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Ruin of the Reckless cover art

Ruin of the Reckless

Faux-Operative Games · Poppy Works · 2017-04-26

SteamGOG

ActionAdventureIndieRPG

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Apr 26, 2017 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Ruin of the Reckless is a breakneck-paced, melee-focused roguelike brawler with very light persistent progression elements and a punishing difficulty curve. Play with a friend!

80%
positive of 74 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (1 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$9.99
steam price (US)

"Since the beginning of time, or maybe longer, this place has been here. It is a beacon of sorts, attracting the souls of those who both lived and died with recklessness in their hearts. Bound by some unknown force, these wayward spirits cannot leave. And so they remain… With time their souls will rot. They will fade away and they will be forgotten. But even here there is hope… a legend whispered among the ghosts and specters. That any spirit to reach the tower’s peak will be granted one wish…"(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 8 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 51% of 21,420 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.9k–4.4k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 74 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.99 at Steam (2018-12-22)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 1 of 3 observed days · $7.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
151520172026Week of 2017-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$14.99$2.992017-04-262026-09-292017-04-26 — best price $12.742017-07-05 — best price $14.992017-08-03 — best price $9.992017-09-26 — best price $9.992017-11-28 — best price $9.992017-12-27 — best price $9.992018-02-19 — best price $9.992018-06-04 — best price $4.992018-07-05 — best price $9.992018-12-22 — best price $2.992019-02-04 — best price $2.992019-07-09 — best price $9.992019-12-11 — best price $4.992020-05-27 — best price $4.992020-07-09 — best price $9.992021-02-01 — best price $4.992021-05-10 — best price $9.992022-02-23 — best price $4.992022-07-07 — best price $9.992023-04-06 — best price $4.992023-10-03 — best price $9.992023-12-13 — best price $4.992024-03-02 — best price $9.992024-07-23 — best price $4.992024-08-26 — best price $9.992024-11-07 — best price $4.992024-12-12 — best price $9.992025-04-03 — best price $4.992025-10-20 — best price $9.992026-09-29 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudRemote Play TogetherFamily Sharing2 DLC

6 supported languages: English, French, Portuguese - Portugal, Japanese, Korean, Russian

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2017-04-26 (Steam store data)

Player tags

RPGIndieActionAdventureDifficultRogue-likeRogue-liteLocal Co-OpPixel GraphicsAction Roguelike

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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