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Rain World cover art

Rain World

Videocult · Akupara Games · 2017-03-28

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreEpic Games StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Mar 28, 2017 (PlayStation 4), Dec 27, 2018 (Nintendo Switch), Jul 11, 2023 (PlayStation 5), Jul 11, 2023 (Xbox One), Jul 11, 2023 (Xbox Series X|S), Mar 28, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

You are a nomadic slugcat, both predator and prey in a broken ecosystem. Grab your spear and brave the industrial wastes, hunting enough food to survive, but be wary— other, bigger creatures have the same plan... and slugcats look delicious.

Rain World is a $24.99 Action, Adventure, Indie game released in 2017, with an owner estimate of 1,000,000 .. 2,000,000 and a Very Positive sentiment (94% of 55931 reviews).

956
playing now
94%
positive of 58k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
30
twitch viewers (latest)
10.0
viewers/channel (concentration)
62/100
critic score (11 outlets, IGDB)
75/100
IGDB user rating (85 ratings)
6
Nexus mods (243 downloads)
4.42★
PlayStation Store rating (5,280 ratings)
67/100
opencritic · fair · 44% recommend · from 67 critics
23h
to beat · rushed 15h · completionist 79h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$24.99
steam price (US)

956 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Rain World is a 2017 survival-platform video game developed by independent studio Videocult and published by Adult Swim Games and Akupara Games. It was released for PlayStation 4 and Windows in March 2017 and Nintendo Switch in December 2018. The player guides a "slugcat", an agile animal resembling a cat-slug hybrid, as it fights for survival in a derelict and hostile environment. The slugcat traverses the remnants of an industrialized ancient civilization in search of its lost family. It uses debris as weapons to ward off lethal predators, scavenges for food, and attempts to reach safe hibernation rooms before deadly torrential rain arrives. Rain World can be played alone or with multiple players; there is also a sandbox mode.

Trailer

Rain World trailer thumbnail

Rain World Trailer | Fate of a Slugcat | Adult Swim Games

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

Health check

Healthy
  • · 956 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 8,176 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1,022/week).
  • · Review velocity up 36% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 2% of 27,662 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.5M–3.5M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 58,019 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$11.25-55%
Microsoft Store$24.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.99 at Fanatical (2020-10-12) · bundled 17×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 163 of 205 observed days · $9.26 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
2.1k2.1k20182026Week of 2018-03-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 166 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 136 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 162 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 136 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 335 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 568 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 263 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 195 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 206 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 268 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 425 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1,522 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 141 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1,528 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 86 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1,146 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 94 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1,048 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 780 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 881 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1,295 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 90 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 766 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 856 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 808 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 865 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 837 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 982 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 713 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1,126 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 792 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 977 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 74 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 883 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 926 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 809 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 533 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 801 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 638 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 889 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 72 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 857 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 773 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1,188 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 74 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1,020 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 90 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 609 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 663 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 848 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 63 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 632 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 650 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 543 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 708 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 793 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 792 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 523 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 807 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 93 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 634 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 588 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1,035 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 126 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 2,124 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 274 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 880 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 96 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 799 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 79 negativeWeek of 2026-10-01: 275 positiveWeek of 2026-10-01: 20 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2.3k8982026-09-15 12:00 — 1,462 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 1,313 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 1,056 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 1,795 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 1,845 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 1,125 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 1,008 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 1,416 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 1,282 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 1,563 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 1,546 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 1,040 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 1,221 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 2,007 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 1,513 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 1,209 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 1,828 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 1,119 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 962 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 1,788 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 1,612 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 928 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 956 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
2.8k0Mar 2015Aug 2026Mar 2015 — avg 0 · peak 0Jun 2016 — avg 0 · peak 5Oct 2016 — avg 0 · peak 1Feb 2017 — avg 0 · peak 4Jun 2017 — avg 46 · peak 84Oct 2017 — avg 14 · peak 30Feb 2018 — avg 33 · peak 68Jun 2018 — avg 37 · peak 83Oct 2018 — avg 21 · peak 45Feb 2019 — avg 44 · peak 104Jun 2019 — avg 37 · peak 72Oct 2019 — avg 53 · peak 177Feb 2020 — avg 39 · peak 84Jun 2020 — avg 56 · peak 99Oct 2020 — avg 45 · peak 87Feb 2021 — avg 71 · peak 145Jun 2021 — avg 63 · peak 126Oct 2021 — avg 64 · peak 176Feb 2022 — avg 70 · peak 128Jun 2022 — avg 220 · peak 749Oct 2022 — avg 117 · peak 314Feb 2023 — avg 1,944 · peak 3,699Jun 2023 — avg 1,132 · peak 1,705Oct 2023 — avg 981 · peak 2,184Feb 2024 — avg 937 · peak 1,492Jun 2024 — avg 991 · peak 1,452Oct 2024 — avg 939 · peak 1,738Feb 2025 — avg 1,073 · peak 1,860Jun 2025 — avg 973 · peak 1,489Oct 2025 — avg 922 · peak 1,844Feb 2026 — avg 921 · peak 1,380Jun 2026 — avg 1,593 · peak 5,911Aug 2026 — avg 1,631 · peak 2,851
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
1471472026-09-212026-10-142026-09-21: 147 new positive2026-09-21: 14 new negative2026-09-22: 16 new positive2026-09-23: 23 new positive2026-09-23: 1 new negative2026-09-24: 21 new positive2026-09-24: 1 new negative2026-09-25: 26 new positive2026-09-25: 2 new negative2026-09-26: 28 new positive2026-09-26: 3 new negative2026-09-27: 28 new positive2026-09-27: 5 new negative2026-09-28: 28 new positive2026-09-28: 2 new negative2026-09-29: 24 new positive2026-09-29: 4 new negative2026-09-30: 35 new positive2026-09-30: 6 new negative2026-10-01: 23 new positive2026-10-01: 3 new negative2026-10-04: 29 new positive2026-10-05: 19 new positive2026-10-05: 1 new negative2026-10-06: 32 new positive2026-10-06: 5 new negative2026-10-07: 28 new positive2026-10-07: 3 new negative2026-10-08: 31 new positive2026-10-08: 1 new negative2026-10-09: 24 new positive2026-10-09: 1 new negative2026-10-10: 24 new positive2026-10-11: 27 new positive2026-10-11: 1 new negative2026-10-12: 13 new positive2026-10-12: 3 new negative2026-10-13: 7 new positive2026-10-13: 2 new negative2026-10-14: 19 new positive
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$24.99$2.492017-03-162026-10-142017-03-16 — best price $15.992018-03-19 — best price $9.992019-01-03 — best price $19.992020-02-01 — best price $3.992020-07-09 — best price $19.992020-08-15 — best price $19.992020-09-22 — best price $17.882021-05-17 — best price $7.992022-01-07 — best price $10.992022-07-23 — best price $14.692022-10-28 — best price $19.992022-12-23 — best price $5.932023-02-16 — best price $9.992023-04-17 — best price $11.222023-06-09 — best price $11.252023-07-25 — best price $22.222023-09-18 — best price $10.492023-11-17 — best price $8.422024-01-05 — best price $11.992024-03-02 — best price $24.992024-04-17 — best price $24.992024-05-25 — best price $19.882024-07-18 — best price $8.132024-09-14 — best price $24.992024-11-19 — best price $11.242025-01-20 — best price $8.992025-03-13 — best price $11.242025-04-24 — best price $12.492025-06-15 — best price $24.992025-08-04 — best price $18.892025-09-21 — best price $10.622025-11-10 — best price $8.992025-12-18 — best price $8.742026-02-21 — best price $24.992026-04-10 — best price $7.992026-05-25 — best price $11.252026-07-12 — best price $9.992026-09-04 — best price $8.752026-09-29 — best price $11.252026-10-14 — best price $11.25
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

6421852026-05-13 — 334 pageviews2026-05-17 — 236 pageviews2026-05-21 — 332 pageviews2026-05-25 — 238 pageviews2026-05-29 — 354 pageviews2026-06-02 — 265 pageviews2026-06-06 — 231 pageviews2026-06-10 — 278 pageviews2026-06-14 — 234 pageviews2026-06-18 — 212 pageviews2026-06-22 — 215 pageviews2026-06-26 — 642 pageviews2026-06-30 — 548 pageviews2026-07-04 — 401 pageviews2026-07-08 — 412 pageviews2026-07-12 — 294 pageviews2026-07-16 — 408 pageviews2026-07-20 — 243 pageviews2026-07-24 — 243 pageviews2026-07-28 — 310 pageviews2026-08-01 — 229 pageviews2026-08-05 — 218 pageviews2026-08-09 — 203 pageviews2026-08-13 — 229 pageviews2026-08-17 — 206 pageviews2026-08-21 — 233 pageviews2026-08-25 — 223 pageviews2026-08-29 — 205 pageviews2026-09-02 — 252 pageviews2026-09-06 — 342 pageviews2026-09-10 — 338 pageviews2026-09-14 — 313 pageviews2026-09-18 — 293 pageviews2026-09-22 — 250 pageviews2026-09-26 — 244 pageviews2026-09-30 — 372 pageviews2026-10-04 — 272 pageviews2026-10-08 — 281 pageviews2026-10-12 — 185 pageviews2026-10-13 — 208 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

14462026-09-30 22:34 — 13 viewers2026-10-01 07:34 — 41 viewers2026-10-01 16:34 — 14 viewers2026-10-02 01:34 — 53 viewers2026-10-02 10:34 — 10 viewers2026-10-02 19:34 — 27 viewers2026-10-03 04:34 — 18 viewers2026-10-03 13:34 — 19 viewers2026-10-03 22:34 — 16 viewers2026-10-04 07:34 — 41 viewers2026-10-04 16:34 — 61 viewers2026-10-05 01:34 — 46 viewers2026-10-05 10:34 — 19 viewers2026-10-05 19:34 — 48 viewers2026-10-06 04:34 — 16 viewers2026-10-06 13:34 — 66 viewers2026-10-06 22:34 — 39 viewers2026-10-07 07:34 — 90 viewers2026-10-07 16:34 — 30 viewers2026-10-08 01:34 — 36 viewers2026-10-08 10:34 — 21 viewers2026-10-08 19:34 — 66 viewers2026-10-09 04:34 — 74 viewers2026-10-09 13:34 — 38 viewers2026-10-09 22:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-10 07:34 — 65 viewers2026-10-10 16:34 — 63 viewers2026-10-11 01:34 — 74 viewers2026-10-11 10:34 — 12 viewers2026-10-11 19:34 — 43 viewers2026-10-12 04:34 — 27 viewers2026-10-12 13:34 — 17 viewers2026-10-12 22:34 — 19 viewers2026-10-13 07:34 — 18 viewers2026-10-13 16:34 — 22 viewers2026-10-14 01:34 — 14 viewers2026-10-14 10:34 — 37 viewers2026-10-14 19:34 — 46 viewers2026-10-14 21:34 — 30 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

47
achievements tracked
23.6%
earned "The Survivor"
4.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPShared/Split Screen PvPSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopCustom Volume ControlsAdjustable Difficulty8 DLC

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

Post-launch support: 8 DLC released, first 2017-03-28, latest 2026-05-07 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)6,1891%47
PS4 (PlayStation)1,1300%48
PS5 (PlayStation)5001%48
Switch (Nintendo)2910%0
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)1982%47

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

2DCuteIndieSurvivalAdventureDifficultOpen WorldPlatformerAtmosphericExploration

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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