The short version
All three are co-op horror with a camera-friendly comedy streak, but they ask for different kinds of evenings:
- Content Warning — you perform. Film scary things in the Old World and hit a view quota or your career ends.
- Lethal Company — you scavenge. Grab scrap off moons and meet the company quota before the planet kills you.
- R.E.P.O. — you carry. Physically drag valuables out of a haunted place with friends who will drop them.
If you want a creative, low-lethality laugh night, Content Warning leads. If you want pressure and economy, Lethal Company. If you have five or six friends, R.E.P.O. is the only one that fits.
Side-by-side
| Content Warning | Lethal Company | R.E.P.O. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Developer | Landfall | Zeekerss | semiwork |
| Released | Apr 2024 (PC), Apr 2026 (consoles) | Oct 2023 (Early Access) | Early 2025 |
| Price (per copy) | $7.99 (Steam) / $9.99 (console) | $9.99 | $9.99 |
| 4-copy group cost | ~$31.96 | ~$39.96 | ~$39.96 |
| Max players | 2–4 | 4 | 6 |
| Platforms | PC, PS5, Xbox, Switch | Steam PC | Steam PC |
| Crossplay | Yes, all platforms | N/A (PC only) | N/A (PC only) |
| Core loop | Film + hit view quota | Collect scrap + meet quota | Carry valuables with physics |
| Tone | Satire / performance | Tension + scavenging | Physics comedy |
The details that decide it
Player count is the first filter
R.E.P.O. is the only one that supports six players. Content Warning and Lethal Company both stop at four. If your group is regularly five or six, that single number removes two of the three before you compare anything else.
Crossplay only matters for Content Warning
Because Lethal Company and R.E.P.O. are Steam-only, there is no console-versus-PC question to answer for them. Content Warning, after its April 2026 console launch, runs full crossplay across PC, PS5, Xbox and Switch — you enable it in Settings. If your friend group is split across a PlayStation and a PC, Content Warning is the only one here that lets you play together.
The pressure is different on purpose
Content Warning’s threat is a number you must hit, not a monster you must survive: you must keep clearing the daily view quota or the run stalls. That makes it the least “scary” of the three in moment-to-moment danger but the most about performing for the camera. Lethal Company’s pressure is the company quota and the planet; R.E.P.O.’s is the physics — heavy objects, bad teammates, and gravity.
Price
At observed US prices, Content Warning is the cheapest four-pack because its base price is $7.99 versus $9.99 for the other two. The gap is small, but across four copies it is about $8 saved. Don’t treat a temporary discount on the others as making them equivalent — only Content Warning’s $7.99 was its regular price in that snapshot.
Which one should you buy
- Buy Content Warning if you want a creative, funny, lower-stress night and especially if your group is on mixed platforms (it has crossplay the others lack).
- Buy Lethal Company if you want the deepest scavenging loop and don’t mind PC-only play.
- Buy R.E.P.O. if you have five or six players and want physics-driven chaos.
None of the three replaces the others — they are different shapes of the same genre.
Related guides
- Beginner Guide — how a Content Warning dive actually plays out.
- Recording Guide — what footage earns the views that keep your career alive.
- Platforms, Price & Crossplay — exactly where Content Warning runs and what it costs per platform.