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Rift Wizard

Dylan White · 2021-09-01

Steam

IndieRPGStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Sep 01, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Rift Wizard is a tough as nails fantasy roguelike featuring challenging turn based combat and deep open ended character building. Craft your spellbook from over 100 unique spells and abilities and fight your way through a series of procedurally generated challenges to defeat your nemesis.

Rift Wizard is a 2021 Indie, RPG, Strategy game priced at $14.99, with Very Positive (92% of 1062 reviews) sentiment and an owner estimate of 200,000 .. 500,000.

3
playing now
92%
positive of 1.1k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$14.99
steam price (US)

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

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 3 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 26 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity down 19% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (169 reviews).
  • · Top 10% of 49,577 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 21k–48k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,062 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $3.74 at Steam (2026-03-19)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 7 of 14 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
15515520202026Week of 2020-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 155 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1502026-09-14 23:00 — 8 players2026-09-16 07:00 — 3 players2026-09-17 14:00 — 6 players2026-09-18 22:00 — 15 players2026-09-20 05:00 — 5 players2026-09-21 13:00 — 8 players2026-09-22 21:00 — 6 players2026-09-24 04:00 — 8 players2026-09-25 12:00 — 5 players2026-09-26 19:00 — 8 players2026-09-28 03:00 — 6 players2026-09-29 10:00 — 3 players2026-09-30 18:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 01:00 — 4 players2026-10-03 09:00 — 7 players2026-10-04 17:00 — 11 players2026-10-06 00:00 — 4 players2026-10-07 08:00 — 5 players2026-10-08 15:00 — 5 players2026-10-09 23:00 — 6 players2026-10-11 06:00 — 4 players2026-10-12 14:00 — 3 players2026-10-13 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 3 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1183Jul 2020Aug 2026Jul 2020 — avg 5 · peak 18Sep 2020 — avg 4 · peak 16Nov 2020 — avg 3 · peak 9Jan 2021 — avg 6 · peak 19Mar 2021 — avg 4 · peak 12May 2021 — avg 9 · peak 35Jul 2021 — avg 7 · peak 21Sep 2021 — avg 118 · peak 328Nov 2021 — avg 45 · peak 112Jan 2022 — avg 50 · peak 110Mar 2022 — avg 26 · peak 60May 2022 — avg 28 · peak 52Jul 2022 — avg 22 · peak 46Sep 2022 — avg 16 · peak 39Nov 2022 — avg 20 · peak 45Jan 2023 — avg 19 · peak 42Mar 2023 — avg 18 · peak 41May 2023 — avg 15 · peak 32Jul 2023 — avg 21 · peak 41Sep 2023 — avg 17 · peak 34Nov 2023 — avg 18 · peak 37Jan 2024 — avg 17 · peak 42Mar 2024 — avg 18 · peak 40May 2024 — avg 9 · peak 25Jul 2024 — avg 13 · peak 29Sep 2024 — avg 6 · peak 14Nov 2024 — avg 5 · peak 15Jan 2025 — avg 6 · peak 15Mar 2025 — avg 5 · peak 15May 2025 — avg 5 · peak 14Jul 2025 — avg 5 · peak 12Sep 2025 — avg 4 · peak 10Nov 2025 — avg 4 · peak 11Jan 2026 — avg 4 · peak 11Mar 2026 — avg 4 · peak 11May 2026 — avg 3 · peak 9Jul 2026 — avg 5 · peak 14Aug 2026 — avg 4 · peak 10
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$14.99$3.742020-07-062026-08-102020-07-06 — best price $13.492020-09-25 — best price $14.992020-12-22 — best price $11.992021-02-22 — best price $14.992021-05-24 — best price $11.992021-07-08 — best price $14.992021-09-01 — best price $11.242021-10-19 — best price $14.992021-11-24 — best price $11.242022-02-03 — best price $14.992022-05-02 — best price $9.742022-07-07 — best price $14.992022-10-20 — best price $9.742022-11-29 — best price $14.992023-02-13 — best price $9.742023-03-23 — best price $14.992023-06-29 — best price $7.492023-07-31 — best price $14.992023-10-16 — best price $8.242023-11-28 — best price $14.992024-01-29 — best price $9.742024-03-18 — best price $14.992024-06-27 — best price $6.742024-08-26 — best price $14.992024-11-27 — best price $7.492025-01-02 — best price $14.992025-03-13 — best price $5.992025-04-28 — best price $14.992025-06-27 — best price $5.242025-08-18 — best price $14.992025-10-06 — best price $14.992025-12-18 — best price $7.492026-02-09 — best price $14.992026-06-01 — best price $3.742026-07-09 — best price $14.992026-08-10 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

21
achievements tracked
35.5%
earned "Level Ten"
1.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFamily Sharing

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)4951%21

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

Player tags

2DMagicFantasyStrategyTop-DownMinimalistRogue-likeTurn-BasedPerma DeathPixel Graphics

Census log

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

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