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Rival Megagun

CLOBBER · KOMODO · 2018-11-29

SteamPlayStation Store

Indie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Split screen · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Dec 06, 2018 (Nintendo Switch), Nov 29, 2018 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 29, 2018 (Xbox One), Nov 29, 2018 (PlayStation 4)

Rival Megagun is a competitive split-screen shoot 'em up where you transform into a giant boss ship and battle your rival head-to-head in local or online PVP.

Rival Megagun is a 2018 Indie game priced at $14.99, with Very Positive reviews (92% of 76 reviews).

92%
positive of 76 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
72/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
4.47★
PlayStation Store rating (43 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)

Manic. PVP. Battle. Shmup.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 11 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 57% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 41% of 49,795 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 1.9k–4.6k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 76 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $4.49 at Humble Store (2023-11-17)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 14 of 26 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
151520182026Week of 2018-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$14.99$4.492018-11-292026-08-102018-11-29 — best price $14.992019-04-08 — best price $14.992019-08-15 — best price $12.742019-12-03 — best price $14.992020-01-09 — best price $10.492020-01-22 — best price $10.492020-05-04 — best price $14.992020-07-09 — best price $14.992020-08-28 — best price $10.492020-10-01 — best price $14.992021-02-11 — best price $7.492021-07-08 — best price $14.992021-12-09 — best price $7.492022-01-14 — best price $7.492022-03-07 — best price $14.992022-05-24 — best price $14.992022-09-16 — best price $7.492022-12-02 — best price $14.992023-01-20 — best price $6.742023-03-23 — best price $14.992023-06-29 — best price $6.742023-09-05 — best price $14.992023-10-23 — best price $14.992023-11-28 — best price $14.992024-04-25 — best price $5.992024-12-04 — best price $14.992025-01-30 — best price $14.992025-05-09 — best price $7.492025-08-07 — best price $5.992025-10-02 — best price $14.992025-12-18 — best price $5.992026-02-09 — best price $5.992026-04-24 — best price $5.992026-06-08 — best price $5.992026-07-16 — best price $14.992026-08-10 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPShared/Split Screen PvPShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudSteam Leaderboards

11 supported languages: English, Japanese, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese

Player tags

2DPvPCuteFunnyIndieArcadeSci-fiShooterDifficultFast-Paced

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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