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Rule No. 1

Walk Without Rhythm Games · 2021-07-08

SteamPlayStation Store

ActionCasualIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: First person

Releases: Nov 16, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 27, 2022 (PlayStation 4), Oct 27, 2022 (PlayStation 5), Oct 27, 2022 (Nintendo Switch)

A silky smooth Arena First Person Shooter with a prime focus on game-feel. Massacre waves of sentient metallic geometry and their monster compatriots as you fight for your Hi-Score! Designed to be the ultimate 'warm-up' or 'waiting-for-download' game!

Rule No. 1 is an Action, Casual, Indie game released in 2021, priced at $2.69, with an estimated 20,000 .. 50,000 owners and a Very Positive (93% of 256 reviews) sentiment.

0
playing now
93%
positive of 256 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
3.70★
PlayStation Store rating (69 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$2.69
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 14:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 14 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 8% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (42 reviews).
  • · Top 26% of 28,108 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 5.1k–12k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 256 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.19 at Steam (2022-07-07)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $2.99 · on sale 0 of 8 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
414120202026Week of 2020-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-16 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 20:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 03:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 15:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-15 14:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$4.99$1.192020-11-162026-08-242020-11-16 — best price $4.992021-01-28 — best price $2.992021-02-04 — best price $4.992021-03-18 — best price $1.992021-04-01 — best price $4.992021-07-06 — best price $2.992021-09-04 — best price $1.492021-09-18 — best price $2.992021-12-22 — best price $1.492022-01-05 — best price $2.992022-01-10 — best price $1.492022-01-24 — best price $2.992022-04-04 — best price $3.992022-07-07 — best price $1.192022-07-21 — best price $3.992022-09-15 — best price $3.592022-09-29 — best price $3.992023-06-07 — best price $1.992023-06-21 — best price $3.992023-06-30 — best price $1.992023-07-13 — best price $3.992023-11-21 — best price $1.992023-11-28 — best price $3.992025-01-31 — best price $1.992025-02-14 — best price $3.992025-03-13 — best price $1.992025-03-20 — best price $3.992025-06-26 — best price $1.992025-07-10 — best price $3.992026-03-27 — best price $2.992026-05-12 — best price $2.692026-05-18 — best price $2.992026-06-25 — best price $2.692026-07-09 — best price $2.992026-07-13 — best price $2.692026-07-20 — best price $2.992026-08-24 — best price $2.69
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

6
achievements tracked
95.1%
earned "Participation Trophy"
9.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsPartial Controller SupportSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing1 DLC

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2021-07-06 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)3164%6
PS5 (PlayStation)19663%22
PS4 (PlayStation)18772%22
PS5 (PlayStation)14466%22
PS4 (PlayStation)13573%22

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

Player tags

FPSRPG2.5DAnimeFunny1990'sActionArcadePhysicsShooter

Census log

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

Recent updates

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