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RIFT cover art

RIFT

gamigo US Inc. · 2011-03-01

Steam

ActionAdventureMassively MultiplayerRPGFree To Play

Modes: Multiplayer, Co-operative, Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO) · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Mar 01, 2011 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 24, 2013 (Linux)

Dive into a world of epic adventure! Create your perfect hero thanks to a uniquely customizable class system. Collect, craft, and customize your gear. Go it alone or group up to challenge dungeons, raids, dynamic open-world content, and your fellow players.

RIFT is a 2011 Action, Adventure, Massively Multiplayer, and RPG game priced at free-to-play, with an owner estimate of 2,000,000 .. 5,000,000 and a Mostly Positive sentiment (74% of 11635 reviews).

115
playing now
74%
positive of 12k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
84/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
68/100
IGDB user rating (50 ratings)
1
Nexus mods (30 downloads)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
Free
steam price (US)

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

Rift is a fantasy free-to-play massively multiplayer online role-playing game developed by Trion Worlds. Rift takes place within the fantasy world of Telara. Two competing factions, composed of a selection of races and classes, battle each other and the enemies who emerge from dynamic "rifts". The game was released in March 2011. A port of the game, called Rift Mobile, was released for Android on January 25, 2012.

Trailer

RIFT trailer thumbnail

Rift | Official Trailer | Action | Thriller

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 115 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 285 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~36/week).
  • · Review velocity up 5% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 4% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

All-time low: $1.00 at Game Jolt (2021-04-24) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
787820182026Week of 2018-01-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

209962026-09-15 11:00 — 131 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 183 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 111 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 142 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 209 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 134 players2026-09-23 09:00 — 117 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 172 players2026-09-26 00:00 — 155 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 142 players2026-09-28 15:00 — 156 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 154 players2026-10-01 06:00 — 96 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 153 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 171 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 116 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 107 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 136 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 109 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 145 players2026-10-11 19:00 — 194 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 131 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 115 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
4.3k111Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 356 · peak 605Dec 2012 — avg 390 · peak 726May 2013 — avg 452 · peak 887Oct 2013 — avg 1,560 · peak 11,647Mar 2014 — avg 2,114 · peak 3,888Aug 2014 — avg 2,004 · peak 3,313Jan 2015 — avg 1,568 · peak 2,693Jun 2015 — avg 1,120 · peak 1,854Nov 2015 — avg 948 · peak 1,749Apr 2016 — avg 817 · peak 1,621Sep 2016 — avg 511 · peak 832Feb 2017 — avg 468 · peak 764Jul 2017 — avg 514 · peak 976Dec 2017 — avg 418 · peak 681May 2018 — avg 462 · peak 767Oct 2018 — avg 324 · peak 572Mar 2019 — avg 271 · peak 479Aug 2019 — avg 231 · peak 384Jan 2020 — avg 237 · peak 406Jun 2020 — avg 339 · peak 791Nov 2020 — avg 263 · peak 421Apr 2021 — avg 271 · peak 422Sep 2021 — avg 201 · peak 352Feb 2022 — avg 211 · peak 371Jul 2022 — avg 170 · peak 265Dec 2022 — avg 137 · peak 216May 2023 — avg 134 · peak 215Oct 2023 — avg 134 · peak 231Mar 2024 — avg 147 · peak 236Aug 2024 — avg 126 · peak 203Jan 2025 — avg 122 · peak 199Jun 2025 — avg 135 · peak 206Nov 2025 — avg 248 · peak 502Apr 2026 — avg 186 · peak 321Aug 2026 — avg 161 · peak 250
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$30.83$0.002015-01-012021-04-302015-01-01 — best price $0.002015-04-13 — best price $19.992015-04-23 — best price $30.032015-04-30 — best price $30.832015-08-28 — best price $30.812015-09-07 — best price $30.562016-05-06 — best price $28.832016-06-24 — best price $26.742016-07-07 — best price $25.772021-04-24 — best price $1.002021-04-30 — best price $2.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

107362026-05-31 — 39 pageviews2026-06-04 — 76 pageviews2026-06-08 — 100 pageviews2026-06-12 — 56 pageviews2026-06-16 — 59 pageviews2026-06-20 — 61 pageviews2026-06-24 — 44 pageviews2026-06-28 — 54 pageviews2026-07-02 — 70 pageviews2026-07-06 — 61 pageviews2026-07-10 — 51 pageviews2026-07-14 — 88 pageviews2026-07-18 — 57 pageviews2026-07-22 — 65 pageviews2026-07-26 — 46 pageviews2026-07-30 — 58 pageviews2026-08-03 — 52 pageviews2026-08-07 — 53 pageviews2026-08-11 — 70 pageviews2026-08-15 — 48 pageviews2026-08-19 — 55 pageviews2026-08-23 — 63 pageviews2026-08-27 — 59 pageviews2026-08-31 — 63 pageviews2026-09-04 — 67 pageviews2026-09-08 — 71 pageviews2026-09-12 — 62 pageviews2026-09-16 — 65 pageviews2026-09-20 — 68 pageviews2026-09-24 — 60 pageviews2026-09-28 — 73 pageviews2026-10-02 — 56 pageviews2026-10-06 — 84 pageviews2026-10-10 — 71 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsMulti-playerMMOPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opSteam Trading CardsIn-App PurchasesFamily Sharing10 DLC

2 supported languages: French, German

Post-launch support: 10 DLC released, first 2014-06-19, latest 2023-12-01 (Steam store data)

Where its players are

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

Player tags

PvPRPGCo-opActionMMORPGFantasyAdventureNostalgiaOld SchoolOpen World

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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