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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 · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric, Side view

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.

Ruined King: A League of Legends Story™ is an Indie, RPG game released in 2021, priced at $29.99, with a Very Positive review sentiment (89% of 11339 reviews) and an estimated owner base of 500,000 .. 1,000,000.— census verdict as of 2026-09-20

22
playing now
89%
positive of 11k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
78/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
77/100
IGDB user rating (29 ratings)
4.49★
PlayStation Store rating (768 ratings)
30h
to beat · rushed 25h · completionist 42h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$29.99
steam price (US)

22 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 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.

Trailer

Ruined King: A League of Legends Story™ trailer thumbnail

Ruined King: A League of Legends Story | Official Announcement Trailer

≈4,990 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 22 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 2% of 49,548 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 227k–510k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 11,339 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

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 22 of 38 observed days (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

86102026-09-15 12:00 — 27 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 38 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 15 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 25 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 45 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 23 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 22 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 23 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 17 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 22 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 29 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 21 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 10 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 48 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 54 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 32 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 66 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 55 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 22 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 61 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 56 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 18 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 22 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
7.4k30Nov 2021Aug 2026Nov 2021 — avg 7,351 · peak 16,297Jan 2022 — avg 594 · peak 1,410Mar 2022 — avg 163 · peak 300May 2022 — avg 233 · peak 621Jul 2022 — avg 289 · peak 706Sep 2022 — avg 118 · peak 215Nov 2022 — avg 148 · peak 543Jan 2023 — avg 284 · peak 631Mar 2023 — avg 114 · peak 224May 2023 — avg 83 · peak 177Jul 2023 — avg 163 · peak 352Sep 2023 — avg 63 · peak 252Nov 2023 — avg 89 · peak 190Jan 2024 — avg 92 · peak 190Mar 2024 — avg 62 · peak 127May 2024 — avg 41 · peak 86Jul 2024 — avg 58 · peak 131Sep 2024 — avg 38 · peak 81Nov 2024 — avg 77 · peak 343Jan 2025 — avg 84 · peak 228Mar 2025 — avg 69 · peak 208May 2025 — avg 42 · peak 93Jul 2025 — avg 87 · peak 213Sep 2025 — avg 38 · peak 77Nov 2025 — avg 44 · peak 89Jan 2026 — avg 75 · peak 207Mar 2026 — avg 39 · peak 96May 2026 — avg 30 · peak 60Jul 2026 — avg 51 · peak 108Aug 2026 — avg 38 · peak 79
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$29.99$7.492021-11-162026-10-102021-11-16 — 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 $7.492026-09-12 — best price $29.992026-10-03 — best price $29.992026-10-10 — best price $29.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

170232026-05-31 — 28 pageviews2026-06-04 — 50 pageviews2026-06-08 — 31 pageviews2026-06-12 — 28 pageviews2026-06-16 — 45 pageviews2026-06-20 — 26 pageviews2026-06-24 — 41 pageviews2026-06-28 — 50 pageviews2026-07-02 — 28 pageviews2026-07-06 — 29 pageviews2026-07-10 — 30 pageviews2026-07-14 — 36 pageviews2026-07-18 — 37 pageviews2026-07-22 — 43 pageviews2026-07-26 — 32 pageviews2026-07-30 — 23 pageviews2026-08-03 — 44 pageviews2026-08-07 — 36 pageviews2026-08-11 — 35 pageviews2026-08-15 — 29 pageviews2026-08-19 — 27 pageviews2026-08-23 — 71 pageviews2026-08-27 — 49 pageviews2026-08-31 — 41 pageviews2026-09-04 — 55 pageviews2026-09-08 — 43 pageviews2026-09-12 — 41 pageviews2026-09-16 — 33 pageviews2026-09-20 — 33 pageviews2026-09-24 — 45 pageviews2026-09-28 — 33 pageviews2026-10-02 — 41 pageviews2026-10-06 — 56 pageviews2026-10-09 — 34 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…

Post-launch support: 4 DLC released, first 2021-11-16 (Steam store data)

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

RPGJRPGIndieActionHorrorFantasyAdventureIsometricStory RichTurn-Based

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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