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RIOT: Civil Unrest cover art

RIOT: Civil Unrest

Leonard Menchiari · Silver Lining Interactive · 2019-02-12

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

IndieSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Dec 06, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Dec 06, 2017 (Linux), Dec 06, 2017 (Mac), Feb 07, 2019 (Nintendo Switch), Feb 06, 2019 (PlayStation 4), Feb 06, 2019 (Xbox One)

As civil crisis deepens and inequality tears the very fabric of society the discontentment of the masses manifests itself in violent public disturbances and civil disorder. Play as the police or the angry horde as RIOT – Civil Unrest places you in some of the world’s most fractious disputes.

RIOT: Civil Unrest is an Indie, Simulation and Strategy game released in 2019, priced at $1.69, with an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 owners and a Mixed sentiment (68% of 1,947 reviews).— census verdict as of 2026-10-03

12
playing now
68%
positive of 1.9k reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
55/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
47/100
IGDB user rating (7 ratings)
3.38★
PlayStation Store rating (282 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$1.69
steam price (US)

12 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 15:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 12 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 77 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~10/week).
  • · Review velocity up 1% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 7% of 49,548 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 49k–117k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,947 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$1.69-90%
GOG$16.99
Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.96 at GamesPlanet UK (2022-05-01) · bundled 6×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $16.99 · on sale 50 of 106 observed days · $0.73 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
555520182026Week of 2018-01-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2002026-09-15 00:00 — 2 players2026-09-16 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 16:00 — 4 players2026-09-18 23:00 — 2 players2026-09-20 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 14:00 — 6 players2026-09-22 22:00 — 6 players2026-09-24 05:00 — 2 players2026-09-25 13:00 — 4 players2026-09-26 20:00 — 3 players2026-09-28 04:00 — 2 players2026-09-29 11:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 19:00 — 3 players2026-10-02 02:00 — 5 players2026-10-03 10:00 — 7 players2026-10-04 18:00 — 10 players2026-10-06 02:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 09:00 — 10 players2026-10-08 17:00 — 16 players2026-10-10 00:00 — 3 players2026-10-11 08:00 — 11 players2026-10-12 15:00 — 20 players2026-10-13 23:00 — 6 players2026-10-14 15:00 — 12 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
500Apr 2016Aug 2026Apr 2016 — avg 0 · peak 0Jun 2017 — avg 0 · peak 1Nov 2017 — avg 0 · peak 8Feb 2018 — avg 8 · peak 24May 2018 — avg 5 · peak 24Aug 2018 — avg 4 · peak 13Nov 2018 — avg 4 · peak 19Feb 2019 — avg 10 · peak 29May 2019 — avg 4 · peak 14Aug 2019 — avg 6 · peak 17Nov 2019 — avg 7 · peak 28Feb 2020 — avg 6 · peak 21May 2020 — avg 4 · peak 23Aug 2020 — avg 7 · peak 30Nov 2020 — avg 6 · peak 23Feb 2021 — avg 6 · peak 22May 2021 — avg 4 · peak 12Aug 2021 — avg 5 · peak 15Nov 2021 — avg 5 · peak 19Feb 2022 — avg 4 · peak 12May 2022 — avg 5 · peak 17Aug 2022 — avg 7 · peak 26Nov 2022 — avg 5 · peak 20Feb 2023 — avg 4 · peak 13May 2023 — avg 4 · peak 14Aug 2023 — avg 5 · peak 17Nov 2023 — avg 10 · peak 53Feb 2024 — avg 5 · peak 17May 2024 — avg 4 · peak 16Aug 2024 — avg 4 · peak 12Nov 2024 — avg 4 · peak 17Feb 2025 — avg 3 · peak 10May 2025 — avg 4 · peak 12Aug 2025 — avg 4 · peak 11Nov 2025 — avg 4 · peak 15Feb 2026 — avg 6 · peak 22May 2026 — avg 5 · peak 13Aug 2026 — avg 5 · peak 18
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$16.99$1.242015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $10.002018-04-17 — best price $12.992018-07-05 — best price $9.942018-12-03 — best price $10.812019-04-01 — best price $6.502019-07-09 — best price $16.992019-11-21 — best price $5.092020-02-07 — best price $10.972020-04-08 — best price $5.842020-06-03 — best price $12.992020-07-13 — best price $12.992020-08-10 — best price $4.242020-09-19 — best price $10.942020-10-21 — best price $12.992021-01-05 — best price $16.992021-08-09 — best price $3.392021-12-06 — best price $16.992022-03-12 — best price $11.072022-07-08 — best price $13.492022-12-19 — best price $16.992023-03-06 — best price $2.882023-05-30 — best price $12.992023-08-07 — best price $1.352023-11-04 — best price $16.992023-12-31 — best price $16.992024-02-27 — best price $3.392024-04-30 — best price $2.542024-07-19 — best price $13.492024-09-14 — best price $12.992024-11-19 — best price $13.492025-01-12 — best price $16.992025-03-07 — best price $1.692025-05-30 — best price $16.992025-09-22 — best price $13.492026-01-13 — best price $12.992026-05-22 — best price $16.992026-08-24 — best price $1.692026-09-15 — best price $16.992026-10-05 — best price $16.992026-10-14 — best price $16.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

10
achievements tracked
22.4%
earned "No Tav, No Problems"
6.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPShared/Split Screen PvPCo-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportRemote Play Together1 DLC

7 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Russian

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2019-02-25 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)9475%10
PS4 (PlayStation)1255%10
Switch (Nintendo)70%0

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

Player tags

2DRTSCrimeIndieActionViolentStrategyPoliticalHistoricalSimulation

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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