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Rue Valley cover art

Rue Valley

Emotion Spark Studio · Owlcat Games · 2025-11-11

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AdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Nov 11, 2025 (Nintendo Switch), Nov 11, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 11, 2025 (PlayStation 5), Nov 11, 2025 (Xbox Series X|S), Nov 11, 2025 (PlayStation 4), Nov 11, 2025 (Xbox One)

Rue Valley is a narrative adventure about a man trapped in a time loop, surrounded by a colorful cast with complex emotional stories, each hiding unexpected secrets. Dealing with mental challenges, the main character must delve into the anomaly to uncover its enigmatic origins.

71%
positive of 2.2k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
62/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
69/100
IGDB user rating (9 ratings)
10h
to beat · rushed 8h · completionist 12h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$14.99
steam price (US)
Rue Valley is a 2025 role-playing video game developed by Serbia-based Emotion Spark Studio and published by Owlcat Games. It follows Eugene Harrow, who is stuck in a 47 minute time loop in the desert town Rue Valley. It was released on 11 November 2025 on PC via Steam, as well as on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X/S. The game received mixed reviews from critics.

Health check

Cooling
  • · 70 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~9/week).
  • · Review velocity down 85% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (699 reviews).
  • · Top 18% of 13,271 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 43k–97k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,166 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Epic Games Store$5.99-60%
GOG$7.49-50%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$11.89-21%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $5.25 at GameBillet (2026-08-02) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $31.99 · on sale 163 of 179 observed days · $0.74 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
43943920252026Week of 2025-11-11: 439 positiveWeek of 2025-11-11: 260 negativeWeek of 2025-11-18: 113 positiveWeek of 2025-11-18: 86 negativeWeek of 2025-11-25: 93 positiveWeek of 2025-11-25: 40 negativeWeek of 2025-12-02: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-12-02: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-12-09: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-12-09: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-12-16: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-12-16: 13 negativeWeek of 2025-12-23: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-12-23: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-12-30: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-12-30: 17 negativeWeek of 2026-01-06: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-01-06: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-01-13: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-01-13: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-01-20: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-01-20: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-27: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-01-27: 10 negativeWeek of 2026-02-03: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-03: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-10: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-02-10: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-02-17: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-02-17: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-24: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-02-24: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-03: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-03: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-03-10: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-10: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-17: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-03-17: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-24: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-03-24: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-03-31: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-03-31: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-04-07: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-04-07: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-04-14: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-04-14: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-04-21: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-04-21: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-04-28: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-04-28: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-05-05: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-05-05: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-12: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-05-12: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-19: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-05-19: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-26: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-05-26: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-02: 146 positiveWeek of 2026-06-02: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-06-09: 109 positiveWeek of 2026-06-09: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-06-16: 73 positiveWeek of 2026-06-16: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-06-23: 72 positiveWeek of 2026-06-23: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-06-30: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-06-30: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-07-07: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-07-07: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-14: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-07-21: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-07-21: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-28: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-28: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-04: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-11: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-08-11: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-18: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-08-18: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-08-25: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-08-25: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 4 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$31.99$5.252025-11-112026-09-062025-11-11 — best price $22.492025-11-16 — best price $24.612025-11-21 — best price $20.992025-11-30 — best price $23.272025-12-11 — best price $18.892025-12-22 — best price $17.492026-01-06 — best price $22.042026-01-16 — best price $23.262026-01-24 — best price $20.992026-02-05 — best price $22.492026-02-14 — best price $20.992026-02-23 — best price $12.492026-03-02 — best price $19.492026-03-07 — best price $19.492026-03-16 — best price $9.742026-03-23 — best price $10.492026-04-01 — best price $12.492026-04-08 — best price $11.892026-04-20 — best price $12.492026-04-28 — best price $14.992026-05-05 — best price $8.992026-05-11 — best price $14.992026-05-18 — best price $7.042026-05-23 — best price $8.992026-06-02 — best price $11.892026-06-08 — best price $7.502026-06-16 — best price $11.222026-06-25 — best price $5.952026-07-10 — best price $7.492026-07-17 — best price $7.492026-07-23 — best price $6.362026-07-31 — best price $5.802026-08-07 — best price $14.992026-08-16 — best price $14.992026-08-24 — best price $7.502026-09-03 — best price $5.992026-09-06 — best price $5.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

152262026-06-08 — 68 pageviews2026-06-11 — 54 pageviews2026-06-14 — 26 pageviews2026-06-17 — 27 pageviews2026-06-20 — 46 pageviews2026-06-23 — 72 pageviews2026-06-26 — 54 pageviews2026-06-29 — 56 pageviews2026-07-02 — 39 pageviews2026-07-05 — 50 pageviews2026-07-08 — 68 pageviews2026-07-11 — 36 pageviews2026-07-14 — 51 pageviews2026-07-17 — 55 pageviews2026-07-20 — 65 pageviews2026-07-23 — 47 pageviews2026-07-26 — 49 pageviews2026-07-29 — 50 pageviews2026-08-01 — 42 pageviews2026-08-04 — 65 pageviews2026-08-07 — 34 pageviews2026-08-10 — 36 pageviews2026-08-13 — 55 pageviews2026-08-16 — 59 pageviews2026-08-19 — 56 pageviews2026-08-22 — 67 pageviews2026-08-25 — 31 pageviews2026-08-28 — 35 pageviews2026-08-31 — 45 pageviews2026-09-03 — 36 pageviews2026-09-05 — 43 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

24
achievements tracked
74%
earned "Doctor's Prescription"
27.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsCaptions availableDualShock Controller SupportPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

5 supported languages: English, French, German, Russian, Simplified Chinese

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2025-11-11 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)5803%24
PS5 (PlayStation)1596%25
Xbox Series, Xbox One (Xbox)330%24
PS4 (PlayStation)1233%25
Switch (Nintendo)50%0

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

Census log

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

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