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Penny Arcade's On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness 3

Zeboyd Games · Penny Arcade, Inc. · 2012-06-25

Steam

IndieRPG

Franchise: Penny Arcade · Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric, Side view

Releases: Jul 25, 2012 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 25, 2012 (Mac), Oct 25, 2012 (Android), Jun 29, 2012 (Xbox 360), Oct 24, 2012 (iOS)

The Startling Developments Detective Agency springs into action as On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness 3 begins, set in motion by a call from a mysterious source. The ever escalating perils on the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness will season our tender heroes to their very core!

Penny Arcade's On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness 3 is an Indie and RPG game released in 2012, free-to-play, with an estimated 200,000 to 500,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (86% of 600 reviews).

0
playing now
86%
positive of 600 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (5 ratings)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Free
steam price (US)

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

The main game begins with Tycho receiving a phone call which is described as 10 minutes of silence, prompting Tycho and Gabe to go to the Arcadia boardwalk where they had previously defeated the mime god and members of his cult. Teaming up with Anne-Claire, they fight past the cultists, and eventually face off against a crabomancer, then, upon defeating it, recover pins which bestow classes on whomever wears one (similar to the job system in early Final Fantasy games). They return to their office, only to find that Dr. Blood has orchestrated the theft of the Necrowombicon. Anne-Claire returns (Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 19 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 12% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 14% of 49,704 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

All-time low: $0.39 at Steam (2015-04-13) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
151520142026Week of 2014-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2014-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2014-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2014-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2014-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2014-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2014-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2015-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2015-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2015-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2015-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2015-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2015-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2015-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2015-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2015-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2015-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2015-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2015-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2015-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2015-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2015-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2015-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2016-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2016-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-15 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 01:00 — 1 players2026-10-05 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 00:00 — 1 players2026-10-09 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 14:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
790Jul 2012May 2023Jul 2012 — avg 79 · peak 170Oct 2012 — avg 14 · peak 59Jan 2013 — avg 18 · peak 62Apr 2013 — avg 25 · peak 104Jul 2013 — avg 31 · peak 154Oct 2013 — avg 8 · peak 23Jan 2014 — avg 13 · peak 50Apr 2014 — avg 12 · peak 48Jul 2014 — avg 9 · peak 26Oct 2014 — avg 3 · peak 14Jan 2015 — avg 4 · peak 12Apr 2015 — avg 8 · peak 34Jul 2015 — avg 6 · peak 23Oct 2015 — avg 4 · peak 19Jan 2016 — avg 3 · peak 10Apr 2016 — avg 1 · peak 7Jul 2016 — avg 2 · peak 8Oct 2016 — avg 1 · peak 7Jan 2017 — avg 2 · peak 8Apr 2017 — avg 1 · peak 7Jul 2017 — avg 1 · peak 6Oct 2017 — avg 1 · peak 4Jan 2018 — avg 1 · peak 7Apr 2018 — avg 1 · peak 5Jul 2018 — avg 1 · peak 5Oct 2018 — avg 1 · peak 4Jan 2019 — avg 1 · peak 4Apr 2019 — avg 1 · peak 6Jul 2019 — avg 1 · peak 4Oct 2019 — avg 1 · peak 4Feb 2020 — avg 1 · peak 3May 2020 — avg 1 · peak 3Aug 2020 — avg 1 · peak 3Dec 2020 — avg 1 · peak 4Oct 2021 — avg 1 · peak 5May 2023 — avg 2 · peak 5

▲ +1 avg players vs prior month — May 2023

Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$4.99$0.002015-01-012023-05-012015-01-01 — best price $0.992015-02-09 — best price $0.742015-04-13 — best price $0.392015-06-11 — best price $0.392015-06-29 — best price $0.392015-09-28 — best price $0.392015-11-25 — best price $0.492015-12-22 — best price $0.492016-02-05 — best price $0.492016-05-02 — best price $1.242016-06-23 — best price $0.992016-07-25 — best price $0.942016-12-22 — best price $0.942017-01-23 — best price $0.942017-06-23 — best price $0.942017-11-23 — best price $0.492017-12-21 — best price $0.492018-09-24 — best price $1.992018-11-01 — best price $1.992018-11-27 — best price $1.992019-01-04 — best price $1.992019-07-10 — best price $1.992023-05-01 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerFull controller supportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

Player tags

RPGJRPGFunnyIndieRetroComedyMysteryRPGMakerTop-DownDetective

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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