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Rugby 22 cover art

Rugby 22

Eko Software · Nacon · 2022-01-27

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SimulationSports

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Jan 27, 2022 (PlayStation 5), Jan 27, 2022 (Xbox One), Jan 27, 2022 (Xbox Series X|S), Jan 27, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jan 27, 2022 (PlayStation 4)

Crouch, bind, set! Discover the true rugby experience. Play with best clubs and top nations, enjoy dynamic gameplay that stays faithful to the sport, and experience the intensity of big matches.

77%
positive of 505 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
silver
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unsupported
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Unsupported
$39.99
steam price (US)
Rugby 22 is a rugby union simulation video game developed by Eko Software and published by Nacon. It was released on 22 January 2022 for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S. The game served as a sequel to Rugby 20 and was succeeded by Rugby 25.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 14 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 18% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 33% of 9,884 Simulation games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 10k–23k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 505 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$5.19-87%
Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $3.40 at GamersGate (2025-07-07)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $39.99 · on sale 71 of 105 observed days · $1.79 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
252520222026Week of 2022-01-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$39.99$2.972022-01-272026-09-162022-01-27 — best price $25.592022-03-08 — best price $33.992022-04-21 — best price $36.852022-05-26 — best price $33.892022-07-19 — best price $27.992022-08-26 — best price $29.392022-09-22 — best price $39.992022-10-28 — best price $15.132022-11-24 — best price $39.992023-01-02 — best price $11.992023-02-02 — best price $31.882023-03-16 — best price $13.992023-04-28 — best price $13.992023-05-26 — best price $31.882023-06-27 — best price $12.192023-07-29 — best price $39.992023-09-01 — best price $11.992023-10-16 — best price $39.992023-11-26 — best price $7.602023-12-30 — best price $33.172024-01-23 — best price $31.882024-03-10 — best price $39.992024-04-12 — best price $34.812024-05-17 — best price $8.002024-06-18 — best price $6.322024-07-31 — best price $34.812024-08-30 — best price $33.172024-10-17 — best price $3.992025-01-16 — best price $31.882025-03-20 — best price $29.392025-05-12 — best price $5.912025-07-25 — best price $2.972025-10-06 — best price $5.102025-12-02 — best price $39.992026-02-02 — best price $5.102026-03-24 — best price $31.882026-05-19 — best price $7.992026-07-13 — best price $5.192026-09-02 — best price $5.992026-09-16 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2102026-06-18 — 3 pageviews2026-06-21 — 10 pageviews2026-06-24 — 7 pageviews2026-06-27 — 7 pageviews2026-06-30 — 7 pageviews2026-07-03 — 0 pageviews2026-07-06 — 6 pageviews2026-07-09 — 1 pageviews2026-07-12 — 5 pageviews2026-07-15 — 7 pageviews2026-07-18 — 19 pageviews2026-07-21 — 7 pageviews2026-07-24 — 5 pageviews2026-07-27 — 16 pageviews2026-07-30 — 9 pageviews2026-08-02 — 14 pageviews2026-08-05 — 7 pageviews2026-08-08 — 4 pageviews2026-08-11 — 10 pageviews2026-08-14 — 14 pageviews2026-08-17 — 9 pageviews2026-08-20 — 8 pageviews2026-08-23 — 7 pageviews2026-08-26 — 8 pageviews2026-08-29 — 11 pageviews2026-09-01 — 15 pageviews2026-09-04 — 9 pageviews2026-09-07 — 9 pageviews2026-09-10 — 11 pageviews2026-09-13 — 4 pageviews2026-09-15 — 11 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

27
achievements tracked
75.3%
earned "Had the final word"
19%
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 Together

3 supported languages: English, Italian, Japanese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS5 (PlayStation)6375%28
PS4 (PlayStation)5433%28
Xbox Series (Xbox)3262%27
Xbox One (Xbox)1674%27
Steam (Steam)1452%27

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

Player tags

3DPvPRugbySportse-sportsRealisticControllerManagementSimulationTeam-Based

Census log

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

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