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RiffTrax: The Game

Wide Right Interactive · 2022-05-05

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CasualIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Releases: May 05, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 05, 2022 (PlayStation 4), May 05, 2022 (Nintendo Switch), May 05, 2022 (Xbox One)

RiffTrax: The Game is a multiplayer party game where players compete to make bad movies funny. Do you have what it takes to be the next movie riffing genius? Grab your friends and make fun of some of the worst cinematic abominations ever created.

92%
positive of 240 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)
RiffTrax: The Game is a 2022 multiplayer party game developed and published by Wide Right Interactive. A follow-up to Wide Right's What the Dub?, the game is based on and features the cast members of RiffTrax, an online comedy group whose performers make commentary over bad movies and public domain shorts, inspired by the television show Mystery Science Theater 3000.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 15 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 12% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (68 reviews).
  • · Top 40% of 10,380 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 4.8k–11k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 240 total reviews — how this is computed.

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
636320222026Week of 2022-05-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek 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: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Attention

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Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPShared/Split Screen PvPShared/Split ScreenCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportDualShock Controller Support

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)6783%30
Xbox One (Xbox)43027%30
PS4 (PlayStation)39826%31
Switch (Nintendo)140%0

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

Player tags

PvPFunnyMemesCasualComedyTypingParody Card GameCinematicWord Game

Census log

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

Players also track

QuiplashDrawful 2Use Your WordsPikunikuWhat The Dub?!

Similarity via IGDB.

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