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Ryse: Son of Rome cover art

Ryse: Son of Rome

Crytek · Crytek · 2014-10-10

Steam

Action

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Nov 27, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 04, 2014 (Xbox One)

“Ryse: Son of Rome” tells the story of Marius Titus, a young Roman soldier who witnesses the murder of his family at the hands of barbarian bandits, then travels with the Roman army to Britannia to seek revenge.

Ryse: Son of Rome is an Action game released in 2014, priced at $9.99, with an owner estimate of 2,000,000 .. 5,000,000 and a review sentiment of Very Positive (87% of 45381 reviews).

50
playing now
87%
positive of 45k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
66/100
critic score (13 outlets, IGDB)
71/100
IGDB user rating (326 ratings)
52
Nexus mods (27k downloads)
64/100
opencritic · weak · 12% recommend · from 78 critics
7.7h
to beat · completionist 6h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

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

Ryse: Son of Rome is a 2013 action-adventure game developed by Crytek and published by Microsoft Studios. Set in an alternate version of Ancient Rome, Ryse follows the life of the Roman centurion Marius Titus as he becomes one of the leaders in the Roman Legion. Gameplay revolves around Marius using his sword to strike enemies and shield to deflect attacks. Execution sequences are featured in the game, which are quick-time events that serve as an extension to combat. The game features a cooperative multiplayer mode, which tasks players to fight against waves of enemies in maps that are changing dynamically.

Trailer

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Ryse: Son of Rome - Story Trailer

≈425,936 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 50 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 2,598 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~325/week).
  • · Review velocity up 21% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 2% of 27,536 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.1M–2.7M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 45,381 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $2.49 at Steam (2021-05-20) · bundled 4×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 50 of 82 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
68368320182026Week of 2018-01-01: 160 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 368 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 92 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 183 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 276 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 148 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 150 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 125 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 77 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 166 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 167 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 275 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 245 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 232 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 268 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 209 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 211 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 399 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 403 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 683 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 78 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 333 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 498 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 386 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 513 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 346 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 409 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 244 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 246 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 362 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 284 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 425 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 240 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 383 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 422 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 280 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 450 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 315 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 332 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 193 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 296 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 231 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 31 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 269 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 374 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 263 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 255 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 276 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 42 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 349 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 254 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 267 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 328 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 254 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 375 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 309 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 197 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 342 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 174 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 172 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 277 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 222 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 265 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 239 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 169 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 249 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 199 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 231 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 242 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 216 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 201 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 183 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 183 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 181 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 321 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 241 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 153 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 392 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 320 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 209 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 224 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 263 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 214 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 180 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 181 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 348 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 427 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 350 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 323 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 320 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 212 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 205 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 240 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 249 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 16 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

162362026-09-14 20:00 — 119 players2026-09-16 04:00 — 51 players2026-09-17 11:00 — 92 players2026-09-18 19:00 — 119 players2026-09-20 02:00 — 75 players2026-09-21 10:00 — 56 players2026-09-22 18:00 — 123 players2026-09-24 01:00 — 62 players2026-09-25 09:00 — 52 players2026-09-26 16:00 — 122 players2026-09-28 00:00 — 75 players2026-09-29 07:00 — 36 players2026-09-30 15:00 — 83 players2026-10-01 22:00 — 65 players2026-10-03 06:00 — 68 players2026-10-04 14:00 — 131 players2026-10-05 21:00 — 110 players2026-10-07 05:00 — 44 players2026-10-08 12:00 — 96 players2026-10-09 20:00 — 103 players2026-10-11 03:00 — 61 players2026-10-12 11:00 — 55 players2026-10-13 19:00 — 90 players2026-10-14 10:00 — 50 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
4613Sep 2014Aug 2026Sep 2014 — avg 3 · peak 17Jan 2015 — avg 220 · peak 1,832May 2015 — avg 93 · peak 256Sep 2015 — avg 169 · peak 1,554Jan 2016 — avg 339 · peak 1,251May 2016 — avg 143 · peak 342Sep 2016 — avg 118 · peak 274Jan 2017 — avg 179 · peak 536May 2017 — avg 118 · peak 248Sep 2017 — avg 92 · peak 206Jan 2018 — avg 100 · peak 265May 2018 — avg 101 · peak 240Sep 2018 — avg 137 · peak 431Jan 2019 — avg 84 · peak 214May 2019 — avg 57 · peak 130Sep 2019 — avg 77 · peak 239Jan 2020 — avg 69 · peak 175May 2020 — avg 85 · peak 319Sep 2020 — avg 104 · peak 283Jan 2021 — avg 92 · peak 229May 2021 — avg 104 · peak 327Sep 2021 — avg 117 · peak 315Jan 2022 — avg 89 · peak 207May 2022 — avg 100 · peak 238Sep 2022 — avg 102 · peak 263Jan 2023 — avg 91 · peak 206May 2023 — avg 114 · peak 337Sep 2023 — avg 62 · peak 222Jan 2024 — avg 83 · peak 196May 2024 — avg 95 · peak 298Sep 2024 — avg 76 · peak 202Jan 2025 — avg 105 · peak 267May 2025 — avg 80 · peak 209Sep 2025 — avg 74 · peak 223Jan 2026 — avg 126 · peak 331May 2026 — avg 90 · peak 250Aug 2026 — avg 153 · peak 918
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$53.16$2.492015-01-012026-08-202015-01-01 — best price $25.992015-04-13 — best price $34.992015-05-25 — best price $39.992015-08-04 — best price $26.352015-09-27 — best price $29.992015-12-17 — best price $6.802016-01-23 — best price $19.992016-02-12 — best price $19.992016-06-09 — best price $4.992016-10-13 — best price $19.992017-01-12 — best price $4.992017-05-01 — best price $19.992017-09-14 — best price $4.992017-12-08 — best price $19.992018-03-06 — best price $4.992018-06-21 — best price $4.492018-11-01 — best price $14.992019-01-24 — best price $14.992019-03-09 — best price $14.992019-05-27 — best price $14.992019-09-28 — best price $14.762020-01-23 — best price $3.992020-06-10 — best price $9.992021-03-29 — best price $9.992022-01-05 — best price $9.992022-10-07 — best price $2.492024-02-11 — best price $10.792024-11-27 — best price $3.492025-10-06 — best price $9.992026-01-27 — best price $3.502026-04-02 — best price $3.492026-06-06 — best price $7.192026-08-13 — best price $3.492026-08-20 — best price $3.15
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

8801392026-05-31 — 205 pageviews2026-06-04 — 466 pageviews2026-06-08 — 355 pageviews2026-06-12 — 404 pageviews2026-06-16 — 291 pageviews2026-06-20 — 267 pageviews2026-06-24 — 218 pageviews2026-06-28 — 259 pageviews2026-07-02 — 199 pageviews2026-07-06 — 196 pageviews2026-07-10 — 214 pageviews2026-07-14 — 365 pageviews2026-07-18 — 285 pageviews2026-07-22 — 274 pageviews2026-07-26 — 284 pageviews2026-07-30 — 334 pageviews2026-08-03 — 241 pageviews2026-08-07 — 194 pageviews2026-08-11 — 220 pageviews2026-08-15 — 197 pageviews2026-08-19 — 306 pageviews2026-08-23 — 216 pageviews2026-08-27 — 278 pageviews2026-08-31 — 311 pageviews2026-09-04 — 301 pageviews2026-09-08 — 210 pageviews2026-09-12 — 283 pageviews2026-09-16 — 184 pageviews2026-09-20 — 209 pageviews2026-09-24 — 209 pageviews2026-09-28 — 173 pageviews2026-10-02 — 168 pageviews2026-10-06 — 159 pageviews2026-10-10 — 144 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
94.7%
earned "First Blood"
16.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudStatsSteam LeaderboardsRemote Play on TV

5 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Xbox One (Xbox)136,9712%76
Steam (Steam)47,8023%73

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

Where its players are

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

Player tags

RPGWarGoreRomeActionLinearNudityAdventureHistoricalAtmospheric

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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