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RAGE 2

id Software · Bethesda Softworks · 2019-05-13

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Action

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: May 13, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 14, 2019 (Xbox One), Nov 19, 2019 (Google Stadia), May 14, 2019 (PlayStation 4)

RAGE 2 brings together two studio powerhouses – Avalanche Studios, masters of open world insanity, and id Software, creators of the first-person shooter – to deliver a carnival of carnage where you can go anywhere, shoot anything, and explode everything.

RAGE 2 is an Action game released in 2019, priced at $39.99, with a Mixed review sentiment (63% of 17052 reviews) and an owner estimate of 500,000 .. 1,000,000.

34
playing now
63%
positive of 17k reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
69/100
critic score (11 outlets, IGDB)
69/100
IGDB user rating (212 ratings)
21
Nexus mods (13k downloads)
4.06★
PlayStation Store rating (7,093 ratings)
71/100
opencritic · fair · 41% recommend · from 156 critics
20h
time to beat (IGDB)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$39.99
steam price (US)

34 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 03:00 UTC (census sample)

Rage 2 is a 2019 first-person shooter video game developed by Avalanche Studios in conjunction with id Software and published by Bethesda Softworks. The game is the sequel to the 2011 game Rage. The game was released for PlayStation 4, Windows, and Xbox One on May 14, 2019. It received mixed reviews from critics, with praise for its combat but criticism for its story, characters, and open world gameplay.

Trailer

RAGE 2 trailer thumbnail

RAGE 2 – Official Launch Trailer

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 34 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 277 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~35/week).
  • · Review velocity up 3% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (3,967 reviews).
  • · Top 4% of 27,908 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 426k–1.0M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 17,052 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$39.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.99 at GamersGate (2022-05-09) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $39.99 · on sale 37 of 74 observed days · $35.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
2.1k2.1k20192026Week of 2019-05-01: 2,140 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1,827 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 521 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 311 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 468 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 270 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 142 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 123 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 336 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 247 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 141 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 103 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 536 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 150 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 425 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 137 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 252 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 108 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 320 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 177 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 225 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 114 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 172 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 80 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 136 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 75 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 399 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 231 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 131 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 13 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

85162026-09-15 12:00 — 41 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 47 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 26 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 56 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 66 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 25 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 41 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 63 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 34 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 63 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 52 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 16 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 33 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 55 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 40 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 39 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 65 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 39 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 30 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 84 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 70 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 27 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 53 players2026-10-15 03:00 — 34 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
3.8k47May 2019Aug 2026May 2019 — avg 3,814 · peak 13,591Aug 2019 — avg 369 · peak 1,108Nov 2019 — avg 241 · peak 741Feb 2020 — avg 349 · peak 1,023May 2020 — avg 127 · peak 258Aug 2020 — avg 435 · peak 1,438Nov 2020 — avg 109 · peak 271Feb 2021 — avg 120 · peak 249May 2021 — avg 115 · peak 305Aug 2021 — avg 144 · peak 426Nov 2021 — avg 68 · peak 163Feb 2022 — avg 76 · peak 163May 2022 — avg 93 · peak 217Aug 2022 — avg 120 · peak 311Nov 2022 — avg 78 · peak 179Feb 2023 — avg 88 · peak 177May 2023 — avg 68 · peak 155Aug 2023 — avg 102 · peak 224Nov 2023 — avg 64 · peak 132Feb 2024 — avg 101 · peak 232May 2024 — avg 66 · peak 162Aug 2024 — avg 96 · peak 258Nov 2024 — avg 52 · peak 127Feb 2025 — avg 52 · peak 109May 2025 — avg 51 · peak 116Aug 2025 — avg 83 · peak 198Nov 2025 — avg 53 · peak 141Feb 2026 — avg 84 · peak 198May 2026 — avg 50 · peak 114Aug 2026 — avg 74 · peak 183
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$59.99$0.002018-12-072026-10-152018-12-07 — best price $48.472019-05-10 — best price $53.992019-08-10 — best price $30.452019-11-06 — best price $59.992019-12-23 — best price $18.122020-02-06 — best price $52.662020-03-25 — best price $55.192020-05-21 — best price $29.992020-07-11 — best price $49.992020-08-11 — best price $59.992020-09-15 — best price $59.992020-10-22 — best price $59.992020-11-18 — best price $59.992021-02-10 — best price $17.992021-04-23 — best price $27.762021-07-22 — best price $17.992021-09-23 — best price $39.992021-11-23 — best price $11.992022-01-26 — best price $12.002022-04-01 — best price $39.992022-05-19 — best price $15.992022-08-08 — best price $9.502022-10-01 — best price $35.092022-12-06 — best price $35.092023-03-13 — best price $8.602023-05-12 — best price $8.502023-07-14 — best price $33.592023-11-16 — best price $7.992024-01-30 — best price $7.992024-05-01 — best price $6.992024-08-15 — best price $11.992024-12-12 — best price $7.992025-03-11 — best price $6.802025-07-11 — best price $34.852025-12-03 — best price $34.852026-03-10 — best price $34.852026-06-01 — best price $35.092026-09-10 — best price $39.992026-10-15 — best price $39.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

4511082026-05-29 — 114 pageviews2026-06-02 — 113 pageviews2026-06-06 — 116 pageviews2026-06-10 — 172 pageviews2026-06-14 — 146 pageviews2026-06-18 — 131 pageviews2026-06-22 — 131 pageviews2026-06-26 — 130 pageviews2026-06-30 — 152 pageviews2026-07-04 — 135 pageviews2026-07-08 — 451 pageviews2026-07-12 — 218 pageviews2026-07-16 — 184 pageviews2026-07-20 — 173 pageviews2026-07-24 — 132 pageviews2026-07-28 — 143 pageviews2026-08-01 — 142 pageviews2026-08-05 — 123 pageviews2026-08-09 — 210 pageviews2026-08-13 — 159 pageviews2026-08-17 — 140 pageviews2026-08-21 — 138 pageviews2026-08-25 — 197 pageviews2026-08-29 — 152 pageviews2026-09-02 — 120 pageviews2026-09-06 — 133 pageviews2026-09-10 — 126 pageviews2026-09-14 — 141 pageviews2026-09-18 — 128 pageviews2026-09-22 — 162 pageviews2026-09-26 — 124 pageviews2026-09-30 — 124 pageviews2026-10-04 — 145 pageviews2026-10-07 — 108 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
86.3%
earned "The Ranger"
9.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsCaptions availableIn-App PurchasesPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

12 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Portuguese - Brazil

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox One (Xbox)39,7391%65
PS4 (PlayStation)36,0732%65
Steam (Steam)11,3473%64

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

FPSGoreBloodFunnyActionShooterViolentOpen WorldExplorationMultiplayer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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