RoboCop: Rogue City – Unfinished Business is a standalone expansion to the sleeper hit RoboCop: Rogue City — and if you missed that one, you can check out our review right here. French publisher Nacon and Polish developer Teyon team up once again, picking up right after the events of the aforementioned game. The expansion launched worldwide on 17th July 2025 and is out now on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC.
This review covers the PS5 version, priced at £24.99 / $29.99. So, does it deliver high-octane justice, or should we toss it on the scrap heap?
Gunplay and Gunmetal: RoboCop Returns in Style
Unfinished Business wastes no time in getting to the action as Mercenaries have destroyed the police precinct and stolen RoboCop’s chair, the final piece needed to control OCP’s systems. Murphy sets off in pursuit with his hunt leading him to Omnitower, a towering vertical megastructure built to house the people of Old Detroit. The mercenaries are led by Murphy’s old colleague, who looks like Kurt Russell’s Snake Plisskin from Escape from New York.
All I really wanted from a follow-up was more of the same — and that’s exactly what Teyon delivers. We get small cameos from familiar faces like Sgt. Reed, but new blood like Miranda Hale — a former OCP scientist with ties to the RoboCop program takes the spotlight. There’s also a number of sections where you play as other characters/machines, and hardcore fans will also catch clever nods to RoboCop 3 and even the 1994 TV series.
Gameplay
While the original explored Detroit’s chaotic streets and saw you undergo some detective work, Unfinished Business shifts the full-blown action to Omnitower’s narrow corridors and vertical structure. You start at the bottom and grind your way up, battling through tight hallways, wider combat arenas, and even a few semi-open world sections packed with quirky side quests — including one about comic book ownership and another about hunting down a bomb defuser. Unlike modern shooters, Unfinished Business is heavy and methodical—stomp, blast, wreck walls, which stays true to Robo’s style. The game throws in environmental kills, explosions, and the occasional body toss for good measure.
Firmware
Unfinished Business has two distinct upgrade systems for RoboCop and the Auto 9, shaping gameplay and strategy. RoboCop’s upgrades use a linear point-allocation system with eight main stats. These include Deduction, Engineering, Vitality, Combat, Armour, Focus, Scanning and Psychology. Each upgrade gives real improvements, letting you customise RoboCop to fit your playstyle.
The Auto 9 upgrade uses a circuit board mechanic, slotting boards and chips to optimise power while avoiding penalties. This intuitive system lets you customise chips to change weapon behaviour—no reload, faster fire, ricochet and armour-piercing bullets. Together, these upgrade systems deepen RoboCop’s character and gameplay experience by delivering flexible, engaging options without overwhelming complexity.
Graphics & Audio
Teyon, who also worked on Terminator: Resistance, have the presentation of 1980s action movies down to a fine art. Unfinished Business is a continuation of what Rogue City achieved in bringing RoboCop to modern audiences. Occasional glitches like muffled voices and floating enemy heads occurred, but this should be fixed pretty easily
Other than the mentioned voice audio issue, the audio design is pretty stellar. From the mechanical sounds of RoboCop’s movement to Peter Weller’s voice acting, every one-liner, stomp, and iconic grimace is nailed. Supporting voices lack polish, but when the theme tune starts playing in combat situations, it makes you forget that. It makes you feel the 80s action hero you deserve to be.
Longevity
The main story should take you around 7 hours to complete, though a completionist run should see that time closer to 10 hours. The game doesn’t have an official chapter select, but instead has an autosave at the start of each chapter you can use to collect any missing trophies/achievements. There also isn’t much in terms of accessibility options with RoboCop’s scan mode, offering some difference in contrast in combat situations.
Final Thoughts
I really enjoyed Unfinished Business—worth the price, and I’d love a similar yearly experience to scratch that itch. It isn’t innovative, but it doesn’t need to be. It’s perfect if you want a shooter where you don’t need lightning reflexes and a PhD in knee slides. It is my fourth directive to award RoboCop: Rogue City – Unfinished Business a Thumb Culture Gold Award.
Disclaimer: A code was received in order to write this review.
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