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Retro City Rampage™ DX cover art

Retro City Rampage™ DX

Vblank Entertainment, Inc. · 2014-11-11

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreXbox

ActionAdventureIndieRacing

Modes: Single player

Releases: Oct 02, 2014 (Linux), Feb 05, 2014 (Nintendo 3DS), Sep 28, 2022 (PlayStation 3), Oct 02, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 11, 2014 (PlayStation Vita), Oct 02, 2014 (Mac)

OPEN-WORLD carjacking goes back to the '80s in this 8-BIT nostalgic throwback. Run missions! Outrun the law! Rampage the city with weapons, power-ups and vehicles!

Retro City Rampage™ DX is an Action, Adventure, Indie, and Racing game released in 2014, priced at $14.99, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (88% of 2427 reviews).

0
playing now
88%
positive of 2.4k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
90/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (24 ratings)
4.50★
PlayStation Store rating (2,969 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Retro City Rampage is an action-adventure game developed by Vblank Entertainment. It is a parody of retro games and 1980s and 1990s pop culture, as well as Grand Theft Auto and similar games. It was first released for PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita and Microsoft Windows in 2012, with ports later releasing for several other platforms.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 28 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~4/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 10% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 61k–146k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,427 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2014-04-20) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 8 of 64 observed days · $14.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
121220182026Week of 2018-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

402026-09-14 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 06:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 14:00 — 2 players2026-09-18 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 05:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 20:00 — 1 players2026-09-24 04:00 — 2 players2026-09-25 11:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 19:00 — 4 players2026-09-28 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 10:00 — 2 players2026-09-30 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 01:00 — 2 players2026-10-03 08:00 — 2 players2026-10-04 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 00:00 — 2 players2026-10-07 07:00 — 1 players2026-10-08 15:00 — 1 players2026-10-09 22:00 — 3 players2026-10-11 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 14:00 — 1 players2026-10-13 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$0.992015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $4.992015-04-20 — best price $9.992015-05-15 — best price $2.992015-06-11 — best price $3.392015-07-04 — best price $1.992015-08-07 — best price $9.992015-10-05 — best price $3.992015-12-12 — best price $2.492016-01-29 — best price $9.992016-05-02 — best price $9.992016-06-22 — best price $9.992016-08-08 — best price $3.292016-11-10 — best price $2.492017-01-02 — best price $9.992017-05-08 — best price $9.992017-06-21 — best price $9.992017-09-04 — best price $14.992017-11-22 — best price $4.942018-02-15 — best price $4.942018-11-21 — best price $4.942022-06-23 — best price $9.892022-12-22 — best price $7.492023-06-29 — best price $5.992023-12-21 — best price $4.942024-04-29 — best price $4.492024-11-18 — best price $3.742025-02-17 — best price $3.742025-05-26 — best price $2.992025-09-29 — best price $2.992026-02-23 — best price $2.992026-06-15 — best price $4.942026-08-28 — best price $14.992026-09-03 — best price $14.992026-09-09 — best price $14.992026-09-15 — best price $14.992026-09-21 — best price $14.992026-09-27 — best price $14.992026-10-03 — best price $14.992026-10-09 — best price $14.992026-10-14 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

110442026-05-30 — 73 pageviews2026-06-03 — 77 pageviews2026-06-07 — 62 pageviews2026-06-11 — 44 pageviews2026-06-15 — 62 pageviews2026-06-19 — 73 pageviews2026-06-23 — 70 pageviews2026-06-27 — 91 pageviews2026-07-01 — 93 pageviews2026-07-05 — 82 pageviews2026-07-09 — 77 pageviews2026-07-13 — 87 pageviews2026-07-17 — 76 pageviews2026-07-21 — 58 pageviews2026-07-25 — 58 pageviews2026-07-29 — 65 pageviews2026-08-02 — 49 pageviews2026-08-06 — 58 pageviews2026-08-10 — 53 pageviews2026-08-14 — 77 pageviews2026-08-18 — 52 pageviews2026-08-22 — 66 pageviews2026-08-26 — 44 pageviews2026-08-30 — 74 pageviews2026-09-03 — 73 pageviews2026-09-07 — 63 pageviews2026-09-11 — 75 pageviews2026-09-15 — 60 pageviews2026-09-19 — 48 pageviews2026-09-23 — 63 pageviews2026-09-27 — 81 pageviews2026-10-01 — 53 pageviews2026-10-05 — 66 pageviews2026-10-08 — 68 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

20
achievements tracked
86%
earned "You Broke The Law!"
7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing

5 supported languages: English, German, French, Italian, Spanish - Spain

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

2D1980sCrimeFunnyIndieRetroActionComedySatireParody

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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