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RAGE

id Software · Bethesda Softworks · 2011-10-03

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Action

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Oct 27, 2011 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 07, 2011 (PlayStation 3), Oct 04, 2011 (Xbox 360), May 23, 2012 (Mac)

Powered by id’s revolutionary id Tech® 5 technology, RAGE is an intense first-person shooter with breakneck vehicle combat, an expansive world to explore, and jaw-dropping graphics!

51
playing now
78%
positive of 18k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
81/100
critic score (10 outlets, IGDB)
73/100
IGDB user rating (310 ratings)
20h
to beat · completionist 29h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)

51 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 01:00 UTC (census sample)

Rage is a first-person shooter video game developed by id Software and published by Bethesda Softworks, released in October 2011 for Microsoft Windows, the PlayStation 3, and the Xbox 360, and in February 2012 for OS X. It was first shown as a tech demo at the 2007 Apple Worldwide Developers Conference and was announced at the QuakeCon. Rage uses id Software's id Tech 5 game engine and is the final game released by the company under the supervision of founder John Carmack.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 51 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 337 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~42/week).
  • · Review velocity up 9% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 8% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 732k–1.5M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 18,289 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$8.87-11%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.80 at GreenManGaming (2019-04-10) · bundled 17×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 26 of 45 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
14014020182026Week of 2018-01-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 109 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 140 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 14 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

159272026-08-06 21:00 — 81 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 41 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 76 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 99 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 53 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 99 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 132 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 54 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 113 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 120 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 50 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 70 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 89 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 45 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 86 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 84 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 40 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 87 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 97 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 44 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 62 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 84 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 55 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 61 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 69 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 41 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 27 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 82 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 51 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$21.49$1.292015-01-012026-08-232015-01-01 — best price $6.092015-02-05 — best price $21.492015-03-24 — best price $20.952015-05-01 — best price $20.952015-06-05 — best price $21.492015-09-03 — best price $9.992015-12-24 — best price $5.492016-05-06 — best price $14.412016-08-30 — best price $19.992017-03-23 — best price $4.992017-08-07 — best price $2.502017-11-28 — best price $9.992018-04-16 — best price $2.842018-08-22 — best price $2.272019-01-28 — best price $1.292019-06-25 — best price $3.292019-11-09 — best price $8.392020-01-16 — best price $2.992020-03-10 — best price $8.392020-06-02 — best price $9.192020-07-22 — best price $9.992020-09-01 — best price $8.892020-10-11 — best price $8.392020-11-18 — best price $9.992021-03-08 — best price $5.002021-06-24 — best price $2.992021-10-05 — best price $8.382022-01-28 — best price $3.492022-05-23 — best price $9.992022-10-19 — best price $8.392023-03-12 — best price $9.992023-06-01 — best price $3.992023-12-04 — best price $3.992024-05-01 — best price $3.492024-11-27 — best price $3.992025-06-02 — best price $9.992026-01-05 — best price $7.192026-07-09 — best price $9.992026-08-23 — best price $8.87
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
82.8%
earned "Ghost Buster"
9.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opSteam AchievementsPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing2 DLC

9 supported languages: English, Czech, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Russian, Spanish - Spain

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox 360 (Xbox)58,5792%60
PS3 (PlayStation)51,9943%61
Steam (Steam)43,2623%60

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

Player tags

FPSRPGGoreCo-opActionRacingSci-fiShooterAdventureOpen World

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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