Recompile overview

Overview

Recompile comes from Phigames and is published by Dear Villagers. It arrived on Steam on Aug 19, 2021, and it sits naturally among Single-player, Steam Achievements, Full controller support, Steam Cloud, and Family Sharing. SteamPulse tracks it across Windows, Steam, Xbox, and PlayStation so readers get a quick useful snapshot, not just a wall of numbers.

Players and reviews

Recompile's latest SteamPulse observation recorded 0 players at 22 September 2026 - 16:14:26 UTC, with a tracked peak near 3. This peak is the highest value in the available SteamPulse record and may not include activity before tracking began. Player reaction is 69% positive across 175 reviews.

Language and system requirements

Recompile is available in 6 languages including:

3 regional rating boards including dejus, steam germany, and igrs

Sales, recommendations, and streams

Recompile has sold up to 5,340 units and has 145 Steam recommendations. The estimated VGI revenue is $69,945. On Twitch, 0 streamers are live with around 0 total watchers.

Recompile overview details

Recompile combines live player counts with reviews, pricing, platform support, Store metadata, dated player history, media, recent news, and related games.

Steam Store description

Wishlist the game now! About the Game Witness the birth of sapient AI in this sprawling atmospheric hacking adventure. Combining Metroidvania progression with non-linear exploration and gameplay. Recompile challenges players to explore, fight, hack, and survive. Discover the many secrets beneath ancient digital landscape and prepare for system-wide reconfiguration. The game’s entire narrative takes place within 1 second of real time. Delve into the ancient, sprawling ruins of the Mainframe and discover a range of traversal abilities to help you on your journey towards attaining true sapience. The game has multiple endings based on the players actions; you can repair systems, restore lost data, hack or destroy enemies, all whilst uncovering the truth about the Hypervisor and the original purpose of the Mainframe. The inhabitants of the Mainframe are strange and diverse, and many are found to be inherently hostile. A full complement of powerful weapons and abilities are available to help you survive, defend and destroy. Many environmental features, such locked doors, forcefields, elevators and even enemy spawning systems are all powered by intricate, interconnected logic gate circuitry. Nothing is hardcoded, everything is systemic, and all fully exploitable. Logic gates can be freely inverted (and reverted), allowing puzzles or other threatening obstacles to be peacefully and safely bypassed. Even the inhabitants themselves can be tampered with, their programming changed to follow the player’s commands. The story explores everything from machine sentience to the nature of c…

SteamPulse editorial summary

Recompile is listed as a game with $1.99 (90% off from $19.99). It supports Windows, belongs to Single-player, Steam Achievements, Full controller support, Steam Cloud, and Family Sharing, and is associated with Action, Adventure, and Indie. SteamPulse's latest observation records 0 players at 22 September 2026 - 16:14:26 UTC, a tracked peak of 3, and 69% positive reviews.

Overview tags

ExplorationAdventure3D PlatformerIndieMetroidvaniaThird-Person ShooterSci-fiMultiple EndingsThird PersonActionBullet TimeBeautifulNonlinearAtmosphericCombat

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