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Steel Rain

PolarityFlow, Adrian Zingg · PolarityFlow · 2015-12-03

Steam

ActionAdventureCasualIndieRPGStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: May 21, 2020 (Nintendo Switch), Dec 03, 2015 (Linux), Dec 03, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

It's the ultimate, strategic SHMUP ReMix! Control TWO combat wings, flick between THREE different formations, and BLAST your way through overwhelming enemy fleets! Liberate planets, build colonies, research tech and skills, craft items, or even play 2p co-op in this unique new indie game.

0
playing now
84%
positive of 106 reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
$9.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Insufficient data
  • · Not enough review history collected yet to judge health.
  • · Top 68% of 10,936 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 2.6k–6.4k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 106 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.97 at GreenManGaming (2018-07-19) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 7 of 12 observed days (census price snapshots)

Players online

102026-08-12 01:00 — 0 players2026-08-12 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-13 08:00 — 1 players2026-08-14 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-14 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-15 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 00:00 — 0 players2026-08-16 16:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 08:00 — 0 players2026-08-17 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-18 15:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 07:00 — 0 players2026-08-19 23:00 — 0 players2026-08-20 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-21 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-22 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-23 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-24 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-25 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-26 13:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 06:00 — 0 players2026-08-27 22:00 — 0 players2026-08-28 14:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 05:00 — 0 players2026-08-29 21:00 — 0 players2026-08-30 13:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$2.192015-12-032026-07-092015-12-03 — best price $8.992016-07-04 — best price $9.992016-11-23 — best price $4.292017-12-11 — best price $3.292018-06-08 — best price $9.992018-11-28 — best price $9.992020-03-02 — best price $9.992020-06-01 — best price $8.282020-06-19 — best price $7.342020-07-08 — best price $7.342020-07-23 — best price $8.992020-08-12 — best price $8.992020-08-31 — best price $8.992020-10-15 — best price $9.992020-11-05 — best price $8.992020-11-23 — best price $8.992020-12-11 — best price $9.992021-01-01 — best price $9.992021-01-20 — best price $9.992021-02-12 — best price $8.382021-03-04 — best price $9.992021-03-25 — best price $8.382021-04-14 — best price $8.382021-05-02 — best price $8.382021-05-23 — best price $9.992021-06-16 — best price $9.992021-10-28 — best price $4.392021-12-22 — best price $4.292022-05-26 — best price $8.382022-11-22 — best price $4.892023-11-21 — best price $4.992024-04-08 — best price $6.992025-06-26 — best price $6.692026-06-08 — best price $2.192026-07-09 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPShared/Split Screen PvPCo-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading Cards2 DLC

3 supported languages: English, German, Portuguese - Brazil

Player tags

2DRPGIndieSpaceActionArcadeShooterStrategySurvivalAdventure

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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