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Loot Rascals cover art

Loot Rascals

Hollow Ponds · 2017-03-07

SteamPlayStation Store

AdventureIndieRPG

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Mar 07, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Mar 07, 2017 (PlayStation 4)

Explore an outlandish outer space, gather Loot Cards, and fight your way to The Thing Below in this innovative and offbeat strategy roguelike.

69%
positive of 207 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
66/100
critic score (6 outlets, IGDB)
69/100
IGDB user rating (5 ratings)
1
Nexus mods (5 downloads)
4.12★
PlayStation Store rating (50 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$9.99
steam price (US)
Loot Rascals is a turn-based strategy roguelike video game developed and published by British independent game studio Hollow Ponds. The game released on March 7, 2017, for Microsoft Windows and PlayStation 4. Loot Rascals received mixed reviews from critics.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 2 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~0/week).
  • · Review velocity down 33% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (22 reviews).
  • · Top 30% of 26,144 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 5.2k–12k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 207 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $4.99 at Steam (2021-06-24) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 1 of 2 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
222220172026Week of 2017-03-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$14.99$4.992017-03-072026-01-052017-03-07 — best price $14.992017-06-23 — best price $11.992017-10-26 — best price $11.242017-11-28 — best price $14.992018-06-20 — best price $7.492018-08-30 — best price $7.492018-11-01 — best price $14.992018-12-21 — best price $7.492019-02-11 — best price $14.992019-10-28 — best price $7.492019-11-26 — best price $7.492019-12-03 — best price $7.492020-01-02 — best price $14.992020-04-23 — best price $7.492020-07-09 — best price $14.992021-01-13 — best price $9.992021-08-20 — best price $4.992021-10-25 — best price $9.992021-11-24 — best price $4.992022-01-05 — best price $9.992022-06-24 — best price $4.992022-11-29 — best price $9.992023-03-16 — best price $4.992023-07-13 — best price $9.992023-12-21 — best price $4.992024-07-11 — best price $9.992024-12-19 — best price $4.992025-03-20 — best price $9.992025-09-29 — best price $4.992026-01-05 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

602026-07-10 — 1 pageviews2026-07-13 — 0 pageviews2026-07-16 — 6 pageviews2026-07-19 — 1 pageviews2026-07-22 — 1 pageviews2026-07-25 — 2 pageviews2026-07-28 — 0 pageviews2026-07-31 — 1 pageviews2026-08-05 — 2 pageviews2026-08-08 — 1 pageviews2026-08-11 — 1 pageviews2026-08-14 — 2 pageviews2026-08-17 — 0 pageviews2026-08-21 — 1 pageviews2026-08-24 — 1 pageviews2026-08-27 — 2 pageviews2026-08-30 — 1 pageviews2026-09-02 — 1 pageviews2026-09-05 — 1 pageviews2026-09-08 — 0 pageviews2026-09-11 — 1 pageviews2026-09-14 — 1 pageviews2026-09-17 — 4 pageviews2026-09-21 — 1 pageviews2026-09-24 — 3 pageviews2026-09-27 — 1 pageviews2026-09-30 — 2 pageviews2026-10-03 — 1 pageviews2026-10-06 — 1 pageviews2026-10-07 — 2 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

22
achievements tracked
41.1%
earned "Better To Be Busy Than Bored"
2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam LeaderboardsRemote Play on TVFamily Sharing1 DLC

4 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2017-03-07 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1,1211%22
PS4 (PlayStation)1123%22

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

Player tags

2DRPGLootIndieHex GridStrategyAdventureCard GameDifficultRogue-like

Census log

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

Players also track

Space Pirates And Zombies 2Star Control®: OriginsCaves of QudEscape MachinesCogmindI am not a Monster: First ContactDungeons of AetherWall World

Similarity via IGDB.

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