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Secrets of Rætikon cover art

Secrets of Rætikon

Broken Rules · 2014-04-17

Steam

ActionAdventureIndie

Modes: Single player

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.

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

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 06:00 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.

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  • · Top 45% of 10,862 Action games in the census by review count.
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 15 of 30 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

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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 pageviews2026-06-03 — 7 pageviews2026-06-06 — 5 pageviews2026-06-09 — 10 pageviews2026-06-12 — 2 pageviews2026-06-15 — 1 pageviews2026-06-18 — 6 pageviews2026-06-21 — 8 pageviews2026-06-24 — 4 pageviews2026-06-27 — 3 pageviews2026-06-30 — 8 pageviews2026-07-03 — 8 pageviews2026-07-06 — 2 pageviews2026-07-09 — 4 pageviews2026-07-12 — 6 pageviews2026-07-15 — 3 pageviews2026-07-18 — 4 pageviews2026-07-21 — 2 pageviews2026-07-24 — 3 pageviews2026-07-27 — 3 pageviews2026-07-30 — 3 pageviews2026-08-02 — 3 pageviews2026-08-05 — 5 pageviews2026-08-08 — 4 pageviews2026-08-11 — 6 pageviews2026-08-14 — 1 pageviews2026-08-17 — 1 pageviews2026-08-20 — 4 pageviews2026-08-23 — 4 pageviews2026-08-26 — 7 pageviews2026-08-27 — 4 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

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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