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Risky Rescue cover art

Risky Rescue

Digital Melody · Forever Entertainment S. A. · 2016-02-19

Steam

ActionCasualIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Apr 18, 2019 (Nintendo Switch), Feb 19, 2016 (Mac), May 20, 2015 (Android), Feb 19, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Feb 19, 2016 (Linux)

Risky Rescue is a demanding arcade game with flat design graphics and innovative controls. Fly a helicopter and do dangerous missions rescuing people.

Risky Rescue is an Action, Casual, and Indie game released in 2016, priced at $0.49, with a Mostly Positive sentiment from 417 reviews and an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 owners.

1
playing now
77%
positive of 417 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$0.49
steam price (US)

1 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 18:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 1 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 9 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 29% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 22% of 27,667 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 10k–25k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 417 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.35 at GamersGate (2023-01-11) · bundled 8×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $0.99 · on sale 13 of 25 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
9920162026Week of 2016-09-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

302026-09-15 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 19:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 03:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 10:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 15:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 06:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 22:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 13:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 20:00 — 1 players2026-10-10 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 11:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 19:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 18:00 — 1 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$0.99$0.352016-02-192026-08-242016-02-19 — best price $0.892016-07-15 — best price $0.992016-11-14 — best price $0.492017-01-23 — best price $0.992017-08-07 — best price $0.992018-01-04 — best price $0.992018-04-02 — best price $0.992018-07-02 — best price $0.492018-10-30 — best price $0.492019-01-21 — best price $0.492019-04-15 — best price $0.992019-11-01 — best price $0.992019-12-20 — best price $0.492020-03-25 — best price $0.892020-05-29 — best price $0.992020-09-24 — best price $0.362020-12-31 — best price $0.362021-05-17 — best price $0.992021-09-27 — best price $0.992021-12-13 — best price $0.992022-03-03 — best price $0.992022-07-11 — best price $0.992022-10-31 — best price $0.992023-01-05 — best price $0.992023-04-17 — best price $0.482023-07-17 — best price $0.482023-11-06 — best price $0.352024-03-11 — best price $0.992024-05-27 — best price $0.372024-08-19 — best price $0.482024-10-28 — best price $0.992025-01-11 — best price $0.992025-04-28 — best price $0.372025-08-25 — best price $0.492025-12-18 — best price $0.492026-05-28 — best price $0.492026-08-24 — best price $0.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

9
achievements tracked
7.1%
earned "10 levels"
4.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)81335%9
Switch (Nintendo)10%0

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

Player tags

IndieActionCasualMultiplayer

Census log

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

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