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Rheum cover art

Rheum

SpaceMyFriend · 2018-05-22

Steam

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: May 22, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Jump down the esophagus of a body plagued by viruses and big bad bosses in this reverse vertical scrolling shoot'em up! Collect eye crusties, upgrade your pupils, and clear the screen of bullets with your cornea crushing eye blasts!

Rheum is an Action, Adventure, and Indie game released in 2018, priced at $2.99, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and a Positive review sentiment (81% of 27 reviews).

0
playing now
81%
positive of 27 reviews
Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$2.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 01:00 UTC (census sample)

A mass of muscle and teeth lay dormant before you. As you inch your way closer, it comes alive. A sphincter crying for help, beckons you to descend. Your only option is down. Travel through a fleshly vessel, as an eyeball, collecting rheum [eyeball crusties] to grow stronger in your fight against the infection plaguing this.......body. Upgrade your pupils, dodge bullets, and clear the screen of projectiles with cornea crushing blasts!(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 8 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 33% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 67% of 27,960 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-02

All-time low: $0.59 at Steam (2023-11-21) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $2.99 · on sale 8 of 16 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
2220182026Week of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

002026-09-16 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 14:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 21:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-15 01:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$2.99$0.592018-05-232026-08-102018-05-23 — best price $2.992018-09-10 — best price $2.992018-11-27 — best price $2.992019-02-11 — best price $2.992019-05-27 — best price $2.992019-09-05 — best price $2.992019-12-03 — best price $2.992020-01-27 — best price $2.992020-07-09 — best price $2.992020-12-01 — best price $2.992021-04-26 — best price $2.992021-09-30 — best price $2.992022-05-09 — best price $2.992022-08-08 — best price $2.992022-10-24 — best price $2.992023-01-05 — best price $2.992023-03-23 — best price $2.992023-07-13 — best price $2.992023-10-02 — best price $2.992024-01-04 — best price $2.992024-03-21 — best price $2.992024-07-11 — best price $2.992024-09-16 — best price $2.992024-12-04 — best price $2.992025-01-20 — best price $2.992025-03-20 — best price $2.992025-05-26 — best price $2.992025-08-11 — best price $2.992025-10-06 — best price $2.992026-01-12 — best price $2.992026-03-26 — best price $2.992026-06-15 — best price $2.992026-08-10 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

19
achievements tracked
57.3%
earned "EYE'M JUST BEGINNING"
11.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportStatsSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

2DRetroActionArcadeHorrorShooterAdventureDifficultControllerOld School

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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