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Rise of the Ronin cover art

Rise of the Ronin

KOEI TECMO GAMES CO., LTD. · 2025-03-10

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ActionAdventureRPG

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Mar 10, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Mar 22, 2024 (PlayStation 5)

Embark on an epic journey across war-torn 19th-century Japan in this open-world action RPG from Team NINJA, the veteran studio behind "Nioh" and "NINJA GAIDEN."

370
playing now
63%
positive of 11k reviews
Mixed
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
7
twitch viewers (latest)
75/100
critic score (7 outlets, IGDB)
75/100
IGDB user rating (33 ratings)
55h
to beat · rushed 25h · completionist 79h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$49.99
steam price (US)

370 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 04:00 UTC (census sample)

Rise of the Rōnin is a 2024 action-role playing game developed by Koei Tecmo's Team Ninja and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment for the PlayStation 5 and by Koei Tecmo for Windows. It is the third collaboration between Sony and Koei Tecmo after Nioh and its sequel. Upon release, the game received generally positive reviews from critics.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 370 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 280 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~35/week).
  • · Review velocity up 11% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (2,093 reviews).
  • · Top 11% of 10,862 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 220k–495k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 10,991 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$58.36

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $20.99 at Newegg (2026-03-19)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $58.42 · on sale 55 of 74 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
1.0k1.0k20252026Week of 2025-03-11: 1,046 positiveWeek of 2025-03-11: 1,047 negativeWeek of 2025-03-18: 409 positiveWeek of 2025-03-18: 201 negativeWeek of 2025-03-25: 211 positiveWeek of 2025-03-25: 107 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 130 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 67 negativeWeek of 2025-04-08: 87 positiveWeek of 2025-04-08: 41 negativeWeek of 2025-04-15: 87 positiveWeek of 2025-04-15: 27 negativeWeek of 2025-04-22: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-04-22: 23 negativeWeek of 2025-04-29: 56 positiveWeek of 2025-04-29: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-05-06: 34 positiveWeek of 2025-05-06: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-05-13: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-05-13: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-05-20: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-05-20: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-05-27: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-05-27: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-06-03: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-06-03: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-06-10: 63 positiveWeek of 2025-06-10: 42 negativeWeek of 2025-06-17: 74 positiveWeek of 2025-06-17: 30 negativeWeek of 2025-06-24: 51 positiveWeek of 2025-06-24: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-07-08: 46 positiveWeek of 2025-07-08: 27 negativeWeek of 2025-07-15: 41 positiveWeek of 2025-07-15: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-07-22: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-07-22: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-07-29: 36 positiveWeek of 2025-07-29: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-08-05: 67 positiveWeek of 2025-08-05: 26 negativeWeek of 2025-08-12: 44 positiveWeek of 2025-08-12: 25 negativeWeek of 2025-08-19: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-08-19: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-08-26: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-08-26: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-09-02: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-09-02: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-09-09: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-09-09: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-16: 40 positiveWeek of 2025-09-16: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-09-23: 47 positiveWeek of 2025-09-23: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-09-30: 48 positiveWeek of 2025-09-30: 45 negativeWeek of 2025-10-07: 44 positiveWeek of 2025-10-07: 28 negativeWeek of 2025-10-14: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-10-14: 38 negativeWeek of 2025-10-21: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-10-21: 33 negativeWeek of 2025-10-28: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-10-28: 30 negativeWeek of 2025-11-04: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-11-04: 32 negativeWeek of 2025-11-11: 19 positiveWeek of 2025-11-11: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-11-18: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-11-18: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-11-25: 92 positiveWeek of 2025-11-25: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-12-02: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-12-02: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-12-09: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-12-09: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-12-16: 32 positiveWeek of 2025-12-16: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-12-23: 33 positiveWeek of 2025-12-23: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-12-30: 51 positiveWeek of 2025-12-30: 21 negativeWeek of 2026-01-06: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-01-06: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-01-13: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-01-13: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-01-20: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-01-20: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-01-27: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-01-27: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-02-03: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-02-03: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-02-10: 37 positiveWeek of 2026-02-10: 18 negativeWeek of 2026-02-17: 39 positiveWeek of 2026-02-17: 18 negativeWeek of 2026-02-24: 42 positiveWeek of 2026-02-24: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-03-03: 26 positiveWeek of 2026-03-03: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-03-10: 26 positiveWeek of 2026-03-10: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-03-17: 30 positiveWeek of 2026-03-17: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-03-24: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-03-24: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-03-31: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-03-31: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-04-07: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-04-07: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-04-14: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-04-14: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-21: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-04-21: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-04-28: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-04-28: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-05-05: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-05-05: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-05-12: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-05-12: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-05-19: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-05-19: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-05-26: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-05-26: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-02: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-06-02: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-06-09: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-06-09: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-06-16: 32 positiveWeek of 2026-06-16: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-06-23: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-06-23: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-06-30: 37 positiveWeek of 2026-06-30: 20 negativeWeek of 2026-07-07: 34 positiveWeek of 2026-07-07: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-07-14: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-07-14: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-07-21: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-07-21: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-07-28: 29 positiveWeek of 2026-07-28: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-08-04: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-08-04: 15 negativeWeek of 2026-08-11: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-08-11: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-08-18: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-08-18: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-08-25: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-08-25: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

5991242026-08-11 19:00 — 289 players2026-08-12 11:00 — 475 players2026-08-13 02:00 — 293 players2026-08-13 18:00 — 292 players2026-08-14 10:00 — 403 players2026-08-15 02:00 — 385 players2026-08-15 18:00 — 366 players2026-08-16 10:00 — 599 players2026-08-17 02:00 — 218 players2026-08-17 17:00 — 253 players2026-08-18 09:00 — 286 players2026-08-19 01:00 — 178 players2026-08-19 17:00 — 290 players2026-08-20 08:00 — 284 players2026-08-21 00:00 — 153 players2026-08-21 16:00 — 410 players2026-08-22 08:00 — 423 players2026-08-22 23:00 — 193 players2026-08-23 15:00 — 465 players2026-08-24 07:00 — 225 players2026-08-24 23:00 — 140 players2026-08-25 15:00 — 446 players2026-08-26 07:00 — 217 players2026-08-26 23:00 — 124 players2026-08-27 15:00 — 400 players2026-08-28 05:00 — 199 players2026-08-28 21:00 — 179 players2026-08-29 12:00 — 530 players2026-08-30 04:00 — 370 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$58.42$20.992025-01-272026-08-262025-01-27 — best price $49.992025-03-11 — best price $49.992025-06-09 — best price $34.992025-06-24 — best price $42.252025-07-10 — best price $44.992025-08-01 — best price $31.992025-09-15 — best price $29.992025-09-30 — best price $42.252025-11-18 — best price $29.892025-12-11 — best price $49.992026-01-05 — best price $44.992026-02-09 — best price $25.992026-02-23 — best price $49.992026-03-19 — best price $20.992026-03-27 — best price $42.252026-04-23 — best price $21.242026-05-06 — best price $49.992026-05-29 — best price $44.992026-06-10 — best price $25.002026-06-18 — best price $44.992026-06-23 — best price $57.312026-07-09 — best price $44.992026-07-27 — best price $21.992026-07-31 — best price $21.992026-08-04 — best price $24.632026-08-07 — best price $21.992026-08-11 — best price $43.062026-08-14 — best price $57.692026-08-18 — best price $57.852026-08-21 — best price $58.392026-08-25 — best price $58.282026-08-26 — best price $58.36
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1.5k1542026-05-29 — 205 pageviews2026-06-01 — 201 pageviews2026-06-04 — 179 pageviews2026-06-07 — 407 pageviews2026-06-10 — 285 pageviews2026-06-13 — 240 pageviews2026-06-16 — 270 pageviews2026-06-19 — 218 pageviews2026-06-22 — 191 pageviews2026-06-25 — 254 pageviews2026-06-28 — 271 pageviews2026-07-01 — 264 pageviews2026-07-04 — 204 pageviews2026-07-07 — 197 pageviews2026-07-10 — 154 pageviews2026-07-13 — 189 pageviews2026-07-16 — 1,526 pageviews2026-07-19 — 735 pageviews2026-07-22 — 1,019 pageviews2026-07-25 — 811 pageviews2026-07-28 — 660 pageviews2026-07-31 — 551 pageviews2026-08-03 — 515 pageviews2026-08-06 — 376 pageviews2026-08-09 — 488 pageviews2026-08-12 — 393 pageviews2026-08-15 — 445 pageviews2026-08-18 — 387 pageviews2026-08-21 — 353 pageviews2026-08-24 — 366 pageviews2026-08-26 — 313 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

6922026-08-27 18:34 — 27 viewers2026-08-27 21:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-27 23:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-28 01:34 — 8 viewers2026-08-28 03:34 — 5 viewers2026-08-28 05:34 — 12 viewers2026-08-28 07:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-28 09:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-28 11:34 — 7 viewers2026-08-28 13:34 — 27 viewers2026-08-28 15:34 — 58 viewers2026-08-28 17:34 — 23 viewers2026-08-29 14:34 — 20 viewers2026-08-29 16:34 — 23 viewers2026-08-29 18:34 — 9 viewers2026-08-29 21:34 — 7 viewers2026-08-29 23:34 — 12 viewers2026-08-30 01:34 — 15 viewers2026-08-30 03:34 — 8 viewers2026-08-30 05:34 — 18 viewers2026-08-30 07:34 — 11 viewers2026-08-30 09:34 — 12 viewers2026-08-30 11:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-30 13:34 — 11 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 6 viewers2026-08-30 17:34 — 7 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

51
achievements tracked
82.7%
earned "Flying the Nest"
33%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsCaptions availableGamepad RecommendedDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller Support

20 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Dutch, Swedish, Spanish - Latin America, Thai, Danish, Turkish, Norwegian…

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS5 (PlayStation)25,21033%51
Steam (Steam)2,39514%51

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

Player tags

3DRPGGoreActionViolentAdventureSwordplayAction RPGHistoricalOpen World

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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