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Richie's Plank Experience

Toast Interactive · 2017-12-18

SteamPlayStation Store

CasualIndieSimulation

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Virtual Reality

Releases: Jun 27, 2019 (Oculus Quest), Sep 19, 2016 (SteamVR), TBD (PlayStation VR2), Dec 11, 2018 (PlayStation VR)

You're on a plank, 80 stories high. Knees shaky, palms sweaty. You have a choice. Do you walk or do you freeze? Richie's Plank is the only VR experience that lets you clone any real-world plank into the virtual world for 2X the immersion.

Richie's Plank Experience is a Casual, Indie, Simulation game released in 2017, priced at $14.99, with Very Positive reviews (80% of 630 reviews) and an estimated 50,000 .. 100,000 owners.

5
playing now
80%
positive of 630 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
4.13★
PlayStation Store rating (150 ratings)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$14.99
steam price (US)

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

Health check

Quiet
  • · 5 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 17 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 55% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 11% of 29,753 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 16k–38k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 630 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $6.39 at Steam (2016-09-20)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
252520172026Week of 2017-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1302026-09-16 11:00 — 5 players2026-09-17 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 02:00 — 2 players2026-09-20 10:00 — 8 players2026-09-21 18:00 — 2 players2026-09-23 01:00 — 2 players2026-09-24 09:00 — 8 players2026-09-25 16:00 — 9 players2026-09-27 00:00 — 3 players2026-09-28 07:00 — 2 players2026-09-29 15:00 — 7 players2026-09-30 22:00 — 2 players2026-10-02 06:00 — 3 players2026-10-03 13:00 — 6 players2026-10-04 21:00 — 5 players2026-10-06 05:00 — 2 players2026-10-07 12:00 — 13 players2026-10-08 20:00 — 4 players2026-10-10 03:00 — 3 players2026-10-11 11:00 — 10 players2026-10-12 19:00 — 8 players2026-10-14 02:00 — 3 players2026-10-15 10:00 — 5 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
804Sep 2016Aug 2026Sep 2016 — avg 4 · peak 27Jan 2017 — avg 18 · peak 56May 2017 — avg 31 · peak 69Sep 2017 — avg 29 · peak 81Jan 2018 — avg 54 · peak 133May 2018 — avg 55 · peak 140Sep 2018 — avg 58 · peak 125Jan 2019 — avg 55 · peak 127May 2019 — avg 44 · peak 101Sep 2019 — avg 34 · peak 85Jan 2020 — avg 34 · peak 81May 2020 — avg 10 · peak 24Sep 2020 — avg 16 · peak 53Jan 2021 — avg 13 · peak 32May 2021 — avg 12 · peak 29Sep 2021 — avg 14 · peak 44Jan 2022 — avg 14 · peak 40May 2022 — avg 14 · peak 45Sep 2022 — avg 13 · peak 43Jan 2023 — avg 12 · peak 43May 2023 — avg 10 · peak 41Sep 2023 — avg 10 · peak 35Jan 2024 — avg 11 · peak 39May 2024 — avg 9 · peak 26Sep 2024 — avg 6 · peak 27Jan 2025 — avg 8 · peak 29May 2025 — avg 6 · peak 22Sep 2025 — avg 6 · peak 19Jan 2026 — avg 6 · peak 22May 2026 — avg 5 · peak 20Aug 2026 — avg 4 · peak 14
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$15.99$6.392016-09-202025-09-232016-09-20 — best price $6.392016-09-26 — best price $7.992017-12-17 — best price $14.992017-12-20 — best price $15.992018-09-20 — best price $14.992019-01-25 — best price $13.492019-01-28 — best price $14.992019-03-07 — best price $14.992024-12-19 — best price $13.492025-01-02 — best price $14.992025-09-18 — best price $10.492025-09-23 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsSingle-playerTracked Controller SupportVR OnlyFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS5, PS VR2 (PlayStation)9820%10

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Player tags

VRIndieCasualHorrorSimulationPsychological Horror

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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