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Ruined King: A League of Legends Story™

Airship Syndicate · Riot Forge · 2021-11-16

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IndieRPG

Franchise: League of Legends · Modes: Single player

Releases: Nov 16, 2021 (PlayStation 4), Nov 16, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 16, 2021 (Xbox One), Mar 02, 2023 (PlayStation 5), Nov 16, 2021 (Nintendo Switch), Mar 02, 2023 (Xbox Series X|S)

Rise Against Ruin - Unite a party of League of Legends Champions, explore Bilgewater and set sail for the Shadow Isles to uncover the secrets of the deadly Black Mist in this immersive turn-based RPG.

26
playing now
89%
positive of 11k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
78/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
77/100
IGDB user rating (29 ratings)
30h
to beat · rushed 25h · completionist 42h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$29.99
steam price (US)

26 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 02:00 UTC (census sample)

Ruined King: A League of Legends Story is a 2021 turn-based role-playing video game developed by Airship Syndicate and published by Riot Forge. A spin-off to Riot Games' League of Legends, Ruined King uses characters and a setting originating in its parent title.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 26 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 284 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~36/week).
  • · Review velocity down 14% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (5,086 reviews).
  • · Top 5% of 17,995 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 226k–510k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 11,324 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$7.49-75%
Microsoft Store$29.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $7.49 at Steam (2025-06-27)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 24 of 38 observed days · $22.50 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
4.5k4.5k20212026Week of 2021-11-01: 4,536 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 550 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1,104 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 142 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 425 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 297 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 151 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 153 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 174 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 221 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 147 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 231 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 134 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 52 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

69182026-08-06 22:00 — 48 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 26 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 56 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 36 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 41 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 57 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 49 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 47 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 66 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 40 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 25 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 36 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 42 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 20 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 44 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 42 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 27 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 48 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 69 players2026-08-18 05:00 — 18 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 29 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 40 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 34 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 52 players2026-08-24 19:00 — 59 players2026-08-26 03:00 — 28 players2026-08-27 11:00 — 24 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 44 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 26 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$29.99$7.492021-11-162026-08-292021-11-16 — best price $29.992022-02-03 — best price $29.992022-05-16 — best price $19.492022-06-24 — best price $19.482022-08-22 — best price $17.992022-11-01 — best price $29.992022-12-10 — best price $29.992023-01-15 — best price $14.992023-02-16 — best price $29.992023-04-10 — best price $14.992023-07-13 — best price $29.992023-08-14 — best price $29.992023-09-29 — best price $14.992023-11-09 — best price $29.992023-12-13 — best price $17.992024-01-13 — best price $29.992024-03-21 — best price $29.992024-05-27 — best price $29.992024-07-16 — best price $14.992024-09-18 — best price $29.992024-10-28 — best price $14.992024-11-27 — best price $11.992025-01-11 — best price $29.992025-03-13 — best price $8.992025-04-18 — best price $29.992025-07-10 — best price $29.992025-08-26 — best price $7.492025-10-01 — best price $7.492025-10-26 — best price $29.992026-01-05 — best price $29.992026-03-17 — best price $7.502026-04-11 — best price $29.992026-06-25 — best price $7.492026-08-14 — best price $7.492026-08-29 — best price $29.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

170212026-05-31 — 28 pageviews2026-06-03 — 40 pageviews2026-06-06 — 35 pageviews2026-06-09 — 38 pageviews2026-06-12 — 28 pageviews2026-06-15 — 34 pageviews2026-06-18 — 39 pageviews2026-06-21 — 34 pageviews2026-06-24 — 41 pageviews2026-06-27 — 33 pageviews2026-06-30 — 49 pageviews2026-07-03 — 34 pageviews2026-07-06 — 29 pageviews2026-07-09 — 41 pageviews2026-07-12 — 36 pageviews2026-07-15 — 33 pageviews2026-07-18 — 37 pageviews2026-07-21 — 37 pageviews2026-07-24 — 35 pageviews2026-07-27 — 48 pageviews2026-07-30 — 23 pageviews2026-08-02 — 48 pageviews2026-08-05 — 45 pageviews2026-08-08 — 26 pageviews2026-08-11 — 35 pageviews2026-08-14 — 49 pageviews2026-08-17 — 45 pageviews2026-08-20 — 139 pageviews2026-08-23 — 71 pageviews2026-08-26 — 61 pageviews2026-08-28 — 46 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

52
achievements tracked
77.4%
earned "Visions"
20.5%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing4 DLC

14 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America…

Player tags

RPGJRPGIndieActionHorrorFantasyAdventureIsometricStory RichTurn-Based

Census log

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

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