I bought this game for the Winter Sale when I was in seventh grade. I am now a junior in College.

It is still in Early Access. By all accounts this is an amazing game made solo, but the developer has turned into a defacto YandereDev, going on side quests for the last 8 years rather than finishing half-decade old features.

Conquest Mode, started in 2019, is unfinished 6 years later. Keep in mind Conquest Mode is the exact same as base game, just with a turn-based board game troop movement in-between matches.
Story Mode, "started work immediately" in 2021, has after 4 years had 1 story mission, 1 AI-Generated SpecOps Mission, and maybe 3 or 4 character illustrations.
I dont think i've seen a new vehicle or gun added to the game in half a decade, but don't quote me on this one.

Infact, speaking of quotes, there is one right below what i'm typing; "The full release of Ravenfield is scheduled to happen around 2021." It is now 2024 and the game is primed to finish by 2026.

Overall, the game itself is severely outdated. Earlier gun+vehicle models and maps are extremely lacking in graphics & animations compared to their slightly younger counterparts, at times leaving you a loadout of a 3-poly roblox pistol & sword, and a high definition silenced sten gun. The developers insistence to go on wild goose chases for unimportant and time-consuming game features has led to a striving modding community to pick up the slack, leading to newer updates sometimes focusing exclusively on just bugs & modding updates, further neglecting the game and further driving the need for modders.

It should not take 11 years to make a simple singleplayer FPS base with a 2 hour story mode, a turn-based risk board, and a generalized modding base to edit the game. It shouldn't have taken 11 years to make a simple singleplayer yandere murder game, and yet here we are.

I have been playing this "game" for like 2-3 years (from different account!). Game is almost 9 years old and for the past 7 years nothing changed, i mean literally nothing. Poor optimization, dumb ai, long loading (only with mods, but it is not playable without), nothing new on skins, weapons, maps or environment. They sure do some sort of "updates" but was there any significant changes in game? -Absolutely not. Yeah it is funny looking for mods and creating some warfare ideas or whatever but in 9 years they could have created some multiplayer mode? More guns and maps? Maybe better effects or at least renew the menu.

Amazing game...

But PLEASE fix the ai! My allies are dumber then a box of rocks and can't protect ♥♥♥♥ on their own!

DO NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCE USE SAFE MODE, IT WILL DELETE ALL YOUR MODS

2025 and u still cant delete save configs in-game 🥀

the AI in this game is terrible, you can't have a game that has AI as such a core feature of the game and then that AI be terrible.

Unpolished after all this time. Costs too much for what it is. To be fair I used to like this game & its itch.io rendition & there are cool mods for it, but it's simply annoying to play.

Edit: There is no way in hell this game's reviews are legit. 96% positive? For this abandoned game? Not a chance.

the developer isn't a bad person, but he's undeniably dishonest and naive; promising far too much and never delivering an ounce of it. the game has looked the same for 7 years. various updates come out with frivolous bulls**t that doesn't address the core flaws with the game. the added content is pure fluff, and even then its all half baked and abandoned for another manic change a few months later. rinse and repeat. hardly any decent core content and so poorly optimised, especially with mods. ive never played this game for more than 15 minutes at a time, its so dull and repetitive. not worth the price whatsoever, it's a £4 game. make no mistake the modding community is the only thing providing value to this game. I wouldn't mind if the developer was honest with the development, but he perpetually lies every few months to keep people mildly interested in the game. sleazy.

it's a small physics test engine. nothing more. the game is estimated to have generated $20 mil. lets have a super low estimate and say the developer has seen $1 million, over 7 years that's $140,000 a year, not a bad fu**ing salary. even at the lowest estimate its enough to hire 2 developers to help you actually develop the game that's providing you income, no? rather than drag out non-existent development for 7 years solo, and have to lie to save face. if you struggle with a certain aspect of development, why not get help with it? i don't understand.

i bought it in hopes it would develop. if anything, it's gotten worse. just abandon the game and have some self awareness. the game had promise. that promise is long long long gone.

Honestly, the game's AI needs a major rework. The enemy AI can spot you and accurately hit you (even on easy) from across the map. Taking cover is irrelevant, because the moment- the very nanosecond- you emerge, a guy 500 meters away will blast you with an AK (RK) 47, landing every single hit with laser accuracy.

I played this game back in 2016 on itch.io, bought it just to see how much it's changed. It has not. This is literally the same game I played 8 years ago. Shameful.