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Steel Rain cover art

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.

Steel Rain is an Action, Adventure, Casual, and Indie game released in 2015, priced at $9.99, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (84% of 106 reviews).

0
playing now
84%
positive of 106 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 00:00 UTC (census sample)

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 38% of 27,808 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

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 6 of 10 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
8820152025Week of 2015-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2016-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2016-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

002026-09-15 09:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 08:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 20:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 11:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-13 01:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-15 00:00 — 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).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
28.9%
earned "Combo Boost"
10.3%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

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

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2017-10-20 (Steam store data)

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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