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Riptale cover art

Riptale

Super God · 2017-04-27

Steam

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Apr 27, 2017 (Linux), Apr 27, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 27, 2017 (Mac)

Riptale is a challenging 2D roguelike action game aiming to make sword combat be as bloody and impactful as possible. The player collects gems that allow them to execute different attacks in the order of their choosing. All this results in a symphony of combos that fill the screen with blood and guts.

86%
positive of 111 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
$5.99
steam price (US)

Instead of erratic hacking of the attack button the player must instead first aim at their target and then strike. The attacks are powered by arcane gems which make them powerful enough to bring down the ancient dragons threatening the world. Each gem takes a few moments to recharge, which means the attacks must be planned carefully lest they run out at the worst possible moment.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 9 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 50% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 40% of 24,608 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 2.8k–6.7k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 111 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.09 at MacGameStore (2026-07-28)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
101020172026Week of 2017-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Completion

17
achievements tracked
24.4%
earned "Clean Sweeping, Son!"
1.9%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2017-05-03 (Steam store data)

Player tags

2DBloodIndieActionAdventurePlatformerRogue-likeRogue-litePixel GraphicsAction Roguelike

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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