The Game Census
Blue Rider cover art

Blue Rider

Ravegan · 2016-03-03

SteamPlayStation Store

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Dec 13, 2018 (Nintendo Switch), Mar 10, 2017 (PlayStation 4), Oct 12, 2016 (Xbox One), Mar 03, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

In a valley flooded with bullets, your next challenge rises from a heap of scraps. This time there aren't blue hedgehogs or mega men to save you. Hop in and become the Blue Rider!

87%
positive of 102 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
66/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$4.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 5 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 29% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 43% of 23,305 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 2.5k–6.1k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 102 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2018-06-22) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $7.48 · on sale 0 of 5 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
8820162026Week of 2016-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2016-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$12.99$0.992016-03-042026-05-302016-03-04 — best price $12.992016-07-15 — best price $12.992017-11-21 — best price $9.992018-01-31 — best price $12.992018-07-17 — best price $7.992020-07-16 — best price $9.892020-07-28 — best price $9.892020-08-09 — best price $8.992020-08-21 — best price $8.992020-09-03 — best price $8.992020-10-08 — best price $9.992020-10-19 — best price $9.992020-10-30 — best price $8.992020-11-11 — best price $8.992020-11-23 — best price $8.992020-12-06 — best price $9.992020-12-18 — best price $9.992020-12-30 — best price $9.992021-01-11 — best price $9.992021-01-23 — best price $9.992021-02-04 — best price $9.992021-02-19 — best price $9.992021-03-03 — best price $9.992021-03-15 — best price $9.992021-03-27 — best price $9.992021-04-10 — best price $9.992021-04-22 — best price $9.992021-05-04 — best price $9.992021-05-16 — best price $9.992021-05-28 — best price $9.992021-06-17 — best price $9.992021-10-03 — best price $9.992021-12-01 — best price $8.382022-01-28 — best price $7.342022-05-26 — best price $8.382023-03-16 — best price $5.992024-01-04 — best price $4.992024-12-04 — best price $4.992025-08-16 — best price $7.342026-05-30 — best price $7.48
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

32
achievements tracked
25.3%
earned "First Oil"
2.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing1 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2016-05-04 (Steam store data)

Player tags

IndieMechsActionArcadeRobotsShooterBullet HellShoot 'Em UpSingleplayer

Census log

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

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