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Rotwood cover art

Rotwood

Klei Entertainment · 2026-03-03

Steam

ActionAdventureRPG

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Third person, Side view

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.

Rotwood is a 2026 Action, Adventure, RPG game priced at $29.99, with an estimated 500,000 to 1,000,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (75% of 8156 reviews).

182
playing now
75%
positive of 8.2k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
3
Nexus mods (223 downloads)
13h
to beat · rushed 11h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$29.99
steam price (US)

182 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 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.

Trailer

Rotwood trailer thumbnail

Rotwood - Official Launch Trailer (Steam & Nintendo Switch 2)

≈17,956 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 182 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 5% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Estimated sales: 164k–369k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 8,199 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 8 of 11 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

613212026-09-15 12:00 — 49 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 46 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 21 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 63 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 55 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 30 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 30 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 39 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 45 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 58 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 47 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 24 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 32 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 472 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 275 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 362 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 463 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 139 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 171 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 401 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 168 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 163 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 182 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
11k39Apr 2024Aug 2026Apr 2024 — avg 10,600 · peak 28,549May 2024 — avg 2,042 · peak 15,277Jun 2024 — avg 463 · peak 1,396Jul 2024 — avg 333 · peak 1,015Aug 2024 — avg 219 · peak 704Sep 2024 — avg 151 · peak 425Oct 2024 — avg 255 · peak 1,647Nov 2024 — avg 304 · peak 993Dec 2024 — avg 363 · peak 1,423Jan 2025 — avg 178 · peak 570Feb 2025 — avg 263 · peak 829Mar 2025 — avg 208 · peak 768Apr 2025 — avg 175 · peak 505May 2025 — avg 108 · peak 326Jun 2025 — avg 103 · peak 306Jul 2025 — avg 70 · peak 173Aug 2025 — avg 96 · peak 549Sep 2025 — avg 114 · peak 437Oct 2025 — avg 64 · peak 178Nov 2025 — avg 52 · peak 133Dec 2025 — avg 48 · peak 107Jan 2026 — avg 49 · peak 111Feb 2026 — avg 39 · peak 82Mar 2026 — avg 194 · peak 670Apr 2026 — avg 92 · peak 232May 2026 — avg 58 · peak 127Jun 2026 — avg 103 · peak 287Jul 2026 — avg 84 · peak 189Aug 2026 — avg 55 · peak 146
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

PositiveNegative
882026-10-022026-10-122026-10-02: 8 new positive2026-10-03: 3 new positive2026-10-03: 1 new negative2026-10-04: 3 new positive2026-10-04: 2 new negative2026-10-07: 3 new positive2026-10-07: 1 new negative2026-10-08: 3 new positive2026-10-08: 1 new negative2026-10-10: 6 new positive2026-10-10: 3 new negative2026-10-12: 4 new positive2026-10-12: 2 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

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

85192026-05-29 — 60 pageviews2026-06-02 — 55 pageviews2026-06-06 — 31 pageviews2026-06-10 — 36 pageviews2026-06-14 — 55 pageviews2026-06-18 — 40 pageviews2026-06-22 — 43 pageviews2026-06-26 — 48 pageviews2026-06-30 — 36 pageviews2026-07-04 — 24 pageviews2026-07-08 — 37 pageviews2026-07-12 — 42 pageviews2026-07-16 — 33 pageviews2026-07-20 — 30 pageviews2026-07-24 — 35 pageviews2026-07-28 — 19 pageviews2026-08-01 — 27 pageviews2026-08-05 — 23 pageviews2026-08-09 — 30 pageviews2026-08-13 — 22 pageviews2026-08-17 — 36 pageviews2026-08-21 — 39 pageviews2026-08-25 — 37 pageviews2026-08-29 — 37 pageviews2026-09-02 — 26 pageviews2026-09-06 — 39 pageviews2026-09-10 — 23 pageviews2026-09-14 — 28 pageviews2026-09-18 — 34 pageviews2026-09-22 — 29 pageviews2026-09-26 — 29 pageviews2026-09-30 — 45 pageviews2026-10-04 — 53 pageviews2026-10-07 — 26 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

4602026-10-02 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 19:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-02 23:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-03 03:34 — 21 viewers2026-10-03 07:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-03 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-03 15:34 — 10 viewers2026-10-03 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-04 15:34 — 15 viewers2026-10-04 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-04 23:34 — 26 viewers2026-10-05 03:34 — 27 viewers2026-10-05 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-05 19:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-06 15:34 — 7 viewers2026-10-06 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-06 23:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-07 03:34 — 10 viewers2026-10-07 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-07 15:34 — 6 viewers2026-10-07 19:34 — 3 viewers2026-10-08 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-08 19:34 — 5 viewers2026-10-08 23:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-09 03:34 — 2 viewers2026-10-10 14:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 18:35 — 0 viewers2026-10-10 23:34 — 1 viewers2026-10-11 03:34 — 7 viewers2026-10-12 15:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-12 23:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-13 03:34 — 46 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

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.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

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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