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The Riftbreaker

EXOR Studios · 2021-10-14

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreEpic Games StoreAmazonMicrosoft Store

ActionAdventureIndieRPGSimulationStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Oct 14, 2021 (Xbox Series X|S), Oct 14, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 14, 2021 (PlayStation 5)

The Riftbreaker is a solo or Co-op base-building, survival game with Action-RPG elements for up to 4 players. Hack & slash countless hordes of enemies. Build up your base, craft powerful weapons and research new inventions to survive.

1,123
playing now
90%
positive of 25k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
57
twitch viewers (latest)
83/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
65/100
IGDB user rating (21 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$8.99
steam price (US)

1,123 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 01:00 UTC (census sample)

The Riftbreaker is an action and real-time strategy video game developed and published by Polish company EXOR Studios. It was released for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X/S on October 14, 2021.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 1,123 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 2,872 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~359/week).
  • · Review velocity up 2% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 6% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-28

Estimated sales: 494k–1.1M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 24,684 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$11.99-60%
lowest across shops (ITAD)$11.99-60%
Microsoft Store$29.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $8.99 at Steam (2026-06-11) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $29.99 · on sale 51 of 80 observed days · $3.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
5.0k5.0k20212026Week of 2021-10-01: 5,005 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 499 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 2,084 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 127 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 667 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 455 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 66 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 274 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 39 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 157 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 208 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 194 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 226 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 485 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 69 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 246 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 188 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 128 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 322 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 263 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 216 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 147 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 210 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 146 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 163 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 367 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 45 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 198 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 137 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 138 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 211 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 87 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 237 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 186 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 155 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 139 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 104 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 88 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 184 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 187 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 518 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 71 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 809 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 153 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 313 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 252 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 268 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 307 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 166 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 860 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 106 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 284 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 202 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 216 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 215 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 14 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1.7k4532026-08-06 21:00 — 577 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 488 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 1,078 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 646 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 769 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 1,453 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 869 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 931 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 1,575 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 822 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 607 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 1,261 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 583 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 536 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 1,183 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 545 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 476 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 1,326 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 868 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 453 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 736 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 739 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 703 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 1,031 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 739 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 810 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 1,022 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 1,465 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 1,123 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$29.99$8.992021-10-142026-08-302021-10-14 — best price $26.992021-12-04 — best price $29.992022-01-23 — best price $23.992022-03-21 — best price $23.992022-05-26 — best price $26.992022-07-14 — best price $20.992022-09-22 — best price $20.992022-11-18 — best price $19.492022-12-20 — best price $19.492023-01-31 — best price $29.992023-03-20 — best price $19.492023-05-03 — best price $26.882023-06-05 — best price $29.992023-07-18 — best price $26.882023-09-12 — best price $29.992023-10-17 — best price $26.882023-11-21 — best price $17.992024-01-05 — best price $23.612024-02-06 — best price $29.992024-03-07 — best price $17.992024-04-06 — best price $23.612024-05-05 — best price $23.612024-07-16 — best price $29.992024-09-13 — best price $16.492024-11-14 — best price $29.992025-01-02 — best price $29.992025-03-20 — best price $29.992025-05-28 — best price $29.992025-07-24 — best price $29.992025-10-08 — best price $29.992025-12-04 — best price $29.992026-02-09 — best price $11.992026-04-06 — best price $11.992026-05-25 — best price $11.992026-08-08 — best price $8.992026-08-30 — best price $11.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Twitch viewers

8402026-08-27 23:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-28 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 13:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-28 15:34 — 10 viewers2026-08-28 17:34 — 10 viewers2026-08-28 19:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 21:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-28 23:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-29 01:34 — 4 viewers2026-08-29 03:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-29 05:34 — 9 viewers2026-08-29 07:34 — 2 viewers2026-08-29 09:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-29 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-29 13:34 — 1 viewers2026-08-29 15:34 — 25 viewers2026-08-29 17:34 — 16 viewers2026-08-29 19:35 — 8 viewers2026-08-29 21:34 — 19 viewers2026-08-29 23:34 — 30 viewers2026-08-30 01:34 — 6 viewers2026-08-30 03:34 — 6 viewers2026-08-30 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-08-30 07:34 — 3 viewers2026-08-30 09:34 — 14 viewers2026-08-30 11:34 — 35 viewers2026-08-30 13:34 — 58 viewers2026-08-30 15:34 — 84 viewers2026-08-30 16:35 — 57 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

54
achievements tracked
71.6%
earned "Ashley Phone Home "
16%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opLAN Co-opSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam WorkshopCamera Comfort4 DLC

9 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Russian, Simplified Chinese

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)14,2821%54
Xbox Series (Xbox)3,1731%54
Windows (Xbox)2,2191%47
PS5 (PlayStation)1,1873%55

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

Player tags

RPGLootSci-fiBuildingCraftingStrategySurvivalAdventureIsometricAction RPG

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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