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Descenders

RageSquid · No More Robots · 2019-05-07

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ActionRacingSports

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: May 07, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 24, 2020 (PlayStation 4), Nov 06, 2020 (Nintendo Switch), Aug 04, 2022 (iOS), May 07, 2019 (Linux), May 07, 2019 (Xbox One)

Descenders is extreme downhill freeriding for the modern era, with procedurally generated worlds, and where mistakes have real consequences. Will you lead your team to glory and become the next legendary Descender?

Descenders is a 2019 Action, Racing, and Sports game priced at $24.99, with an owner estimate of 500,000 .. 1,000,000 and a Very Positive sentiment (94% of 24005 reviews).

274
playing now
94%
positive of 24k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
1
twitch viewers (latest)
1.0
viewers/channel (concentration)
77/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
65/100
IGDB user rating (47 ratings)
2
Nexus mods (1.7k downloads)
4.07★
PlayStation Store rating (11,692 ratings)
74/100
opencritic · fair · 50% recommend · from 23 critics
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$24.99
steam price (US)

274 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Descenders is a cycling game developed by RageSquid and published by No More Robots. It was released for Linux, macOS, Windows, and Xbox One on 7 May 2019, for PlayStation 4 on 25 August 2020, for Nintendo Switch on 6 November 2020 and Xbox Series X/S on 8 June 2021. A mobile version for iOS and Android was released on 4 August 2022.

Trailer

Descenders trailer thumbnail

Descenders - Launch Trailer

≈328,409 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 274 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 2,341 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~293/week).
  • · Review velocity up 4% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 3% of 27,535 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 607k–1.5M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 24,295 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$24.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.99 at Steam (2024-08-06) · bundled 6×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 16 of 33 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
56656620182026Week of 2018-02-01: 202 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 195 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 297 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 141 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 302 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 170 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 192 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 146 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 193 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 176 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 154 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 195 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 335 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 231 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 223 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 284 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 289 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 170 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 217 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 275 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 353 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 364 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 268 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 286 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 566 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 303 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 244 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 419 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 248 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 188 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 225 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 237 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 253 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 298 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 176 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 164 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 186 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 183 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 210 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 115 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 150 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 251 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 172 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 255 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 307 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 166 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 133 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 157 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 131 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 143 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 162 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 160 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 167 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 222 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 435 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 165 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 159 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 179 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 234 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 196 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 151 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 234 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 171 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 149 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 230 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 525 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 331 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 287 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 252 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 186 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 436 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 283 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 249 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 191 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 158 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 332 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 254 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 310 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 278 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 16 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

5871022026-09-14 20:00 — 253 players2026-09-16 05:00 — 102 players2026-09-17 12:00 — 281 players2026-09-18 20:00 — 502 players2026-09-20 03:00 — 191 players2026-09-21 11:00 — 199 players2026-09-22 18:00 — 506 players2026-09-24 02:00 — 151 players2026-09-25 09:00 — 177 players2026-09-26 17:00 — 558 players2026-09-28 00:00 — 233 players2026-09-29 08:00 — 167 players2026-09-30 15:00 — 508 players2026-10-01 23:00 — 231 players2026-10-03 06:00 — 315 players2026-10-04 15:00 — 587 players2026-10-05 22:00 — 231 players2026-10-07 06:00 — 184 players2026-10-08 13:00 — 401 players2026-10-09 21:00 — 489 players2026-10-11 04:00 — 233 players2026-10-12 12:00 — 277 players2026-10-13 19:00 — 510 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 274 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
5280Nov 2017Aug 2026Nov 2017 — avg 0 · peak 3Feb 2018 — avg 51 · peak 182May 2018 — avg 23 · peak 92Aug 2018 — avg 25 · peak 71Nov 2018 — avg 19 · peak 54Feb 2019 — avg 16 · peak 40May 2019 — avg 107 · peak 347Aug 2019 — avg 34 · peak 67Nov 2019 — avg 75 · peak 161Feb 2020 — avg 134 · peak 1,470May 2020 — avg 150 · peak 327Aug 2020 — avg 124 · peak 253Nov 2020 — avg 243 · peak 600Feb 2021 — avg 249 · peak 1,200May 2021 — avg 191 · peak 420Aug 2021 — avg 292 · peak 569Nov 2021 — avg 376 · peak 950Feb 2022 — avg 388 · peak 1,942May 2022 — avg 176 · peak 454Aug 2022 — avg 244 · peak 565Nov 2022 — avg 214 · peak 541Feb 2023 — avg 154 · peak 322May 2023 — avg 216 · peak 570Aug 2023 — avg 256 · peak 588Nov 2023 — avg 141 · peak 311Feb 2024 — avg 130 · peak 280May 2024 — avg 182 · peak 431Aug 2024 — avg 361 · peak 910Nov 2024 — avg 219 · peak 520Feb 2025 — avg 223 · peak 512May 2025 — avg 268 · peak 615Aug 2025 — avg 420 · peak 1,098Nov 2025 — avg 253 · peak 672Feb 2026 — avg 280 · peak 623May 2026 — avg 325 · peak 810Aug 2026 — avg 367 · peak 681
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
28282026-09-242026-10-132026-09-24: 10 new positive2026-09-26: 19 new positive2026-09-27: 8 new positive2026-09-28: 13 new positive2026-09-30: 28 new positive2026-09-30: 1 new negative2026-10-01: 12 new positive2026-10-02: 13 new positive2026-10-02: 1 new negative2026-10-03: 18 new positive2026-10-03: 1 new negative2026-10-04: 19 new positive2026-10-06: 17 new positive2026-10-06: 1 new negative2026-10-08: 8 new positive2026-10-08: 3 new negative2026-10-09: 25 new positive2026-10-09: 2 new negative2026-10-10: 12 new positive2026-10-10: 1 new negative2026-10-13: 20 new positive
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$24.99$0.002018-02-102026-10-092018-02-10 — best price $22.492018-05-22 — best price $24.992018-09-13 — best price $24.992018-12-17 — best price $24.992019-05-10 — best price $19.992019-07-19 — best price $17.492019-10-28 — best price $16.242019-12-10 — best price $24.992020-01-10 — best price $14.992020-02-21 — best price $14.992020-05-14 — best price $24.992020-09-02 — best price $24.992020-11-25 — best price $14.992021-02-15 — best price $24.992021-05-18 — best price $14.992021-07-14 — best price $12.492021-09-14 — best price $24.992021-12-01 — best price $24.992022-02-11 — best price $24.992022-05-24 — best price $24.992022-09-06 — best price $24.992022-12-02 — best price $24.992023-03-23 — best price $24.992023-06-23 — best price $8.742023-08-17 — best price $7.492024-01-22 — best price $7.492024-05-20 — best price $24.992024-11-12 — best price $24.992025-01-02 — best price $24.992025-07-10 — best price $24.992025-10-30 — best price $24.992026-02-13 — best price $24.992026-06-25 — best price $6.242026-09-25 — best price $24.992026-10-09 — best price $24.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

63182026-05-30 — 36 pageviews2026-06-03 — 39 pageviews2026-06-07 — 36 pageviews2026-06-11 — 34 pageviews2026-06-15 — 27 pageviews2026-06-19 — 25 pageviews2026-06-23 — 35 pageviews2026-06-27 — 47 pageviews2026-07-01 — 62 pageviews2026-07-05 — 28 pageviews2026-07-09 — 29 pageviews2026-07-13 — 41 pageviews2026-07-17 — 27 pageviews2026-07-21 — 36 pageviews2026-07-25 — 39 pageviews2026-07-29 — 29 pageviews2026-08-02 — 24 pageviews2026-08-06 — 63 pageviews2026-08-10 — 36 pageviews2026-08-14 — 42 pageviews2026-08-18 — 30 pageviews2026-08-22 — 35 pageviews2026-08-26 — 42 pageviews2026-08-30 — 42 pageviews2026-09-03 — 34 pageviews2026-09-07 — 35 pageviews2026-09-11 — 26 pageviews2026-09-15 — 33 pageviews2026-09-19 — 44 pageviews2026-09-23 — 41 pageviews2026-09-27 — 34 pageviews2026-10-01 — 27 pageviews2026-10-05 — 18 pageviews2026-10-08 — 29 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

21202026-09-30 18:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-01 18:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-02 00:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 12:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-02 18:34 — 8 viewers2026-10-03 00:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-03 06:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-03 12:34 — 7 viewers2026-10-03 18:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-04 00:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-04 06:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-04 12:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-04 18:34 — 8 viewers2026-10-05 00:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-05 06:34 — 212 viewers2026-10-06 19:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-07 01:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-08 15:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-08 21:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-09 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 01:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-10 07:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-10 13:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-10 19:35 — 1 viewers2026-10-11 01:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-11 23:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-12 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 11:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-12 17:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-12 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 21:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-14 03:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-14 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-14 15:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-14 17:34 — 1 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

42
achievements tracked
70.1%
earned "Wipeout"
15.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudStatsSteam Leaderboards1 DLC

17 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Dutch, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Russian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil…

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2019-05-07 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox One, Windows (Xbox)53,2780%40
PS4 (PlayStation)17,4451%34
PS4 (PlayStation)11,2511%34
Steam (Steam)11,1461%42
Switch (Nintendo)1290%0
Switch (Nintendo)10%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

BMXBikesActionRacingSportsCyclingPhysicsModdableFast-PacedOpen World

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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