RESEARCH and DESTROY
| App ID | 1279310 |
| App Type | Game |
| Developer | Implausible Industries |
| Publisher | Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd. |
| Supported Systems | Windows |
| Technologies | Unreal Engine, EpicOnlineServices SDK |
| Last Changenumber | 30804979 |
| Last Record Update | 27 August 2025 – 09:19:19 UTC ( |
| Release Date | 25 April 2022 – 23:47:31 UTC ( |
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RESEARCH and DESTROY is a TURN-BASED ACTION GAME with local and online co-op. Take control of three brilliant scientists as you RESEARCH and develop strange new weapons and gadgets to DESTROY the Supernatural hordes that have all but crushed humanity!
Additional Information
| Developer | Implausible Industries | |||||||||||||||
| controller_support | full | |||||||||||||||
| community_visible_stats | Yes | |||||||||||||||
| DLCAvailableOnStore | Yes | |||||||||||||||
| ReleaseState | released | |||||||||||||||
| Publisher | Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd. | |||||||||||||||
| Store Release Date | 25 April 2022 – 23:47:36 UTC ( |
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| osarch | 64 | |||||||||||||||
| community_hub_visible | Yes | |||||||||||||||
| AbsoluteMouseCoordinates | No | |||||||||||||||
| Primary Genre | Action (1) | |||||||||||||||
| Store Genres | Action (1), Casual (4), Strategy (2) | |||||||||||||||
| Steam Release Date | 25 April 2022 – 23:47:31 UTC ( |
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| Store Asset Modification Time | 26 April 2022 – 01:20:41 UTC ( |
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| osextended | empty string | |||||||||||||||
| name_localized |
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| review_score | 7 | |||||||||||||||
| review_percentage | 92 | |||||||||||||||
| Detected Technologies (?) | Unreal Engine, CEF SDK, EpicOnlineServices SDK, Intel_OID SDK, Intel_oneTBB SDK, NVIDIA_APEX SDK, NVIDIA_GeForce_Now SDK, NVIDIA_Nsight_Aftermath SDK, NVIDIA_PhysX SDK, NvCloth SDK, Ogg SDK, OpenXR SDK, Vorbis SDK, XAudio2 SDK | |||||||||||||||
| controllertagwizard | Yes | |||||||||||||||
| First seen on SteamDB | 27 March 2020 – 01:21:58 UTC ( |
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Supported Languages
| 13 Languages | Interface | Full Audio | Subtitles | Achievements |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | Yes | Yes | ||
| French | Yes | Yes | ||
| Italian | Yes | Yes | ||
| German | Yes | Yes | ||
| Spanish - Spain | Yes | Yes | ||
| Japanese | Yes | Yes | ||
| Korean | Yes | Yes | ||
| Polish | Yes | Yes | ||
| Portuguese - Brazil | Yes | Yes | ||
| Russian | Yes | Yes | ||
| Simplified Chinese | Yes | Yes | ||
| Spanish - Latin America | Yes | Yes | ||
| Traditional Chinese | Yes | Yes |
Tags
Categories
Single-player
Online Co-op
Shared/Split Screen Co-op
Steam Achievements
Family Sharing
Multi-player
Co-op
Shared/Split Screen
Cloud Gaming
Cloud Gaming (NVIDIA)
Hardware Categories
Assets
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| trailer_name | Release Trailer |
| trailer_category | 0 |
| trailer_480p ↴ | |
| video/webm | 256883956/movie480_vp9.webm |
| video/mp4 | 256883956/movie480.mp4 |
| trailer_max ↴ | |
| video/webm | 256883956/movie_max_vp9.webm |
| video/mp4 | 256883956/movie_max.mp4 |
| microtrailer ↴ | |
| video/webm | 1279310/458245/f70200bee91f22c03bfb5f44488b7f4b7a52374e/1751214007/microtrailer.webm |
| video/mp4 | 1279310/458245/f70200bee91f22c03bfb5f44488b7f4b7a52374e/1751214007/microtrailer.mp4 |
| adaptive_trailers ↴ | |
| dash_av1 | 1279310/458245/f70200bee91f22c03bfb5f44488b7f4b7a52374e/1751214007/dash_av1.mpd |
| dash_h264 | 1279310/458245/f70200bee91f22c03bfb5f44488b7f4b7a52374e/1751214007/dash_h264.mpd |
| hls_h264 | 1279310/458245/f70200bee91f22c03bfb5f44488b7f4b7a52374e/1751214007/hls_264_master.m3u8 |
| screenshot_medium | 256883956/movie.293x165.jpg |
| screenshot_full | 256883956/movie_full.jpg |
| all_ages | true |
| is_highlight | true |
| timestamp | 26 April 2022 – 01:21:02 UTC |
| trailer_name | Announcement Trailer |
| trailer_category | 0 |
| trailer_480p ↴ | |
| video/webm | 256798489/movie480_vp9.webm |
| video/mp4 | 256798489/movie480.mp4 |
| trailer_max ↴ | |
| video/webm | 256798489/movie_max_vp9.webm |
| video/mp4 | 256798489/movie_max.mp4 |
| microtrailer ↴ | |
| video/webm | 1279310/307914/b1246b1e427b879599fbf461f3f05189ced11316/1751214005/microtrailer.webm |
| video/mp4 | 1279310/307914/b1246b1e427b879599fbf461f3f05189ced11316/1751214005/microtrailer.mp4 |
| adaptive_trailers ↴ | |
| dash_av1 | 1279310/307914/b1246b1e427b879599fbf461f3f05189ced11316/1751214005/dash_av1.mpd |
| dash_h264 | 1279310/307914/b1246b1e427b879599fbf461f3f05189ced11316/1751214005/dash_h264.mpd |
| hls_h264 | 1279310/307914/b1246b1e427b879599fbf461f3f05189ced11316/1751214005/hls_264_master.m3u8 |
| screenshot_medium | 256798489/movie.293x165.jpg |
| screenshot_full | 256798489/movie_full.jpg |
| all_ages | true |
| is_highlight | true |
| timestamp | 16 June 2021 – 16:00:13 UTC |
Depots
| ID | Configuration | Size | DL. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 228988 | Windows Shared InstallDepot from 228980VC 2019 Redist | No size | |
| 228990 | Windows Shared InstallDepot from 228980DirectX Jun 2010 Redist | No size | |
| 1279311 | Windows 64-bitRAD Content | 10.44 GiB | 4.30 GiB |
Total size on disk is 10.44 GiB and total download size is 4.30 GiB.
Branches
| Name | Description | Build ID | Time Updated |
|---|---|---|---|
| public | 16917493 |
Other
| Name | Value |
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| baselanguages | English, German, French, Italian, Korean, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Russian, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Spanish - Latin America |
| privatebranches | 1 |