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River City: Rival Showdown cover art

River City: Rival Showdown

Arc System Works · 2023-10-11

SteamPlayStation Store

ActionAdventureRPG

Franchise: Kunio-kun · Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Oct 11, 2023 (Nintendo Switch), Oct 11, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 11, 2023 (PlayStation 4), Oct 11, 2023 (PlayStation 5)

River City Ransom is back, rebuilt from the ground up! Rekindle old rivalries and relive past rumbles through a completely revamped story!

55%
positive of 188 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
78/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
4.18★
PlayStation Store rating (165 ratings)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$24.99
steam price (US)

This game acts a sequel to Nekketsu Kōha Kunio-kun Special, its prequel Riki Densetsu, and River City: Tokyo Rumble. The events of River City Super Sports Challenge ~All Stars Special~ take place directly after this game. Kunio, the top delinquent of Nekketsu High School is a standout in street fighting and sports, and an icon to the student body. He's won glory traveling overseas to win sporting events and taking on the yakuza to rescue his friends. His burning passion for righting wrongs and fearless courage to fight to the finish has made him a living legend... The infamous hot-blooded tou(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 11 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 56% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (116 reviews).
  • · Top 40% of 19,318 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 3.8k–8.5k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 188 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $12.49 at Steam (2025-05-25)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 8 of 16 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
757520232026Week of 2023-10-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 75 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$24.99$12.492023-07-062026-06-062023-07-06 — best price $24.992024-01-17 — best price $19.992024-01-31 — best price $24.992024-03-04 — best price $19.992024-04-01 — best price $24.992024-07-11 — best price $24.992024-11-05 — best price $24.992024-11-27 — best price $17.492024-12-04 — best price $24.992024-12-20 — best price $17.492025-01-04 — best price $24.992025-02-09 — best price $17.492025-02-18 — best price $24.992025-04-03 — best price $24.992025-05-08 — best price $24.992025-05-26 — best price $17.492025-06-09 — best price $24.992025-07-10 — best price $24.992025-07-29 — best price $17.492025-08-26 — best price $24.992025-11-21 — best price $12.502025-12-01 — best price $24.992025-12-18 — best price $12.492026-01-05 — best price $24.992026-03-19 — best price $12.492026-03-26 — best price $24.992026-04-27 — best price $12.492026-05-29 — best price $12.502026-06-06 — best price $24.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

35
achievements tracked
59.1%
earned "Can't Stop, Won't Stop"
14.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPShared/Split Screen PvPCo-opOnline Co-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam Achievements

5 supported languages: English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Korean

Player tags

2DPvP1980sDramaActionOld SchoolBeat 'em upMultiplayerMetroidvaniaOnline Co-Op

Census log

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

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