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The Repairing Mantis
The Repairing Mantis is a narrative horror game that lets you experience the disturbing, violent (yet absurdly poetic) story of a mantis on a mission to repair a bridge made of flying squirrel flesh.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-28.
“all I've been wanting is the end of all wanting”
— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs played“Well that was VERY weird and messed up...”
— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs played“The Repairing Mantis is a short and surreal game in which we take on the role of a Mantis who wants to repair a bridge - the means in which we do this are incredibly bleak, which really is a consistent theme throughout the entire narrative. Everything is so dark and existential,…”
— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs playedAchievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-28.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
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3 years anniversary
Hey everyone! It's already been almost 3 years. Time flies! We made the game thinking it could grow on you over time. I didn't expect it to grow on me. When we first released it, we thought a lot abou
Update 1.07
Here's a small update for The Repairing Mantis. Someone wrote to us with a detailed report of a game-breaking bug we've never seen before! It's always nice when people send those bug reports. It helps
One year anniversary!
Hey everyone! It's been a year since The Repairing Mantis has come out. We wanted to take a moment to thank everyone who has played the game! It is one of the best feelings in the world to read your c
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-28.
| Genres | Adventure, Indie |
| Player tags | Exploration · Horror · Walking Simulator · Psychological Horror · Adventure · Atmospheric · Story Rich · First-Person · Surreal · Narrative · Choices Matter · Multiple Endings (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, French, German |
| Achievements | 8 |
| Official site | https://eruptingavocado.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS: 64-bit Windows 10 Processor: Intel CPU Core i5 2500k / AMD CPU Phenom II X4 940 Memory: 6 GB RAM Graphics: Nvidia GPU GeForce GTX 660 / AMD GPU Radeon HD 7870 DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 1 GB available space