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Riot Operator

Beta 2 Games · Side Quest Publishing · 2024-10-25

Steam

SimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Oct 25, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

The Riot Police need great operators like you. Protect the peace in real places and manifestations. Your ability, perception, and skills will be tested. Control the Uncontrollable!

Riot Operator is a 2024 Simulation Strategy game priced at $14.99, with an estimated owner base of 20,000 .. 50,000 and a Mostly Negative review sentiment (26% of 152 reviews).

0
playing now
26%
positive of 152 reviews
Mostly Negative
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 08:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 8 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 38% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (94 reviews).
  • · Top 36% of 16,607 Simulation games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 3.0k–6.8k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 152 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $4.19 at Steam (2026-09-14)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 10 of 20 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
717120242026Week of 2024-10-25: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-10-25: 71 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-11-08: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-08: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-11-15: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-15: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-22: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-11-22: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-29: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-29: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-06: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-06: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-13: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-27: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-03: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-10: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-10: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-07: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-14: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-28: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-14: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-21: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-04: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-23: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-04: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-08: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-15: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-12: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-26: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-03: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-19: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-13: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-20: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-06: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-13: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-20: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-29: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-31: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

202026-09-15 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 17:00 — 1 players2026-09-18 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 12:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 19:00 — 1 players2026-10-05 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 01:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 16:00 — 1 players2026-10-13 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 08:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$4.492024-10-252026-08-152024-10-25 — best price $13.492024-11-27 — best price $11.992024-12-09 — best price $11.242024-12-19 — best price $10.492025-01-17 — best price $10.192025-03-13 — best price $9.742025-03-24 — best price $9.442025-05-22 — best price $8.992025-06-27 — best price $8.692025-07-17 — best price $8.242025-09-05 — best price $7.942025-09-29 — best price $7.492025-10-26 — best price $7.192025-12-11 — best price $6.742025-12-18 — best price $6.742026-01-22 — best price $6.442026-03-05 — best price $5.992026-03-19 — best price $5.992026-04-10 — best price $5.692026-06-10 — best price $5.242026-06-25 — best price $5.242026-08-01 — best price $4.492026-08-15 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

15
achievements tracked
55.2%
earned "Operator Diploma"
9.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

7 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian

Player tags

ActionModernModdableStrategyEducationRealisticManagementMinimalistSimulationAtmospheric

Census log

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

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