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Rune Coliseum cover art

Rune Coliseum

Rafale Software · 2024-09-23

Steam

IndieRPGStrategyEarly Access

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Sep 23, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

A deck-building roguelike game with unique semi-real-time combat system. Step into the shoes of an ancient gladiator and do your best to survive in the coliseum. Combine various skills and equipment, develop your own fighting style, and defeat all the enemies to become the next champion!

Rune Coliseum is an Indie, RPG, Strategy and Early Access game released in 2024, priced at $18.99, with an estimated owner base of 50,000 .. 100,000 and a review sentiment of Very Positive (81% of 1049 reviews).

3
playing now
81%
positive of 1.0k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$18.99
steam price (US)

3 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 17:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 3 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 91 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~11/week).
  • · Review velocity up 379% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (324 reviews).
  • · Top 10% of 49,650 Indie games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 21k–47k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,049 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $12.34 at Steam (2026-07-19) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $18.99 · on sale 7 of 14 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
28228220242026Week of 2024-09-24: 282 positiveWeek of 2024-09-24: 42 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-08: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-10-08: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-10-15: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-10-15: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-10-22: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-10-22: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-29: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-10-29: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-11-05: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-11-05: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-11-12: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-11-19: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-19: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-26: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-11-26: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-03: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-03: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-10: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-12-17: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-12-17: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-24: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-12-24: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-12-31: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-12-31: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-07: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-01-07: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-14: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-01-21: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-01-21: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-01-28: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-02-04: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-02-04: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-11: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-02-18: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-25: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-04: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-03-11: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-03-11: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-18: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-03-25: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-08: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-08: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-15: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-04-15: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-22: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-22: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-29: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-04-29: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-06: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-05-06: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-13: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-20: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-05-20: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-05-27: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-03: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-17: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-24: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-06-24: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-08: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-15: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-15: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-22: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-07-29: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-05: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-08-19: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-26: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-02: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-02: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-09: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-09: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-16: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-23: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-30: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-30: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-07: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-10-07: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-14: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-21: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-10-21: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-28: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-10-28: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-11: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-25: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-02: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-02: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-09: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-16: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-23: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-23: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-30: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-12-30: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-06: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-20: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-20: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-17: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-17: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-31: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-07: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-28: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-28: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-05: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-05-05: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-12: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-19: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-02: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-23: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-30: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-30: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-07: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-14: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-07-14: 13 negativeWeek of 2026-07-21: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-07-21: 26 negativeWeek of 2026-07-28: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-07-28: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-08-04: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-04: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-08-11: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-08-11: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-08-18: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1922026-09-15 03:00 — 4 players2026-09-16 11:00 — 15 players2026-09-17 18:00 — 7 players2026-09-19 02:00 — 13 players2026-09-20 09:00 — 10 players2026-09-21 17:00 — 3 players2026-09-23 01:00 — 5 players2026-09-24 08:00 — 6 players2026-09-25 16:00 — 8 players2026-09-26 23:00 — 4 players2026-09-28 07:00 — 8 players2026-09-29 14:00 — 18 players2026-09-30 22:00 — 2 players2026-10-02 05:00 — 8 players2026-10-03 13:00 — 16 players2026-10-04 21:00 — 8 players2026-10-06 04:00 — 6 players2026-10-07 12:00 — 19 players2026-10-08 19:00 — 5 players2026-10-10 03:00 — 10 players2026-10-11 10:00 — 12 players2026-10-12 18:00 — 4 players2026-10-14 02:00 — 3 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 3 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1124Oct 2024Aug 2026Oct 2024 — avg 112 · peak 631Nov 2024 — avg 40 · peak 138Dec 2024 — avg 27 · peak 88Jan 2025 — avg 25 · peak 69Feb 2025 — avg 22 · peak 58Mar 2025 — avg 22 · peak 58Apr 2025 — avg 14 · peak 49May 2025 — avg 22 · peak 63Jun 2025 — avg 18 · peak 99Jul 2025 — avg 28 · peak 84Aug 2025 — avg 14 · peak 42Sep 2025 — avg 9 · peak 38Oct 2025 — avg 14 · peak 35Nov 2025 — avg 6 · peak 19Dec 2025 — avg 12 · peak 31Jan 2026 — avg 12 · peak 32Feb 2026 — avg 6 · peak 18Mar 2026 — avg 6 · peak 23Apr 2026 — avg 4 · peak 12May 2026 — avg 10 · peak 36Jun 2026 — avg 5 · peak 16Jul 2026 — avg 30 · peak 107Aug 2026 — avg 17 · peak 51
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$18.99$12.342024-09-242026-08-022024-09-24 — best price $17.092024-10-03 — best price $18.992024-12-19 — best price $15.192025-01-02 — best price $18.992025-01-31 — best price $17.092025-02-10 — best price $18.992025-03-13 — best price $15.192025-03-20 — best price $18.992025-04-09 — best price $17.092025-04-19 — best price $18.992025-05-19 — best price $16.142025-05-26 — best price $18.992025-06-09 — best price $18.992025-06-26 — best price $14.242025-07-10 — best price $18.992025-07-14 — best price $16.142025-07-21 — best price $18.992025-08-25 — best price $15.192025-09-01 — best price $18.992025-09-29 — best price $13.292025-10-06 — best price $18.992025-10-21 — best price $15.192025-10-27 — best price $18.992025-12-03 — best price $15.192025-12-08 — best price $18.992025-12-18 — best price $13.292026-01-05 — best price $18.992026-03-19 — best price $14.242026-03-26 — best price $18.992026-05-04 — best price $12.722026-05-11 — best price $18.992026-06-25 — best price $12.532026-07-09 — best price $18.992026-07-19 — best price $12.342026-08-02 — best price $18.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

33
achievements tracked
60.8%
earned "Giant"
27.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

5 supported languages: English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Korean

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2321%33

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

Player tags

RPGActionFightingMedievalStrategyCard Game2D FighterRogue-likeCard BattlerDeckbuilding

Census log

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

Recent updates

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