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On Rusty Trails

Black Pants Studio · 2016-06-13

SteamGOG

Indie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Jun 13, 2016 (Linux), Jun 13, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 16, 2023 (Nintendo Switch), Jun 13, 2016 (Mac)

Conformity is everything in this lightning-fast platformer - get ready to shift your friendships each and every second!

On Rusty Trails is an Indie game released in 2016, priced at $14.99, with an estimated owner base of 20,000 .. 50,000 and a Very Positive review sentiment (88% of 266 reviews).

0
playing now
87%
positive of 267 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
90/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (2 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

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

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 5 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 58% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 22% of 50,052 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 6.7k–16k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 267 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.08 at GamesPlanet UK (2022-12-12) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 74 of 104 observed days · $13.91 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
8820162026Week of 2016-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek 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 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-16 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 22:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$1.292016-06-132026-10-152016-06-13 — best price $12.992016-10-07 — best price $12.992016-12-22 — best price $3.242017-06-21 — best price $12.992018-01-29 — best price $3.242018-08-13 — best price $12.732019-04-15 — best price $3.242019-12-11 — best price $1.292020-03-30 — best price $12.992020-06-26 — best price $10.812020-08-16 — best price $11.582020-10-07 — best price $12.992020-11-12 — best price $12.992021-01-10 — best price $10.942021-02-25 — best price $10.942021-04-18 — best price $9.322021-06-06 — best price $12.992021-08-25 — best price $10.942021-12-20 — best price $11.692022-03-12 — best price $12.762022-07-05 — best price $10.282022-09-26 — best price $12.992023-02-22 — best price $10.282023-07-05 — best price $11.892023-10-27 — best price $11.012024-02-11 — best price $11.502024-05-23 — best price $2.992024-08-15 — best price $2.242024-11-21 — best price $1.492025-03-03 — best price $3.742025-07-12 — best price $11.012025-12-08 — best price $14.992026-04-27 — best price $14.992026-08-29 — best price $5.092026-09-23 — best price $14.992026-10-15 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

44
achievements tracked
38%
earned "Inventor's Childhood"
5.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsCustom Volume ControlsGamepad RecommendedPlayable without Timed InputStereo SoundSteam CloudStats1 DLC

4 supported languages: English, German, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2016-06-13 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)8407%44

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

Player tags

2.5DIndieActionRobotsSci-fiCartoonyColorfulNarrationComic BookPlatformer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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