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Rotwood cover art

Rotwood

Klei Entertainment · 2026-03-03

Steam

ActionAdventureRPG

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Apr 24, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Mar 03, 2026 (Nintendo Switch 2)

The world has been thrown into chaos, and it's up to you and your friends to battle the corrupted beasts of the Rotwood. Upgrade your gear, choose your preferred weapon, and hone your skills to defend your safe haven.

50
playing now
75%
positive of 8.1k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
13h
to beat · rushed 11h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$29.99
steam price (US)

50 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 02:00 UTC (census sample)

Rotwood is a beat 'em up video game developed and published by Klei Entertainment. The game was released on Windows through Steam's early access program on April 24, 2024. The game was later released for Nintendo Switch 2 and Windows on March 3, 2026.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 50 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 437 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~55/week).
  • · Review velocity up 41% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (3,280 reviews).
  • · Top 13% of 10,862 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 163k–367k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 8,146 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $8.79 at Steam (2024-11-27)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 10 of 13 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
2.3k2.3k20242026Week of 2024-04-01: 2,328 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 952 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 1,286 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 498 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 285 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 98 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 179 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 72 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 361 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 210 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 7 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

111242026-08-06 22:00 — 49 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 41 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 90 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 55 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 64 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 111 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 53 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 76 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 105 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 62 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 47 players2026-08-10 15:00 — 78 players2026-08-10 23:00 — 51 players2026-08-11 07:00 — 35 players2026-08-11 15:00 — 90 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 45 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 36 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 88 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 56 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 40 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 58 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 53 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 32 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 56 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 39 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 38 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 24 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 45 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 50 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$29.99$8.792024-04-242026-07-092024-04-24 — best price $9.892024-05-08 — best price $10.992024-06-20 — best price $9.892024-07-11 — best price $10.992024-11-27 — best price $8.792024-12-04 — best price $10.992024-12-19 — best price $8.792025-01-02 — best price $10.992025-01-03 — best price $19.992025-02-10 — best price $15.992025-02-17 — best price $19.992025-03-13 — best price $15.992025-03-20 — best price $19.992025-04-10 — best price $15.992025-04-24 — best price $19.992025-06-12 — best price $15.992025-07-10 — best price $19.992025-09-29 — best price $15.992025-10-06 — best price $19.992025-11-21 — best price $15.992025-11-30 — best price $19.992025-12-18 — best price $15.992026-01-05 — best price $19.992026-02-12 — best price $15.992026-02-19 — best price $19.992026-03-03 — best price $29.992026-04-09 — best price $22.492026-04-23 — best price $29.992026-06-11 — best price $22.492026-07-09 — best price $29.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

85132026-05-29 — 60 pageviews2026-06-01 — 48 pageviews2026-06-04 — 44 pageviews2026-06-07 — 46 pageviews2026-06-10 — 36 pageviews2026-06-13 — 56 pageviews2026-06-16 — 46 pageviews2026-06-19 — 33 pageviews2026-06-22 — 43 pageviews2026-06-25 — 25 pageviews2026-06-28 — 31 pageviews2026-07-01 — 27 pageviews2026-07-04 — 24 pageviews2026-07-07 — 35 pageviews2026-07-10 — 30 pageviews2026-07-13 — 35 pageviews2026-07-16 — 33 pageviews2026-07-19 — 41 pageviews2026-07-22 — 31 pageviews2026-07-25 — 34 pageviews2026-07-28 — 19 pageviews2026-07-31 — 30 pageviews2026-08-03 — 24 pageviews2026-08-06 — 33 pageviews2026-08-09 — 30 pageviews2026-08-12 — 25 pageviews2026-08-15 — 31 pageviews2026-08-18 — 36 pageviews2026-08-21 — 39 pageviews2026-08-24 — 28 pageviews2026-08-26 — 49 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

22
achievements tracked
5.8%
earned "Damselfly, Avenged"
2.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenFull controller supportDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller Support

10 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil, Spanish - Latin America, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)4277%22
Switch 2 (Nintendo)370%0

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

Player tags

2DPvERPGCo-opActionAdventureRogue-likeRogue-liteBeat 'em upLocal Co-Op

Census log

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

Recent updates

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