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RNG Party Games · 2019-12-13

Steam

ActionAdventureIndieRPG

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Dec 13, 2019 (Linux), Dec 13, 2019 (Mac), Dec 13, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Type your way through absurd encounters and mysterious puzzles in this old-school typing dungeon crawler.

93%
positive of 76 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 12 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 33% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 43% of 28,842 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.9k–4.6k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 76 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $2.99 at Steam (2023-11-21) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 1 of 2 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
121220192026Week of 2019-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$14.99$2.992019-12-132026-02-122019-12-13 — best price $13.492020-02-03 — best price $9.892020-03-23 — best price $9.892020-06-25 — best price $8.992020-10-29 — best price $8.992020-11-25 — best price $8.992020-12-22 — best price $4.942021-06-24 — best price $4.942021-10-02 — best price $7.492021-10-28 — best price $7.492021-11-24 — best price $4.942021-12-22 — best price $4.942022-06-23 — best price $7.492022-11-22 — best price $8.992022-12-22 — best price $4.942023-11-21 — best price $2.992023-12-21 — best price $2.992024-03-14 — best price $2.992024-11-27 — best price $2.992024-12-19 — best price $2.992025-09-29 — best price $2.992026-02-05 — best price $3.742026-02-12 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2019-12-13 (Steam store data)

Player tags

RPGJRPGFunnyIndieRetroActionTypingFantasyAdventureAction RPG

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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