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Rune Factory 5

Marvelous Inc. · XSEED Games · 2022-07-13

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AdventureRPGSimulation

Franchise: Rune Factory · Modes: Single player

Releases: Mar 25, 2022 (Nintendo Switch), Jul 13, 2022 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

As the newest ranger of a peacekeeping organization known as SEED, protect your community by rounding up rowdy monsters and going on special missions. Cultivate your farm and friendships alike while unravelling rune-related mysteries!

59
playing now
77%
positive of 2.1k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam rating
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
81/100
critic score (3 outlets, IGDB)
70/100
IGDB user rating (11 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$39.99
steam price (US)

59 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 05:00 UTC (census sample)

Rune Factory 5 is a 2021 role-playing simulation game by Marvelous. The first entry in the Rune Factory series since Rune Factory 4 (2012), it was released for the Nintendo Switch in Japan in May 2021 and in North America and Europe in March 2022, including a Windows port in July 2022.

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 21% of 11,312 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 42k–95k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,112 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$11.73-71%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $11.73 at GameBillet (2026-08-21)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $39.99 · on sale 38 of 87 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

65202026-08-11 19:00 — 46 players2026-08-12 11:00 — 31 players2026-08-13 03:00 — 43 players2026-08-13 18:00 — 28 players2026-08-14 10:00 — 31 players2026-08-15 02:00 — 43 players2026-08-15 18:00 — 54 players2026-08-16 10:00 — 60 players2026-08-17 02:00 — 34 players2026-08-17 18:00 — 38 players2026-08-18 09:00 — 20 players2026-08-19 01:00 — 36 players2026-08-19 17:00 — 39 players2026-08-20 09:00 — 31 players2026-08-21 00:00 — 39 players2026-08-21 16:00 — 43 players2026-08-22 08:00 — 42 players2026-08-23 00:00 — 40 players2026-08-23 15:00 — 64 players2026-08-24 07:00 — 36 players2026-08-24 23:00 — 42 players2026-08-25 15:00 — 57 players2026-08-26 07:00 — 26 players2026-08-26 23:00 — 30 players2026-08-27 15:00 — 47 players2026-08-28 05:00 — 38 players2026-08-28 21:00 — 34 players2026-08-29 13:00 — 65 players2026-08-30 05:00 — 59 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$59.99$10.992022-03-122026-08-212022-03-12 — best price $59.992022-07-13 — best price $53.992022-10-12 — best price $49.992022-12-05 — best price $49.992023-01-16 — best price $49.992023-03-23 — best price $49.992023-07-13 — best price $49.992023-11-21 — best price $23.992024-02-19 — best price $19.992024-04-29 — best price $19.992024-09-07 — best price $19.992024-12-20 — best price $15.992025-03-13 — best price $15.992025-07-10 — best price $39.992025-08-26 — best price $39.382025-09-03 — best price $37.712025-09-14 — best price $37.712025-10-06 — best price $37.712025-10-25 — best price $16.002025-11-08 — best price $39.992025-11-20 — best price $13.992025-12-05 — best price $33.462025-12-17 — best price $37.122026-01-05 — best price $31.492026-02-05 — best price $13.992026-02-23 — best price $39.992026-03-05 — best price $35.892026-03-25 — best price $35.892026-04-11 — best price $34.002026-04-28 — best price $35.892026-05-11 — best price $13.992026-05-21 — best price $34.002026-05-28 — best price $39.992026-07-16 — best price $31.492026-08-01 — best price $34.652026-08-13 — best price $13.992026-08-20 — best price $11.762026-08-21 — best price $11.73
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

245582026-05-30 — 85 pageviews2026-06-02 — 61 pageviews2026-06-05 — 59 pageviews2026-06-08 — 78 pageviews2026-06-11 — 72 pageviews2026-06-14 — 84 pageviews2026-06-17 — 85 pageviews2026-06-20 — 87 pageviews2026-06-23 — 100 pageviews2026-06-26 — 81 pageviews2026-06-29 — 63 pageviews2026-07-02 — 72 pageviews2026-07-05 — 90 pageviews2026-07-08 — 76 pageviews2026-07-11 — 67 pageviews2026-07-14 — 78 pageviews2026-07-17 — 82 pageviews2026-07-20 — 123 pageviews2026-07-23 — 89 pageviews2026-07-26 — 88 pageviews2026-07-29 — 90 pageviews2026-08-01 — 96 pageviews2026-08-04 — 79 pageviews2026-08-07 — 117 pageviews2026-08-10 — 123 pageviews2026-08-13 — 88 pageviews2026-08-16 — 88 pageviews2026-08-19 — 102 pageviews2026-08-22 — 88 pageviews2026-08-25 — 177 pageviews2026-08-27 — 97 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

47
achievements tracked
89%
earned "Finished the Prologue"
7.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsDualShock Controller SupportDualShock Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportDualSense Controller SupportSteam Input API SupportPartial Controller SupportSteam Cloud10 DLC

6 supported languages: English, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,2051%47
Switch (Nintendo)2430%0
Switch (Nintendo)1300%0
Switch (Nintendo)160%0

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

Player tags

3DRPGCuteAnimeMagicCombatFantasyFishingRomanceCrafting

Census log

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

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