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Ruin Raiders

OverPowered Team · indie.io · 2021-10-14

SteamGOGEpic Games Store

ActionAdventureIndieRPGStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Oct 14, 2021 (Nintendo Switch), Oct 14, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Ruin Raiders is a turn-based tactical roguelike where you command customizable squads on a one-way journey into the ruins of an ancient civilization. Master turn-based combat, craft new technologies, and dive into ever-changing ruins to unveil the past!

67%
positive of 88 reviews
Mixed
steam rating
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
$2.79
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 5 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 77% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (30 reviews).
  • · Top 68% of 12,054 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.8k–4.0k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 88 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$7.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.27 at Fanatical (2025-05-20) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 158 of 161 observed days · $1.04 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
212120212026Week of 2021-10-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$19.99$1.282021-10-142026-09-042021-10-14 — best price $15.992022-03-23 — best price $19.992022-06-17 — best price $19.992022-08-16 — best price $19.992022-11-15 — best price $19.992023-02-16 — best price $19.992023-04-26 — best price $19.992023-06-11 — best price $7.992023-07-23 — best price $17.192023-09-05 — best price $17.192023-10-17 — best price $19.992023-11-16 — best price $16.392023-12-15 — best price $5.002024-02-06 — best price $19.992024-03-08 — best price $4.992024-04-04 — best price $4.992024-05-02 — best price $3.692024-06-06 — best price $3.992024-07-15 — best price $3.992024-08-15 — best price $3.992024-09-27 — best price $4.002024-11-13 — best price $3.992024-12-20 — best price $3.152025-02-16 — best price $3.992025-03-23 — best price $19.992025-04-18 — best price $19.992025-05-29 — best price $9.992025-07-12 — best price $7.992025-08-29 — best price $7.992025-10-13 — best price $3.272025-11-14 — best price $7.992025-12-18 — best price $3.192026-02-02 — best price $5.872026-03-13 — best price $7.992026-04-21 — best price $5.872026-05-20 — best price $2.882026-06-20 — best price $7.912026-07-31 — best price $7.992026-08-31 — best price $7.992026-09-04 — best price $7.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam CloudFamily Sharing

8 supported languages: English, Spanish - Spain, French, Italian, German, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Korean

Player tags

3DRPGLootActionStrategyDifficultRogue-likeRogue-liteTurn-BasedAction Roguelike

Census log

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

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