling to me. Please watch a Youtube review or metacritics before deciding to buy as it might be that people who don't enjoy action-adventure/platformers bought this game by mistake. I really don't know why this game has so bad reviews... It definitely isn't for everyone, but somehow I feel like it attracts wrong type of audience. The …
- [3]
Ugh... this game man. It has such a cool premise and some cool combat and exploration and art. But man is there just too much BS. I am glad it is over and I am just gunna list my peevs, wont go into positive cause I'm just beat, and I am "recommending" it, but some serious caveats: 1. not being able to switch cores/bots whenever SUCKS - imagine taking minutes to precise platform somewhere hidden and realize "oops! …
Summarised from 34 of the 246 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 12, 2026. How summaries are made
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ReCore: Definitive Edition sits at 64% positive across 184 opinionated reactions from 4 sources. Fresh or rotten — where do you land?
Critics, per Wikipedia
ReCore received "mixed or average" reviews, according to review aggregator Metacritic. The game was the fifth best-selling retail video game in the UK in its week of release, according to Chart-Track. It was nominated for the 2016 Unity Awards in the category of Best 3D Visuals and for Xbox Game of the Year at the 2016 Golden Joystick Awards. Brett Makedonski of Destructoid had a mixed response to ReCore. Though describing the game to be "brimming with ideas", Makedonski criticized the design for being injurious to its foundation. He felt the fetch quests were repetitive and over represented as part of the gameplay experience, and that it failed to do justice to the narrative. Makedonski…
From the “Reception” section of Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Critic context only — not part of the audience score.
Reactions
60 of 247 · most liked firstFearless Leader Another Fan Art Favorite for 2025, Joule Adams from ReCore! #pixelart #ドット絵 #fanart #xbox
neutral · AI labelView post →I really wanted to like that game. It’s been in my library for eight years, and every time I go back to it, something goes wrong… I guess I finally have to accept that this game is not for me. It’s not bad, it’s not good, it’s just boringly there.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →What are some 3D platformer/3rd person shooter hybrids aside from the Ratchet and Jak series?. Copied from a Reddit post: Platformer/3rd Person Shooter Hybrids So I want to discuss about platformer shooter hybrids, and the questions I have about it. Why aren't there more of these? Ratchet & Clank is the quintessential Platformer/Shooter hybrid (as well as the *Jak and Daxter*/*Jak* games after the first one), but how come there aren't more games like it? Here are a few guesses: RAC…
neutral · AI labelView post →List of 3rd person shooter-3D platformer hybrids I know of (and looking for more). **Brief overview:** This particular hybrid genre is quite rare to find and very enjoyable for me. I think it can largely be credited to *Ratchet & Clank* for trendsetting and inspiring all the rest (even *Jak 2* had used some of *Ratchet*'s code after *Jak and Daxter [1]: The Precursor Legacy* didnt have any weapons). There are some older games that might have inspired *Ratchet & Clank*, such as *Blasto*, which…
neutral · AI labelView post →[i}ReCore is really frustrating, because it's not a terrible game. But it's not a good one either. Everything has a slight veneer of jank like missing audio cues and visual glitches. The platforming(which feels very good to do) had me frequently confused whether my solution was intentional or not. Combat is fun, but with weird decisions like only being able to bring two of your three robot friends. This constantly leaves you out a color for the game's rock-paper-scissors style and is…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Seems like a solid action adventure console style game. Feels a bit retro with the collectathon mechanics... the maps are full of stuff to collect if you actively search for them and you can upgrade your robot dog and other bots you can collect from what I can tell so far. Worth checking out on sale. I'll add more when I get to playing it more. Maybe :)
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I understand why this game failed. Boring story, tedious gameplay and uninspired visuals. The only emotion this game made me feel was RAGE as it required me to find about 2500 sand colored collectibles in a world made of SAND COLORED SAND. Glad I can put this one behind me.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →So I recommending this because "Mixed" is a little unfair, but it's also... not. Because this game is definitely a mixed bag. It was billed as a realistic take on Megaman, and a part of me loves it simply for that idea--a girl and her robots exploring a dried-out wasteland populated with dangerous robots, trying to figure out what the heck went wrong with the terraforming plan. It's a solid plot, and honestly it does map onto Megaman pretty well, as does the ability to take other "Cores"…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →ReCore: Definitive Edition set in post-apocalypse world that name Far Eden. Joule as the female protagonist of this game accompanied by a robot dog, Mack. She's just wake up from cyro-sleep and realized she was the only human in this planet when surrounded by robot that being rouge. For basic combat gameplay, recore focused on third person shooter that player can aim (or auto) with movement like dash or double jump. In her journey, Joule can find another companion beside Mack. Seth, a robot…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The best thing I can say about this game is that it's a poor man's Horizon (Sony) game. Interesting idea with untapped potential ruined by bloated open world and very shallow combat. But regardless of this, I had fun playing this game, probably because of the effort put in by Team ASOBO. I wish Microsoft would have given this a good budget and chance to make its comeback, but seeing the current MC, I doubt we will see a sequel any time soon. I would not recommend this game to most unless…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you're primarily interested in experiencing the story, be prepared for a significant and ultimately discouraging grind. I gave up due to the excessive time required, and I suspect many others have done the same too. This game's story progression is frustratingly gated behind a tedious collectible: shiny balls. To advance, you're forced into repetitive dungeon crawls, grinding for these items. What should be an engaging narrative experience quickly devolves into a time-consuming chore. If…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →ReCore: Definitive Edition Re‑Bore: great concept, but it needs a stronger pulse There is a moment in ReCore when you leap across a desert landscape, the sun burning down on the sand, and your robotic companion bounds beside you with a kind of mechanical joy. In that instant, the game feels alive. It suggests a world of adventure, of companionship, of discovery. Unfortunately, those moments are too often buried beneath repetition and frustration. Like many ambitious titles, ReCore wants to be…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The good: - Decent pacing - Interesting movement mechanics - Exploration mechanic works fine - there is quite a lot to find and going back after receiving a new mechanic yields new discoveries - Solid story; Not groundbreaking but ok; Same goes for the world building - Consistent movement and control for the platforming parts - Dungeons are an interesting challenge - Dynamic platforming with flying and roller coaster parts have a quick and smooth feeling to it The bad: - Platforming and weird…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I know ReCore gets a lot of bad press—and to be fair, some of it is deserved—but I’ve always had a soft spot for this game. I originally bought ReCore on Xbox at launch. I genuinely loved the story, the world, and the core concept, but the load times were absolutely brutal and seriously hurt the experience. The Definitive Edition didn’t completely solve that problem, but it did improve things enough to make the game far more playable. I recently picked this up again on Steam specifically…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →An unbalanced, buggy piece of ♥♥♥♥. All the negative reviews are deserved and more. You can't customize the buttons, little control in the options. The game is a grind and most of the things are complete garbage. The heroine is terribly weak in stamina and strength and almost nothing improves her. The robots are stupid and are only useful as bolin balls. After level 15 you have to start grinding and searching everything just to get through the main story. Even the achievements are not adjusted…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Pros: Robot good boy doggie. Cons: Giant empty desert filled with collectibles, enemies and nothing else. Verdict to the devs: Go back and finish it.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Armature was founded by many of the core Retro folks who made Metroid Prime. A shame their one big original game, 2016's ReCore, didn't quite land. I'd love to see the alternate timeline where they got to make their own stuff instead of dying because Meta decided to put its VR money into AI.
negative · AI labelView post →I went out of my way to 100% Achievement Hunt this game because I hate myself, and to experience everything this game could offer because I desperately wanted to love it, but now I'll tell you a bit about it and why I can't personally recommend it. The premise of the game is straightforward. Earth is all but gone, humanity sent ships across the stars to a desert planet called Eden to Terra-form it, and colonize it into a new paradise world for the survivors. You play as Joule, one of the…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It makes me so sad to see how a lot of good work and ideas from a lot of talented people are wasted by a few gameplay and level designers looking for trolling, gatekeeping or whatever gitgud sh*t they were aiming at. Not fun at all.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Imagine for a moment that you sit down to a meal in a restaurant. Something like a hearty 3-course meal with all the trimmings... or so you're told... but after the first course being a taste of what you'd is to follow you're suddenly given a stale ham sandwich and a glass of lukewarm water . You don't stick around for dessert because you've already tried to chew through 2-week old bread only to find that it was also turning mouldy. - this meal is ReCore. What starts as a fairly mediocre but…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →TL:DR I would rate the game 8/10, the actual current rating it has on Steam is baffling to me. Please watch a Youtube review or metacritics before deciding to buy as it might be that people who don't enjoy action-adventure/platformers bought this game by mistake. I really don't know why this game has so bad reviews... It definitely isn't for everyone, but somehow I feel like it attracts wrong type of audience. The game is very well designed action-adventure/platformer. When outside of…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Ignore the haters and luddites. Has its flaws, but it's awesome.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Its a very hard game. the combat i feel is broken because of the auto aim. The enemy AI is smarter than your companion AI. And odd choice like not able to reload, and replenish health. The platforming is fun, but i fell not really the focus of the game. I like the premise of the story, but the story telling is bad. The game have this old school charm though. It tough and unforgiving, but still feels you can beat it. I recommend this game to people who wants a challenging game to play.…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It could have been a good game, but it just made too many design mistakes. The final straw was the fight difficulty spikes. One minute you are yawning through easy mobs, the next you are in a dark souls death match in a tiny area, trying to dodge a million lasers and projectiles, and if one hits you it's 50-80% of your health. No way to heal yourself. Did they not play test with an average skill gamer? whats challenging to a dev is impossible to a newcomer. Also the game blocks you from…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I hate that I cant like this game. I really want to, but its not possible. The dungeons are really cool, I love them, by far the best part of the game but everything else is simply boring. The main character is boring, the villains are boring, the abilities are boring and the overworld is just so bland. Dear Gamedevs, if you decide to make the desert your main overworld, please, by the love of god, make it SOMEHOW interesting or atleast give me an ability to travel quickly through it but slowly…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The graphics were good. The manoeuvrability was great especially with the pets. The battle system even with the pets is pretty generic. The story is really good in my opinion. I enjoyed the start to the finish and how you progressed through the story. It also works extremely well on SteamDeck. Seriously, I wish they would make a second one.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This is one of those games where the character, NPC, and environment tell you what to do, handholding the entire time instead of letting the player figure things out. The only time when you arent being told what to do is when you are fighting, and even then there will be indicators directing you to charge attacts or dodge, and the auto aim makes everything too easy.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is terrible. Absolutely terrible. I started off with a robotic dog that can dig for items and a rifle that eventually shoots in 4 colors that match the colors of corresponding enemies. Along the way I found a robotic spider that allowed me to grapple and move along a bunch of specifically designed rail platforms and a robotic gorilla that can break rocks with glowing veins in them, but I also discovered that I could only take two of these friends along with me and hope I don't need…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is extremely fun, and definitely an underrated gem, which is surprising considering reviews at the time seemed to be mixed at best, definitely worth checking out, although the optimisation seems to be lacking in places with loading screens hanging in excess of 5 mins, whilst loading off of an ssd, so might need to tweak the settings a bit, unless if you're using current hardware.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →@gigaboots.com is playing through Keiji Inafune's Last Opus | "ReCore" A game so good, they've actively brought up other games like Banjo Kazooie and Blade Kitten to distract themselves from what they're playing. See what they'll talk about next! www.twitch.tv/gigaboots
neutral · AI labelView post →Ugh... this game man. It has such a cool premise and some cool combat and exploration and art. But man is there just too much BS. I am glad it is over and I am just gunna list my peevs, wont go into positive cause I'm just beat, and I am "recommending" it, but some serious caveats: 1. not being able to switch cores/bots whenever SUCKS - imagine taking minutes to precise platform somewhere hidden and realize "oops! dont have the right bot, lets do it all again!" 2. you have limited storage…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Starts off fun but then turns into the platformer from hell, interspersed with infuriating combat arenas. What's annoying me is the fact that I enjoyed this game for around 15 hours is driving me to finish it, even though I'm spending more time dying than anything else.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →TLDR: Do I recommend it? Only if it interests you and its on a good sale. I get nostalgic about this game every time i see it, I remember the hype of that trailer. I remember thinking finally another competitor to metroid. finally we have more cyborg robot stuffs. Then I played it and it was alright, but it reminds me of the beginning of the era of the 8th generation of consoles and for that I give it a nod.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Was having a good time until the final area. It's some of the worst design I've seen. Constant stun locks, passive damage and scare checkpoints. Not to mention the bug where your gun won't fire. I'd advise not buying this game
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Thinking about the video game ReCore and how it's a good idea to maybe purchase a copy of ReCore.
positive · AI labelView post →Speaking of ReCore, what a fantastic and beautiful game.
positive · AI labelView post →Recore, forgot to post combat gameplay. In gamepass if ya got it. Probably cheap as dirt on pc it was an early Xbox one game if I’m remembering right
neutral · AI labelView post →Played the Definitive version of this game on PC. The story was ok, there is a ton of audio logs - but they are hidden all over the open-world and its a drag to collect. The gameplay is interesting with the whole rip the core out of enemies + the robots who help you. I passed it around 14hr or so and the gameplay got a bit of repetetive. The open world feels barren and empty. After the main story you can play to finish all the dungeons and collections you missed - but did not want to do it.…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Only took me about 20 minutes of playing this to realize this is the true successor to Metroid Prime, suck it Nintendo I'm playing this instead
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →this is tedious, boring and the writing is poor. the gameplay is not engaging and the world look dead even on ultra graphic. don't waste your monney.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Ignore the haters, this game kicks ass if you enjoy tight platforming and combat. One of my favorites.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The retail release of "Recore" was fun, but very flawed. The Definitive Edition is actually a free update that makes the game live up to its original promise. While still not a great title, the upgraded version of "Recore" is a real pleasure. Honest game with honest lore with a good level designer! https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3335850310
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Yes, BUT... The game you should only buy on sale! It feels odd, like it was supposed to be from 2006-2010 era, it doesn't look or feel like a game from 2016. Imagine that it's been released in times of The Witcher 3, AC Unity, and dozens of other games that look modern even today. And this one feels like a relic in comparison. https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3585047670 I assume it was cheap to make, but still: the world is bland, the movement is stiff, the combat has…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Oh goodness, you're probably the only person I've ever seen post about ReCore 😭💚 I particularly loved the platforming sections in that game.
positive · AI labelView post →This game is actually fun I dont get the mixed rating. I had never heard of this game till I watched a youtube video of someone praising sunset overdrive, went to buy it for 5$ but this was in a bundle for 8$ decided to try it out. So far its been really good, get some nier, metroid prime, returnal vibes, with its own unique feeling. For me I enjoy games that let you jump around climbing trying to collect ♥♥♥♥. You can even get up places you shouldnt be before you have upgrades (there are…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A pretty cool game with atrocious combat. A post apocalyptic Sci-fi platforming third person shooter. It has good presentation values for a game of its caliber. The story revolves around a lady trying to understand why a colony wasnt properly setup on a new planet while she was in stasis. Along the way she finds out things went wrong and she tries to fix things. Its a decent setup for an action adventure game. The main game loop consists of two things. Platforming and combat. The…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The Controls can not be reconfigured , the option is there to do it but you can't
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Its a fun and hard game
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Overall on graphic, animation and music are good Gameplay also good and friendly to casual gamers Enjoyable
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →ReCore is 10 years old! A lot of fantastic artwork was created to help make the game, as seen in The Art of ReCore. Some pages here with art by Mike Spalding, Tom Rhodes, Todd Keller, Dan Doherty & Damien Papet!
neutral · AI labelView post →This could be a 9/10, 15–20-hour indie game, but unfortunately, it's a 30–40-hour, playtime-padded AAA grind that finds new ways to annoy you every time you start having some genuine fun, and, depending on how much fun you have with the fun bits and how annoyed you get with the annoying bits, is a 7/10 at best but could also be as low as a 5/10. At its heart, it's another attempt at creating a hybrid of a Metroidvania platformer and a shooting-focused third-person action-adventure, and the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game is, at it's core, really an interesting concept, but it comes with A LOT of missing things and... emptiness. To summ it up, it just feels like the game is an early build of something bigger, though it is the full release of the game, it just feels like assets are temporary, UIs are unfinished/unpolished, decor is not added yet, etc... The game also is mildly bugged, from time to time, but aside from all that, it is a really nice experience i enjoyed having so far and want to progress…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Its not worth your time. The same studio that made the bizarre and awful Batman Arkham Blackgate, comes this tech demo stretched into a game that is lacking basic features for its genre. For a pc port there isn't any option to disable auto aim lock on eliminating any fun of its combat immediately as you will always hit every enemy. It has a distinct aesthetic, looks pretty good, has a great soundtrack and its cinematically directed cutscenes are done really well. Its story is ok not great but…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is a bit rough around the edges I won't lie. There are definitely some things that the creators looked over that they shouldn't have which made the game a bit frustrating at time. However, I don't think this should stop anyone from playing this game. While it's somewhat hard to play and angering at times, the game still has a very interesting turn out and I can say that I enjoyed the game for the most part and was very surprised at what it had in store.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →>In a world where human civilization has ceased to exist, traverse grasslands, deserts, forests, and mountains to explore unique Mechanimals and mysterious ruins in different regions, unlocking the secrets of MOTIRAM. Do you really think the only thing this has in common with Horizon is the mechanical beasts? It can bolt on whatever other mechanics it wants, the base game is a shameless ripoff. Other people are bringing up other games with robotic animals, but each of these has a distinct…
neutral · AI labelView post →Very. if you guys want exploring,looting and mostly killing evil like robots but also slight emotional story thats for you, even intersting mechanics,puzzles fun to to solve with the right companion of course. and shooting.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →At first, it seems simple, but later the fights become very intense and rough. The combat element becomes repetitive over time, but anyway, it's good. It feels like an old-school game, as if you're playing a 2000's game. 7.5 out of 10
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Recore is a solid 3D platformer and collectathon. Controls and movement are tight and exploration is fun. Main heroine Joule and her robot companions are cute. Mixed rating is too harsh. Sure, the pacing could've been better, and in 20 hrs playthrough I had one crash and one minor visual bug, but other than that it's a good game.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Decent Indie Game But whoever made "collect 30 Prismatic Cores" in order to get final ending needs to be arrested! I ain't doing that grinding I could watch that 1 minute of ending clip on YouTube. I wanna leave negative review because of that stupid requirement but I had somewhat fun time with this game. I'm so flabbergasted by such pathetic requirement that it made me forget entire story of the 'game. I don't even remember anything now, there! Take your positive review. Recommended…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →ReCore: Definitive Edition honestly felt like one of those underrated games that had way more charm than I expected going into it. It’s not perfect, but there’s something about the mix of exploration, platforming, combat, and robot companions that kept me enjoying the adventure the whole way through. What hooked me the most was the world and atmosphere. The desert setting feels lonely but interesting, and exploring old facilities, ruins, and hidden areas constantly gave me that feeling of…
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