40
Romeo Is A Dead Man is a frustrating experience. I wanted to meet it on its own terms and let the insanity and sci-fi camp wash over me. But too much time spent in boring and tedious gameplay loops, coupled with weak character relationships, left me without anything of substance to hold onto.
80
Romeo is a Dead Man, despite all the metal and sci-fi fantasy, is so flesh and bone that you can almost smell its blood and feel the viscosity of his entrails. It is a punk and irreverent response to the current situation, both in the video game industry and globally, which comes at a key moment. You may find its basic systems or level design somewhat archaic, but everything else makes it a journey as bizarre as it is memorable, in which Grasshopper Manufacture leverages all its strengths (playable, narrative and, above all, artistic) better than ever.
60
Romeo Is A Dead Man is a fever dream of a title that you'll want to wake up from. It starts off strong, but before long, it falls victim to a repetitive nature that even its flashy and bloody combat can't save it from.
5
The good: I like the characters, world and artistic features. The story was also pretty interesting. It's nice to see a game that tries something new. The bad. The combat system is so cheaply made. They even tried to implement some wannabe soulslike elements, but it doesn't work well at all because of the bad combat. Some sections like the asylum are extremely boring and tiring. Bosses are badly made annoying damage sponges. If you're not a Suda51 Glazer, wait for a sale.
9
Like all of Suda’s games it weird, violent, and over the top with a crazy story. Combat is fun and if you dig Xbox 360 gameplay you’ll love it.
9
If you're a fan of action games with a unique story, presented in a unique comical way, old movie references, themes about love and life, some of the best OSTs I've heard this year (check fused reanimated on YouTube).
This game checks all these boxes.
Gameplay is decently fun, rpg elements and upgrade systems are fairly unique and the story was catchy from the start.
Took me 10 hours to beat and it was well worth it.
Romeo is a Dead Man
Released On:
Feb 11, 2026
Metascore
Mixed or Average
72
User score
Generally Favorable
7.8
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Feb 10, 2026
95
The love of Rick and Morty, Gundam, and old school cartoons/comics is evident, and Romeo is a Dead Man is proof that you can be inspired by a variety of mediums and your creativity can still show it in an all-new way. From DeadMan’s design to the wild supporting cast, there is so much to love about the game and all I want next is for DeadMan to meet up with Travis to save the world and time together. I’m all in.
Feb 11, 2026
85
Romeo is a Dead Man is classic Suda51–an irreverent fever dream that constantly threatens to topple any notion of what a game can or should be. By challenging expectations, the game certainly has the potential to be polarizing to a wide swath of players. Yet there is a method to the madness and sometimes the most insane approach can make for the most enjoyable journeys.
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Generally Favorable
69% Positive
43 Ratings
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Feb 20, 2026
10
I'm having a ton of fun with this game so far! The humor, music, style, references, and various gameplay mechanics are for themselves greatly done and are coming together very nice. I believe many people don't understand how fun the fighting system actually is and are giving therefore bad critics for it.
The depth and fun of the fighting system comes from using and chaining/combining all the diverse moves in a creatively-situationfitting way in order to create a fun playflow. If you don't, you get staggered much while stumbling through enemy(waves) and/or you stick by fighting extremely safe, what makes it a lame experience. In this game you don't have combo branches like Bayonetta/DMC, where you can mashingly perform cool combos. The fighting system is rewarding an adaptive and creative play style (the further you proceed), not buttonmashing. I have played so far until the "Child of God"-Chapter with aproximately 20h on hard mode. That's why I'll revisit my review when I'm finished.
Feb 18, 2026
10
i love game suda51 Killer7 Samurai Champloo: Sidetracked Diabolical Pitch Let It Die Killer is Dead Lollipop Chainsaw Shadows of the Damned No More Heroes No More Heroes 2 Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes No More Heroes 3 but best years Romeo is a Dead Man
Feb 10, 2026
80
Suda51’s punk attitude results in another uniquely bizarre third person action game, but this one has more life and originality to it than most of his other more recent titles.
Feb 10, 2026
80
If, like me, you are inexplicably drawn to Goichi "Suda51" Suda's crazy brain, then you should definitely play Romeo is a Dead Man, because there is simply nothing else like it when it comes to the overall gaming experience. The game can be completed in 12-15 hours, depending on how thorough you are and what difficulty level you play on. Romeo is a Dead Man is probably a good place to start if you want to get a taste of this man's twisted world - not because it isn't crazy and absurd, because it is - but because it's the most digestible and well-functioning game he has created.
Feb 10, 2026
70
Romeo is a Dead Man is a wild fever dream, you probably won’t experience again. Not everything works, but a lot of it surprises.
Feb 10, 2026
60
Just as enjoyable as it is frustrating, Romeo Is a Dead Man is an incredibly uneven experience. You’ll love it one minute and hate it the next. Persevere with its more annoying elements, and you’ll discover a unique and entertaining hack and slasher at the end of it all. It just takes a lot of effort and restraint to get there.
Feb 10, 2026
40
Playing Romeo is a Dead Man feels like seeing an aging rockstar on stage : you respect them and you see the vision, but the execution isn't quite there anymore. Suda51 and Grasshopper Manufacture's latest adventure is a hodge-podge fusion of visual styles and ideas, which never coalesce into a coherent experience. The action gameplay starts off strong, but stagnates, as frequent framerate drops and damage-sponge enemies turn the highest difficulties into a real slog. Romeo is a Dead Man even concedes defeat in the final stretch as the story is clarified through a bunch of written notes. Ultimately feels like a borderline self-parody in its worst moments.
Feb 14, 2026
10
This is one of the most unique and fun action games I've played in a hot minute! Goichi Suda once again delivers an interesting tale that makes your head go many ways! It is definitely full of wacky characters. Very well crafted weapons. And of course. Very unique and familiar level designs. It is something that long time fans of Grasshopper Manufacture will love and understand. But if your someone unfamiliar with how this developer works. Then this game may not click for you. Which Is totally ok. But I still recommend at the very least giving it an hour or two. And see if you like it. That is my review of Romeo Is A Deadman.
Feb 12, 2026
10
A love letter to video games.This action title is a joyful chaos, driven by a wildly imaginative art direction that won’t leave anyone indifferent.A brilliant blend of Back to the Future, Gundam, Rick and Morty, and the cinema of Takashi Miike.Thank you, Grasshopper Manufacture. Thank you, Suda.
Feb 13, 2026
7
This game while intrigueing and intersting kinda feels like puke. Thereis colors and motion everywhere and it kinda makes me sick. Like the style is cool but It kinda jumps around and doesnt really know what it wants to be. It feels like a generic action game with this insane, ultra stylized skin on it. I know its based on something but after my playing for two hours I was kinda bored of the experience, it doesnt help that this game makes you do video game chores "grab three keys", "shot at the weak points" and "Turn on 3 generators". Like come on you want to be really creative and have a game look like THIS and yet still have us do what every other game makes us do? The game play itself gets kinda tiresome and the upgrade system doesn't make any sense, actually there is a lot of things that dont make sense in this game and you can tell they were actually going for that. IT reminded me of the movie "everything everywhere, all at once" (bad movie) , where nothing made sense and they just through every trope at the wall that they could.
Feb 16, 2026
6
Its an ok game i almost raged out and quit on the 5th stage worst map design i have ever seen in a game it was the only thing actually scary about the level if you know what im talking about. its only good for passing the time, weird game design trys to be quirky but its just awkward. still fun but nothing to brag about.
Mar 5, 2026
5
The good: I like the characters, world and artistic features. The story was also pretty interesting. It's nice to see a game that tries something new. The bad. The combat system is so cheaply made. They even tried to implement some wannabe soulslike elements, but it doesn't work well at all because of the bad combat. Some sections like the asylum are extremely boring and tiring. Bosses are badly made annoying damage sponges. If you're not a Suda51 Glazer, wait for a sale.
SummarySuper bloody action, crazy twists and turns to blow players' minds, and a whole mess of kinda-stereotypical gimmicks - all rolled into one wild ride. Our hero Romeo Stargazer is a man stuck between life and death. His own was saved mere seconds before the end by way of a time paradox that shattered the space-time continuum, which was cr... Read More
Rated Mfor Mature
Platforms:
- PlayStation 5
- PC
- Xbox Series X
Initial Release Date:Feb 11, 2026
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