The Game Census
Realm of the Mad God Exalt cover art

Realm of the Mad God Exalt

Wild Shadow Studios · Deca Live Operations GmbH · 2012-02-20

Steam

ActionAdventureIndieMassively MultiplayerRPGFree To Play

Modes: Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO)

Releases: Jun 20, 2011 (Web browser), Feb 20, 2012 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Feb 20, 2012 (Mac)

Embark on an exhilarating journey into the pixelated Realm of the Mad God! Join, an action-packed, free-to-play MMO bullet hell game. Discover a world with danger, challenges, and hidden treasures as you battle through waves of enemies. Team up with players and conquer dungeons to become a legend!

1,412
playing now
83%
positive of 48k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
295
twitch viewers (latest)
85/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
54/100
IGDB user rating (48 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Free
steam price (US)

1,412 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 01:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 1,412 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 889 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~111/week).
  • · Review velocity down 26% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 4% of 10,710 Action games in the census by review count.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
94494420182026Week of 2018-01-01: 221 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 69 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 145 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 137 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 141 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 135 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 159 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 178 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 259 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 103 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 138 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 422 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 149 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 138 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 135 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 562 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 784 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 83 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 150 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 740 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 72 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 595 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 75 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 464 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 380 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 604 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 944 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 131 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 625 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 107 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 447 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 94 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 364 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 71 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 422 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 125 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 364 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 336 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 450 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 425 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 352 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 302 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 371 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 86 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 380 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 80 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 298 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 74 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 293 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 286 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 330 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 82 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 295 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 82 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 231 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 275 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 214 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 205 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 65 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 237 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 211 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 88 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 183 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 90 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 192 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 69 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 179 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 65 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 179 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 176 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 62 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 194 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 283 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 262 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 196 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 175 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 164 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 65 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 175 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 177 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 171 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 101 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 150 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 101 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 177 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 81 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 161 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 140 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 201 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 141 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 146 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 140 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 134 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 137 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 139 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 165 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 137 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 144 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 110 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 12 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1.7k8042026-08-06 22:00 — 1,400 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 912 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 1,123 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 1,484 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 1,068 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 1,200 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 1,533 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 1,018 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 1,289 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 1,578 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 912 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 1,134 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 1,355 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 831 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 1,164 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 1,325 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 940 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 1,101 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 1,526 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 1,004 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 863 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 1,349 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 1,240 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 1,042 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 1,422 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 1,261 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 841 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 1,316 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 1,412 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Twitch viewers

45592026-08-26 19:15 — 116 viewers2026-08-26 21:34 — 129 viewers2026-08-27 01:34 — 41 viewers2026-08-27 04:34 — 40 viewers2026-08-27 07:33 — 22 viewers2026-08-27 10:34 — 15 viewers2026-08-27 13:34 — 28 viewers2026-08-27 16:34 — 58 viewers2026-08-27 19:34 — 85 viewers2026-08-27 23:34 — 62 viewers2026-08-28 02:34 — 60 viewers2026-08-28 05:34 — 51 viewers2026-08-28 08:34 — 23 viewers2026-08-28 11:34 — 117 viewers2026-08-28 14:34 — 203 viewers2026-08-28 17:34 — 272 viewers2026-08-28 20:34 — 245 viewers2026-08-28 23:34 — 65 viewers2026-08-29 02:34 — 67 viewers2026-08-29 05:34 — 102 viewers2026-08-29 08:34 — 58 viewers2026-08-29 11:34 — 153 viewers2026-08-29 14:34 — 223 viewers2026-08-29 17:34 — 243 viewers2026-08-29 20:34 — 156 viewers2026-08-29 23:34 — 37 viewers2026-08-30 02:34 — 53 viewers2026-08-30 05:34 — 71 viewers2026-08-30 08:34 — 9 viewers2026-08-30 11:34 — 141 viewers2026-08-30 14:34 — 256 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 295 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
3.8%
earned "Vestaments"
1.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSMulti-playerMMOCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsIn-App PurchasesStats6 DLC

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)48,4070%167

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

2DRPGIndieActionMMORPGDifficultAction RPGRogue-likeRogue-liteBullet Hell

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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