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Rain World cover art

Rain World

Videocult · Akupara Games · 2017-03-28

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ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

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).

1,743
playing now
94%
positive of 56k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
77
twitch viewers (latest)
62/100
critic score (11 outlets, IGDB)
75/100
IGDB user rating (85 ratings)
23h
to beat · rushed 15h · completionist 79h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$24.99
steam price (US)

1,743 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 17:00 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.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 1,743 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 8,002 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1,000/week).
  • · Review velocity up 31% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 4% of 10,862 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.4M–3.4M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 55,931 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 16×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 135 of 181 observed days · $9.26 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
2.1k2.1k20182026Week of 2018-01-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 3 negativeWeek 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: 215 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 24 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2.6k02026-08-06 21:00 — 1,494 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 1,526 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 2,518 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 1,514 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 1,690 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 2,491 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 1,630 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 1,680 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 2,577 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 1,658 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 1,355 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 2,428 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 1,488 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 1,410 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 2,429 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 1,311 players2026-08-14 04:00 — 1,255 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 2,009 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 1,619 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 1,256 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 1,532 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 1,467 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 1,336 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 17:00 — 1,486 players2026-08-26 01:00 — 1,199 players2026-08-27 09:00 — 1,448 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 1,522 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 1,286 players2026-08-30 17:00 — 1,743 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$24.99$2.492017-03-162026-08-302017-03-16 — 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 $9.992026-08-30 — best price $11.25
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

6421692026-05-13 — 334 pageviews2026-05-16 — 262 pageviews2026-05-19 — 317 pageviews2026-05-22 — 268 pageviews2026-05-25 — 238 pageviews2026-05-28 — 326 pageviews2026-05-31 — 272 pageviews2026-06-03 — 247 pageviews2026-06-06 — 231 pageviews2026-06-09 — 306 pageviews2026-06-12 — 207 pageviews2026-06-15 — 217 pageviews2026-06-18 — 212 pageviews2026-06-21 — 180 pageviews2026-06-24 — 186 pageviews2026-06-27 — 512 pageviews2026-06-30 — 548 pageviews2026-07-03 — 430 pageviews2026-07-06 — 568 pageviews2026-07-09 — 444 pageviews2026-07-12 — 294 pageviews2026-07-15 — 490 pageviews2026-07-18 — 348 pageviews2026-07-21 — 285 pageviews2026-07-24 — 243 pageviews2026-07-27 — 282 pageviews2026-07-30 — 223 pageviews2026-08-02 — 247 pageviews2026-08-05 — 218 pageviews2026-08-08 — 220 pageviews2026-08-11 — 266 pageviews2026-08-14 — 237 pageviews2026-08-17 — 206 pageviews2026-08-20 — 260 pageviews2026-08-23 — 236 pageviews2026-08-24 — 230 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

37302026-08-26 19:15 — 49 viewers2026-08-26 21:34 — 56 viewers2026-08-27 01:34 — 40 viewers2026-08-27 04:34 — 36 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 34 viewers2026-08-27 10:34 — 34 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 76 viewers2026-08-27 16:34 — 27 viewers2026-08-27 19:34 — 37 viewers2026-08-27 23:34 — 30 viewers2026-08-28 02:34 — 32 viewers2026-08-28 05:34 — 54 viewers2026-08-28 08:34 — 29 viewers2026-08-28 11:34 — 37 viewers2026-08-28 14:34 — 41 viewers2026-08-28 17:34 — 40 viewers2026-08-28 20:34 — 42 viewers2026-08-28 23:34 — 53 viewers2026-08-29 02:34 — 62 viewers2026-08-29 05:34 — 20 viewers2026-08-29 08:34 — 52 viewers2026-08-29 11:34 — 52 viewers2026-08-29 14:34 — 38 viewers2026-08-29 17:34 — 36 viewers2026-08-29 20:34 — 79 viewers2026-08-29 23:34 — 53 viewers2026-08-30 02:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-30 05:34 — 14 viewers2026-08-30 08:34 — 23 viewers2026-08-30 11:34 — 29 viewers2026-08-30 14:34 — 80 viewers2026-08-30 17:34 — 77 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

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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