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Investigate a silent, retro-futurist lunar base using a hands-on tool, solving environmental puzzles and evading unknown threats.
Released 04 Dec 2025
Navigate Without Markers
Use a Handheld Multi-Tool
Stun Security Robots
ROUTINE is a First Person Sci-Fi Horror set on an abandoned lunar base designed around an 80s vision of the future. Explore and investigate your surroundings as you survive against unknown threats.
Developed by Lunar Software · Published by Raw Fury
ROUTINE is a first-person sci-fi horror adventure set on an abandoned lunar base styled after an ’80s vision of the future. Explore its contrasting sectors and investigate the clues left behind as you try to survive the threats within.
Careful observation drives exploration and puzzle-solving. Read notes, review data, inspect your surroundings, and use the C.A.T.—a handheld assistance tool—to interact with terminals, navigate, and identify clues.
The C.A.T. also provides ways to attempt a defense, but survival centers on running, hiding, and avoiding danger. With no waypoint markers, you must work out where to go and what to do from the environment and the information you uncover.
Many reviewers praise ROUTINE’s retro-futurist environments and sound design for making the lunar base feel immersive and unsettling. Players also appreciate using the C.A.T. and piecing together clues through exploration; some find the marker-free navigation and puzzles rewarding, while others consider them confusing or frustrating. Reviews differ on the story’s clarity and ending, and several describe the experience as shorter than expected.
█ ROUTINE is a First Person Sci-Fi Horror title set on an abandoned lunar base designed around an 80s vision of the future.
Curious exploration turns into a need for survival when a lunar base goes completely quiet. Searching for answers puts you face to face with an enemy who is certain the main threat is you. Discoveries lead to deeper unknowns and the only way to go is forward. ▌
Note: ROUTINE offers no waypoint markers, finding your way is part of the experience. Slow down, observe your surroundings, explore carefully, and review data to uncover the path forward.
█ EXPLORE: Roam through contrasting sectors of the lunar base, from deteriorating living quarters and tram stations to an abandoned mall. ▌
█ OBSERVE: Investigate your surroundings and uncover crucial information to progress and piece together the events that unfolded before your arrival. ▌
█ IMMERSE: Full body awareness, diegetic audio, and minimal UI help create a gripping and atmospheric experience. ▌
█ OPERATE: Your Cosmonaut Assistance Tool (C.A.T.) is vital. Use it to access critical terminals, navigate the environment and identify clues. ▌
█ SURVIVE: Run, hide, or attempt to defend yourself against unknown threats using the C.A.T. as a last resort. ▌
| Platforms | Windows |
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| Achievements | 14 |
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| Controller support | Xbox |
| Controller required | No |
| DLC / extras | 1 listed on Steam |
| Metacritic | 79/100 View on Metacritic |
| Website | Official website |
