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Loot River

straka.studio · 2022-05-03

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventureIndieRPGStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: May 03, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 03, 2022 (Xbox Series X|S), Dec 19, 2023 (PlayStation 4), Dec 19, 2023 (PlayStation 5), May 03, 2022 (Xbox One)

Explore procedurally generated labyrinths in this challenging, narrative-rich roguelike. Master deep combat. Slide blocks of ancient ruins. Defeat bestial abominations. Loot, level up, strategize, fight, die and wake up anew. Unlock the secrets of the Loot River. Immortality is a bittersweet gift.

Loot River is an Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG game released in 2022, priced at $24.99, with an estimated 20,000 .. 50,000 owners and a Mixed review sentiment (67% of 463 reviews).

1
playing now
67%
positive of 463 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
75/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
75/100
IGDB user rating (6 ratings)
4.25★
PlayStation Store rating (24 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$24.99
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 22:00 UTC (census sample)

Prepare to journey down an otherworldly river in search of knowledge and loot! Set in a series of procedurally-generated labyrinths, Loot River is a dungeon-crawling action-roguelike that combines the tense, real-time combat and dark fantasy stylings of Dark Souls with the spatial block-shifting puzzles of Tetris. Armed with the power of the Relic, players can shift the ground beneath them, sliding floating ruins together in a series of tile puzzles. As players venture through these endless catacombs, they’ll encounter beasts, lost travellers, and bosses. These cosmic grottos offer a wealth o(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 28 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4/week).
  • · Review velocity up 100% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (170 reviews).
  • · Top 21% of 27,942 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 9.3k–21k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 463 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$24.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.74 at Steam (2025-12-18) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 3 of 13 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
11311320222026Week of 2022-05-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-15 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 07:00 — 1 players2026-09-18 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 04:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 19:00 — 2 players2026-09-29 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 23:00 — 2 players2026-10-12 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 14:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 22:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$24.99$3.742022-05-032026-10-112022-05-03 — best price $22.492022-05-10 — best price $24.992022-06-15 — best price $24.992022-07-07 — best price $24.992022-08-01 — best price $24.992022-09-12 — best price $24.992022-11-29 — best price $24.992022-12-19 — best price $24.992023-01-05 — best price $24.992023-02-01 — best price $24.992023-03-16 — best price $24.992023-03-23 — best price $24.992023-04-29 — best price $24.992023-06-12 — best price $24.992023-07-27 — best price $24.992023-09-09 — best price $24.992023-10-21 — best price $24.992023-12-12 — best price $24.992024-01-04 — best price $24.992024-01-25 — best price $24.992024-03-09 — best price $24.992024-03-21 — best price $24.992024-04-22 — best price $24.992024-07-11 — best price $24.992024-09-23 — best price $24.992024-11-06 — best price $24.992024-12-04 — best price $24.992025-01-02 — best price $24.992025-03-20 — best price $24.992025-07-10 — best price $24.992026-01-05 — best price $24.992026-03-26 — best price $24.992026-07-09 — best price $24.992026-09-06 — best price $24.992026-09-20 — best price $24.992026-10-04 — best price $24.992026-10-11 — best price $24.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

15
achievements tracked
38.9%
earned "Incineration "
9.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

16 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Arabic, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian…

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2022-05-03 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)2,8428%15
Steam (Steam)6443%15
PS5 (PlayStation)349%16
PS4 (PlayStation)617%16

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

Player tags

RPGStrategyTop-DownDifficultIsometricControllerFast-PacedRogue-likeRogue-liteSouls-like

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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