The Game Census
Rifter cover art

Rifter

MaxBytes · 2018-07-12

Steam

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Jul 12, 2018 (Linux), Jul 12, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jul 12, 2018 (Mac)

Breathtakingly fast and tough-as-nails, Rifter is an acrobatic platformer drenched in neon and infused with a pumping 80’s synthwave soundtrack. Run, swing, smash and dash at exhilarating speeds on a quest to discover the secrets of a shattered world.

93%
positive of 113 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$11.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 11 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 10% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (50 reviews).
  • · Top 57% of 14,633 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 2.8k–6.8k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 113 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $2.39 at Steam (2024-06-27)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
494920182025Week of 2018-07-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$11.99$2.392018-07-122025-08-042018-07-12 — best price $11.992018-07-19 — best price $11.992018-10-22 — best price $11.992019-01-03 — best price $11.992019-02-11 — best price $11.992019-04-01 — best price $11.992019-07-10 — best price $11.992019-11-01 — best price $11.992019-12-03 — best price $11.992020-01-02 — best price $11.992020-03-30 — best price $11.992020-07-09 — best price $11.992021-01-05 — best price $11.992021-06-22 — best price $11.992021-11-01 — best price $11.992022-01-05 — best price $11.992023-01-30 — best price $11.992023-03-23 — best price $11.992024-01-04 — best price $11.992024-03-21 — best price $11.992024-07-11 — best price $11.992024-12-04 — best price $11.992025-01-02 — best price $11.992025-03-20 — best price $11.992025-08-04 — best price $11.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

14
achievements tracked
93.5%
earned "First Level"
11.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

Player tags

2D1980sIndieRetroActionParkourColorfulStylizedFast-PacedFuturistic

Census log

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

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