Recreation Title: FBC: Firebreak

Platforms:

PC (Jun 17, 2025) PlayStation 5 (Jun 17, 2025) Xbox Collection X/S (Jun 17, 2025)

Trailer:

Assessment Aggregator:

OpenCritic – 75 common – 53% really useful – 20 opinions

Critic Opinions

AltChar – Semir Omerovic – 80 / 100

FBC: Firebreak isn’t a revolutionary co-op shooter, however it’s a very stable and surprisingly assured first try by Treatment to step into a brand new house. It borrows acquainted mechanics and wraps them within the type of surreal, trendy environment that followers of Management will eat up. The taking pictures is stable, the content material is respectable, and the stress ramps up properly when issues go sideways.

CGMagazine – Jordan Biordi – 8 / 10

FBC: Firebreak takes the strangeness of the Management universe and applies it to a genuinely enjoyable and difficult co-op shooter.

Checkpoint Gaming – Austin Gallagher – 6 / 10

Regardless of being competent on many ranges, FBC: Firebreak is an exceedingly acquainted cooperative expertise you’ve possible performed earlier than. Treatment's signature aptitude for visible design and return to a well-known and beloved online game locale may be sufficient for absolute die-hard followers, however it’s robust to see who the audience for this entry into the RCU was envisioned for. Whereas not a complete misfire, FBC: Firebreak feels destined to be a footnote from the world of Alan Wake.

DualShockers – Usama Mehmood – 7 / 10

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GameGrin – Jacob Sanderson – 9 / 10

An extremely enjoyable and fascinating Horde Shooter, it isn't excellent, however it's an absolute blast to play!

Gaming Instincts – Leonid Melikhov – 6 / 10

For those who undergo from insomnia and your over-the-counter meds now not do the trick, then positive, be happy to drop $39.99 on FBC Firebreak. As a result of this recreation will drain your vitality and put you to sleep sooner than any capsule ever may

GamingBolt – Ravi Sinha – 7 / 10

As Treatment's first co-op shooter, FBC: Firebreak is a profitable experiment, and whereas it doesn't fairly match as much as the most effective within the style, the Oldest Home remains to be an excellent stage for some creepy, frenetic motion.

Hinsusta – Pascal Kaap – German – 8 / 10

FBC: Firebreak is a profitable co-op PvE shooter with recent concepts, charming chaos and an audiovisual type that clearly stands out from the style requirements. The title actually comes into its personal when performed as a staff. Whether or not throughout hectic repairs beneath enemy stress, tactically coordinated boss battles or curious bathe moments.

Pizza Fria – Higor Phelipe Neto Nicoli – Portuguese – 7.6 / 10

FBC: Firebreak is an efficient possibility for gamers searching for a cooperative expertise the place technique comes first.

Push Sq. – Aaron Bayne – 6 / 10

FBC: Firebreak stings a bit, as a result of it has a lot of what we're searching for in a co-op shooter. It's obtained the killer world and aesthetic, it's obtained quirky powers and position based mostly kits, it's obtained tight first-person gameplay, and doesn't require you to grind issues out for dozens of hours. Nevertheless, regardless of all of that, Firebreak's simply nice, and sarcastically lacks the hearth that we anticipate from Treatment's output. It's a enjoyable, informal time, however you'll play it, you'll end it, and earlier than lengthy you'll overlook about it and need you had been taking part in Management 2 as a substitute.

SECTOR.sk – Oto Schultz – Slovak – 9 / 10

FBC has deemed you worthy of cleansing the Oldest Home and as an excellent company worker, you’ll obey. Go solo or take as much as two of your folks, placed on the Disaster Package, select the specified job website and get to the cleansing, Firebreaker! And most vital of all, always remember to take a fast bathe together with your fellow cleaners, because the everpresent paranatural and Hiss lurk all aroound you.

Saudi Gamer – Arabic – 7 / 10

Being set on the planet of management and as a handyman is sufficient to promote it by itself, though some polish and content material is required.

Shacknews – Donovan Erskine – 8 / 10

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Spaziogames – Francesco Corica – Italian – Unscored

Clearly I can't give definitive judgments but and I hope with all my coronary heart that I'm flawed, as a result of there are attention-grabbing bases that need to be explored in depth with the proper instances. And, maybe, additionally with the inevitable updates of the case, if the sport is given time to develop adequately.

Stevivor – Steve Wright – 8 / 10

FBC Firebreak is a chaotic, partaking romp that gleefully retains Treatment’s quirkiness all through.

The Nerd Stash – Julio La Pine – 9 / 10

FBC: Firebreak is a wonderful on-line co-op expertise made by the inventive minds behind Management. It’s an approachable recreation with no FOMO programs that additionally features a extremely partaking gameplay loop with distinctive targets and mechanics.

The Outerhaven Productions – Jordan Andow – 4 / 5

FBC: Firebreak is a enjoyable fast-paced three participant co-op shooter which presents a brand new perspective on the world of Treatment Leisure's Management thus separating itself from the competitors. Development may very well be streamlined however the core gameplay expertise mixed with the problem and clearance programs make this recreation a straightforward suggestion.

Uagna – Lorenzo Bologna – Italian – 7.8 / 10

FBC: Firebreak is an experiment that we really feel compelled to advertise. Treatment has determined to go towards the grain by providing a cooperative title for 3 gamers at a time when the market is saturated with productions of this sort, which have a tendency to cover extra pitfalls than alternatives. Nonetheless, due to its fast and entertaining gameplay, Sam Lake's staff's new effort is convincing, even when a bit extra content material to diversify it will not have gone amiss. As is all the time the case with video games of this style, solely time (and post-launch assist) will decide the true success of the enterprise.

Xbox Achievements – Richard Walker – 75%

Bear in mind the mess Federal Bureau of Management director Jesse Faden made in Management? I'll wager you didn't contemplate for a single second who mi…

XboxEra – Jesse Norris – 6.5 / 10

Management was a 9, and Alan Wake 2 was a ten for me. I like Treatment’s video games, usually, FBC Firebreak appears to have misplaced their standard magic in a seek for a wider viewers. I get it, however I don’t prefer it, and I feel it hurts the title in the long term.