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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 · Perspectives: First person

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.

Realms of Arkania 3 - Shadows over Riva Classic is a 2014 RPG priced at $0.89, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and a Very Positive sentiment (81% of 99 reviews).

0
playing now
81%
positive of 99 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (6 ratings)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$0.89
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 08:00 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.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 9 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 18% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 47% of 13,891 RPG games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 2.5k–5.9k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 99 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

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 23 of 57 observed days · $5.69 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
3320142026Week of 2014-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2014-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2014-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

302026-09-15 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 17:00 — 1 players2026-09-18 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 16:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 23:00 — 3 players2026-09-23 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 14:00 — 2 players2026-09-25 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 12:00 — 1 players2026-10-03 19:00 — 1 players2026-10-05 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 08:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
40Jan 2014Jun 2022Jan 2014 — avg 1 · peak 8Apr 2014 — avg 2 · peak 12Jul 2014 — avg 1 · peak 6Oct 2014 — avg 1 · peak 5Jan 2015 — avg 1 · peak 4Apr 2015 — avg 0 · peak 3Jul 2015 — avg 0 · peak 4Oct 2015 — avg 1 · peak 5Jan 2016 — avg 1 · peak 7Apr 2016 — avg 1 · peak 4Jul 2016 — avg 4 · peak 30Oct 2016 — avg 1 · peak 6Jan 2017 — avg 1 · peak 5Apr 2017 — avg 1 · peak 5Jul 2017 — avg 1 · peak 4Oct 2017 — avg 0 · peak 5Jan 2018 — avg 1 · peak 5Apr 2018 — avg 0 · peak 3Jul 2018 — avg 1 · peak 5Oct 2018 — avg 0 · peak 4Jan 2019 — avg 0 · peak 5Apr 2019 — avg 0 · peak 5Jul 2019 — avg 0 · peak 3Oct 2019 — avg 1 · peak 3Feb 2020 — avg 1 · peak 4May 2020 — avg 1 · peak 5Aug 2020 — avg 1 · peak 5Nov 2020 — avg 1 · peak 5Mar 2021 — avg 1 · peak 4Sep 2021 — avg 1 · peak 4Apr 2022 — avg 2 · peak 21Jun 2022 — avg 1 · peak 5
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$5.99$0.302015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — 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 $0.892026-09-05 — best price $5.992026-09-13 — best price $5.992026-09-21 — best price $5.992026-09-29 — best price $1.792026-10-07 — best price $5.992026-10-14 — best price $5.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2552026-05-31 — 9 pageviews2026-06-04 — 5 pageviews2026-06-08 — 6 pageviews2026-06-12 — 8 pageviews2026-06-16 — 13 pageviews2026-06-20 — 13 pageviews2026-06-24 — 8 pageviews2026-06-28 — 15 pageviews2026-07-02 — 6 pageviews2026-07-06 — 13 pageviews2026-07-10 — 13 pageviews2026-07-14 — 20 pageviews2026-07-18 — 10 pageviews2026-07-22 — 12 pageviews2026-07-26 — 6 pageviews2026-07-30 — 14 pageviews2026-08-03 — 12 pageviews2026-08-07 — 22 pageviews2026-08-11 — 16 pageviews2026-08-15 — 9 pageviews2026-08-19 — 9 pageviews2026-08-23 — 7 pageviews2026-08-27 — 11 pageviews2026-08-31 — 13 pageviews2026-09-04 — 16 pageviews2026-09-08 — 14 pageviews2026-09-12 — 20 pageviews2026-09-16 — 12 pageviews2026-09-20 — 5 pageviews2026-09-24 — 9 pageviews2026-09-28 — 16 pageviews2026-10-02 — 12 pageviews2026-10-06 — 16 pageviews2026-10-09 — 10 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.

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