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Realms of Arkania 3 - Shadows over Riva Classic cover art

Realms of Arkania 3 - Shadows over Riva Classic

attic Entertainment Software GmbH · United Independent Entertainment · 2014-01-10

SteamGOG

RPG

Franchise: The Dark Eye · Modes: Single player

Releases: Dec 31, 1996 (DOS), Jan 10, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Mar 14, 2014 (Linux), Mar 14, 2014 (Mac)

Shadows over Riva (1997) is the third part of the glorious Realms of Arkania Trilogy...Something sinister lurks in the seaside town of Riva. An evil force has subverted the city's leaders, and evil things lurk in the town's sewers. Explore the huge city, dungeons and even underwater regions in stunningly detailed 3D.

3
playing now
81%
positive of 98 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (6 ratings)
$0.89
steam price (US)

3 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Realms of Arkania: Shadows over Riva is a role-playing video game based on the German role-playing game system Das Schwarze Auge by Attic Entertainment Software. It is the sequel to Realms of Arkania: Blade of Destiny and Realms of Arkania: Star Trail. The original German version of the game was published by TopWare Interactive in 1996. Sir-Tech released the English version in 1997.

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  • · Top 72% of 6,171 RPG games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 2.5k–5.9k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 98 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$0.89-70%
GOG$5.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.30 at GamersGate (2019-08-29) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $5.99 · on sale 12 of 14 observed days · $5.69 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Players online

302026-08-12 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 16:00 — 1 players2026-08-13 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 15:00 — 1 players2026-08-15 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 15:00 — 1 players2026-08-17 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 14:00 — 1 players2026-08-19 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 22:00 — 2 players2026-08-20 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 21:00 — 1 players2026-08-22 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 21:00 — 2 players2026-08-24 12:00 — 1 players2026-08-25 04:00 — 1 players2026-08-25 20:00 — 2 players2026-08-26 13:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 05:00 — 1 players2026-08-27 21:00 — 2 players2026-08-28 13:00 — 1 players2026-08-29 05:00 — 1 players2026-08-29 21:00 — 3 players2026-08-30 13:00 — 3 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$5.99$0.302015-01-012026-08-302015-01-01 — best price $0.802015-07-30 — best price $3.992015-12-07 — best price $3.992016-10-18 — best price $3.292017-01-02 — best price $3.992017-05-19 — best price $1.002017-09-05 — best price $3.992017-12-21 — best price $0.492018-06-21 — best price $0.992018-10-13 — best price $1.992018-11-29 — best price $0.402019-02-11 — best price $3.992019-07-10 — best price $3.992019-08-29 — best price $0.302019-11-26 — best price $0.792019-12-24 — best price $3.992020-02-22 — best price $1.192020-07-30 — best price $0.902020-11-02 — best price $3.992021-01-06 — best price $3.992021-04-18 — best price $3.992021-07-09 — best price $0.892021-12-01 — best price $3.992022-02-03 — best price $3.992022-07-21 — best price $0.992023-01-10 — best price $2.992023-07-29 — best price $2.992023-12-07 — best price $3.992024-06-10 — best price $3.992024-12-18 — best price $2.992025-05-07 — best price $0.592025-12-18 — best price $1.492026-08-24 — best price $0.892026-08-30 — best price $5.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2742026-05-31 — 9 pageviews2026-06-03 — 4 pageviews2026-06-06 — 13 pageviews2026-06-09 — 10 pageviews2026-06-12 — 8 pageviews2026-06-15 — 11 pageviews2026-06-18 — 17 pageviews2026-06-21 — 13 pageviews2026-06-24 — 8 pageviews2026-06-27 — 13 pageviews2026-06-30 — 9 pageviews2026-07-03 — 8 pageviews2026-07-06 — 13 pageviews2026-07-09 — 8 pageviews2026-07-12 — 20 pageviews2026-07-15 — 15 pageviews2026-07-18 — 10 pageviews2026-07-21 — 15 pageviews2026-07-24 — 10 pageviews2026-07-27 — 11 pageviews2026-07-30 — 14 pageviews2026-08-02 — 7 pageviews2026-08-05 — 9 pageviews2026-08-08 — 27 pageviews2026-08-11 — 16 pageviews2026-08-14 — 11 pageviews2026-08-17 — 25 pageviews2026-08-20 — 9 pageviews2026-08-23 — 7 pageviews2026-08-26 — 19 pageviews2026-08-28 — 14 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

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1 supported languages: English

Player tags

RPGCRPGRetroClassicFantasyAdventureTurn-BasedFirst-PersonSingleplayerDungeon Crawler

Census log

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

Players also track

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Similarity via IGDB.

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