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RAGE

id Software · Bethesda Softworks · 2011-10-03

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Action

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: First person, Third person

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!

RAGE is a 2011 Action game priced at $9.99, with an estimated 1,000,000 .. 2,000,000 owners and Mostly Positive (78% of 18312 reviews).

45
playing now
78%
positive of 18k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
81/100
critic score (10 outlets, IGDB)
73/100
IGDB user rating (310 ratings)
13
Nexus mods (22k downloads)
20h
to beat · completionist 29h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

45 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 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.

Trailer

RAGE trailer thumbnail

Rage Official Trailer #1 (2014) - Nicolas Cage Thriller HD

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

Health check

Healthy
  • · 45 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 3% of 27,656 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 732k–1.5M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 18,312 total reviews — how this is computed.

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

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 24 of 41 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

92232026-09-15 12:00 — 42 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 71 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 32 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 52 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 92 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 39 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 44 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 53 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 30 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 38 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 57 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 25 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 23 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 41 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 55 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 29 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 61 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 59 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 35 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 73 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 75 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 32 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 45 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1.2k45Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 949 · peak 1,933Dec 2012 — avg 532 · peak 1,123May 2013 — avg 256 · peak 553Oct 2013 — avg 292 · peak 701Mar 2014 — avg 247 · peak 573Aug 2014 — avg 232 · peak 475Jan 2015 — avg 251 · peak 609Jun 2015 — avg 256 · peak 740Nov 2015 — avg 177 · peak 441Apr 2016 — avg 127 · peak 287Sep 2016 — avg 134 · peak 292Feb 2017 — avg 144 · peak 312Jul 2017 — avg 181 · peak 445Dec 2017 — avg 165 · peak 389May 2018 — avg 255 · peak 778Oct 2018 — avg 123 · peak 255Mar 2019 — avg 138 · peak 359Aug 2019 — avg 127 · peak 316Jan 2020 — avg 84 · peak 197Jun 2020 — avg 68 · peak 148Nov 2020 — avg 72 · peak 153Apr 2021 — avg 64 · peak 126Sep 2021 — avg 74 · peak 155Feb 2022 — avg 61 · peak 119Jul 2022 — avg 57 · peak 111Dec 2022 — avg 56 · peak 109May 2023 — avg 50 · peak 103Oct 2023 — avg 45 · peak 104Mar 2024 — avg 62 · peak 126Aug 2024 — avg 74 · peak 197Jan 2025 — avg 58 · peak 130Jun 2025 — avg 46 · peak 102Nov 2025 — avg 53 · peak 117Apr 2026 — avg 47 · peak 106Aug 2026 — avg 65 · peak 164
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

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).

Attention

7141962026-06-01 — 263 pageviews2026-06-05 — 263 pageviews2026-06-09 — 246 pageviews2026-06-13 — 196 pageviews2026-06-17 — 274 pageviews2026-06-21 — 244 pageviews2026-06-25 — 268 pageviews2026-06-29 — 279 pageviews2026-07-03 — 255 pageviews2026-07-07 — 709 pageviews2026-07-11 — 525 pageviews2026-07-15 — 427 pageviews2026-07-19 — 338 pageviews2026-07-23 — 281 pageviews2026-07-27 — 290 pageviews2026-07-31 — 291 pageviews2026-08-04 — 331 pageviews2026-08-08 — 393 pageviews2026-08-12 — 307 pageviews2026-08-16 — 307 pageviews2026-08-20 — 269 pageviews2026-08-24 — 332 pageviews2026-08-28 — 215 pageviews2026-09-01 — 243 pageviews2026-09-05 — 238 pageviews2026-09-09 — 241 pageviews2026-09-13 — 259 pageviews2026-09-17 — 210 pageviews2026-09-21 — 220 pageviews2026-09-25 — 210 pageviews2026-09-29 — 236 pageviews2026-10-03 — 288 pageviews2026-10-07 — 244 pageviews2026-10-11 — 228 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

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

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2012-12-18, latest 2018-06-21 (Steam store data)

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.

Where its players are

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

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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