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RUGBY 18 cover art

RUGBY 18

Eko Software · Nacon · 2017-10-27

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Sports

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Releases: Oct 27, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 27, 2017 (Xbox One), Oct 24, 2017 (PlayStation 4)

Live the intensity of the greatest matches. Play as the most prestigious teams and championships: Aviva Premiership Rugby, PRO14, National Teams... Master all the game phases, face other players online and build up your dream team in My Squad mode.

51%
positive of 123 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
43/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
50/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
$19.99
steam price (US)
Rugby 18 is a rugby union simulation video game developed by Eko Software and published by Bigben Interactive. It was released on 27 October 2017 for PlayStation 4, Windows and Xbox One. The game served as a sequel to Rugby 15 and was succeeded by Rugby 20.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 7 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 36% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 48% of 1,522 Sports games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 3.1k–7.4k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 123 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$1.79-91%
WinGameStore$1.99-90%
GamersGate$4.00-90%
Microsoft Store$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.59 at Fanatical (2023-09-18) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $39.99 · on sale 123 of 130 observed days · $0.20 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
131320172026Week of 2017-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$40.52$1.592017-10-202026-09-162017-10-20 — best price $35.582018-03-13 — best price $39.992018-06-28 — best price $15.992018-12-05 — best price $39.992019-02-02 — best price $16.332019-06-29 — best price $9.492019-09-28 — best price $33.172019-12-24 — best price $10.802020-02-03 — best price $31.992020-04-19 — best price $8.012020-06-11 — best price $6.002020-07-20 — best price $39.992020-08-26 — best price $31.882020-10-10 — best price $39.992020-11-12 — best price $39.992020-12-21 — best price $31.882021-02-01 — best price $39.992021-03-05 — best price $39.992021-04-16 — best price $39.992021-05-23 — best price $31.882021-07-24 — best price $33.992021-11-15 — best price $3.992022-01-27 — best price $1.992022-05-17 — best price $15.742022-08-26 — best price $17.882022-12-13 — best price $15.742023-04-12 — best price $1.992023-06-29 — best price $1.992023-09-19 — best price $19.992023-12-07 — best price $19.992024-03-10 — best price $19.992024-07-01 — best price $3.002025-03-03 — best price $1.692025-05-27 — best price $19.992025-10-07 — best price $1.992025-12-18 — best price $1.992026-02-26 — best price $1.992026-05-12 — best price $15.742026-07-27 — best price $14.972026-09-16 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1202026-06-18 — 2 pageviews2026-06-21 — 7 pageviews2026-06-24 — 4 pageviews2026-06-27 — 9 pageviews2026-06-30 — 4 pageviews2026-07-03 — 2 pageviews2026-07-06 — 4 pageviews2026-07-09 — 1 pageviews2026-07-12 — 2 pageviews2026-07-15 — 4 pageviews2026-07-18 — 6 pageviews2026-07-21 — 3 pageviews2026-07-24 — 3 pageviews2026-07-27 — 3 pageviews2026-07-30 — 2 pageviews2026-08-02 — 3 pageviews2026-08-05 — 4 pageviews2026-08-08 — 2 pageviews2026-08-11 — 0 pageviews2026-08-14 — 6 pageviews2026-08-17 — 5 pageviews2026-08-20 — 4 pageviews2026-08-23 — 1 pageviews2026-08-26 — 5 pageviews2026-08-29 — 5 pageviews2026-09-01 — 4 pageviews2026-09-04 — 2 pageviews2026-09-07 — 5 pageviews2026-09-10 — 10 pageviews2026-09-13 — 3 pageviews2026-09-15 — 5 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

23
achievements tracked
78.6%
earned "Ruck & Roll"
7.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPShared/Split Screen PvPShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudRemote Play Together1 DLC

4 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German

Player tags

RugbySports

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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