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Secrets of Rætikon cover art

Secrets of Rætikon

Broken Rules · 2014-04-17

Steam

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Apr 17, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Apr 17, 2014 (Mac), Apr 17, 2014 (Linux)

Ruthless bird versus bird action. Wild animals and the artefacts of a mysterious ancient culture. A game full of challenge and discovery – unlike anything you've played before.

Secrets of Rætikon is an Action, Adventure, Indie game released in 2014, priced at $9.99, with an estimated owner base of 100,000 .. 200,000 and a Mixed review sentiment (60% of 494 reviews).

0
playing now
60%
positive of 494 reviews
Mixed
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
60/100
IGDB user rating (4 ratings)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$9.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 16:00 UTC (census sample)

Secrets of Rætikon is an action-adventure open world video game developed and published by Broken Rules. The player controls a bird and must explore the environment of Rætikon to find its secrets. Game elements include animals with specific behaviors and ancient puzzles. Development began in 2011 and the game was formally announced in July 2013 and followed by alpha and Steam Early Access releases. Secrets of Rætikon was released on April 17, 2014 for Windows, OS X, and Linux platforms. It received mixed reviews from reviewers, who praised its artwork and movement physics, but criticized its inconsistency, lack of cohesion, and technical issues.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 5 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity up 0% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 21% of 27,786 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 12k–30k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 494 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.99 at Humble Store (2020-05-07) · bundled 10×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 13 of 26 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
2220152026Week of 2015-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2015-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102026-09-15 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 16:00 — 1 players2026-09-20 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-22 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-30 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 12:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-04 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 16:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$11.13$0.992015-01-012026-08-142015-01-01 — best price $6.692015-02-08 — best price $9.992015-04-03 — best price $7.952015-04-13 — best price $4.992015-05-09 — best price $3.332015-07-08 — best price $9.952015-08-28 — best price $4.952015-12-22 — best price $4.992016-04-11 — best price $3.992016-06-13 — best price $9.992016-09-22 — best price $9.992017-01-02 — best price $9.992017-07-10 — best price $9.992018-01-11 — best price $3.392018-07-05 — best price $9.992018-12-21 — best price $2.492019-06-04 — best price $2.992019-11-21 — best price $2.492020-01-27 — best price $9.992020-11-28 — best price $2.992021-11-24 — best price $1.992022-11-18 — best price $2.492023-02-13 — best price $4.992023-04-28 — best price $9.992023-11-21 — best price $1.992024-01-29 — best price $9.992024-03-21 — best price $9.992024-09-16 — best price $9.992025-01-02 — best price $9.992025-03-20 — best price $9.992025-07-10 — best price $9.992025-10-23 — best price $9.992026-01-16 — best price $0.992026-05-07 — best price $1.992026-08-14 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1612026-05-31 — 5 pageviews2026-06-04 — 3 pageviews2026-06-08 — 12 pageviews2026-06-12 — 2 pageviews2026-06-16 — 5 pageviews2026-06-20 — 3 pageviews2026-06-24 — 4 pageviews2026-06-28 — 8 pageviews2026-07-02 — 11 pageviews2026-07-06 — 2 pageviews2026-07-10 — 5 pageviews2026-07-14 — 7 pageviews2026-07-18 — 4 pageviews2026-07-22 — 11 pageviews2026-07-26 — 5 pageviews2026-07-30 — 3 pageviews2026-08-03 — 16 pageviews2026-08-07 — 5 pageviews2026-08-11 — 6 pageviews2026-08-15 — 1 pageviews2026-08-19 — 5 pageviews2026-08-23 — 4 pageviews2026-08-27 — 4 pageviews2026-08-31 — 7 pageviews2026-09-04 — 7 pageviews2026-09-08 — 8 pageviews2026-09-12 — 4 pageviews2026-09-16 — 8 pageviews2026-09-20 — 3 pageviews2026-09-24 — 8 pageviews2026-09-28 — 7 pageviews2026-10-02 — 11 pageviews2026-10-06 — 5 pageviews2026-10-09 — 8 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

19
achievements tracked
56.3%
earned "Hatcher"
6.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam WorkshopCustom Volume ControlsPlayable without Timed InputStereo SoundIncludes level editorFamily Sharing

1 supported languages: English

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2,8371%19

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

Player tags

2DIndieActionFlightNaturePuzzleAdventureBeautifulControllerOpen World

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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