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R-COIL cover art

R-COIL

Vector Hat · Thalamus Digital · 2018-02-05

Steam

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Feb 05, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Feb 05, 2018 (Mac), Feb 05, 2018 (Linux)

R-COIL is a multi-directional shooter with a unique single button control scheme. Use the stick to aim and a single button to fire and thrust. Tap to fire. Hold to thrust. Yeah, it's hard.

R-COIL is an Action, Indie game released in 2018, estimated to have 20,000 .. 50,000 owners, priced at $4.99, with Mixed (67% of 46 reviews).

0
playing now
67%
positive of 46 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$4.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 09:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Dormant
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 0 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~0/week).
  • · Review velocity down 100% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · No new reviews since week of 2020-06-01.
  • · Top 53% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-02

All-time low: $0.49 at Steam (2018-10-30) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 6 of 11 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
4420182024Week of 2018-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

002026-09-15 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 09:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$4.99$0.492018-02-062026-07-202018-02-06 — best price $4.992018-08-13 — best price $0.992018-11-01 — best price $4.992019-03-25 — best price $4.992019-08-26 — best price $2.992019-11-01 — best price $4.992020-01-23 — best price $2.992020-04-20 — best price $4.992020-06-25 — best price $1.542020-12-01 — best price $4.992021-06-24 — best price $1.242022-02-03 — best price $4.992023-01-05 — best price $4.992023-05-15 — best price $1.242023-07-13 — best price $4.992023-10-09 — best price $1.242024-01-04 — best price $4.992024-03-18 — best price $4.992024-06-03 — best price $2.492024-09-09 — best price $2.492024-12-20 — best price $1.242025-03-20 — best price $4.992025-07-02 — best price $2.492025-09-15 — best price $4.992025-12-18 — best price $2.492026-03-16 — best price $2.502026-05-18 — best price $4.992026-07-20 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

12
achievements tracked
18.6%
earned "Take It Easy"
5.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPShared/Split Screen PvPCo-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Cloud

Player tags

IndieActionArcade

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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