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Type:Rider cover art

Type:Rider

Ex Nihilo · ARTE France · 2013-11-06

SteamPlayStation Store

ActionAdventureCasualIndie

Modes: Single player

Releases: Jul 21, 2016 (PlayStation Vita), Nov 06, 2013 (Linux), Nov 06, 2013 (Mac), Nov 06, 2013 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 10, 2013 (Android), Oct 10, 2013 (iOS)

In this platform game you embody ":" ready to travel through the History of typography, from it's origin to today! Overcome obstacles, escape your enemies and collect asterisks, but beware not to fall down! Will you come out of this journey unscathed?

Type:Rider is a 2013 Action, Adventure, Casual, and Indie game priced at $4.99, with an estimated 50,000 to 100,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (79% of 1699 reviews).

2
playing now
79%
positive of 1.7k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
50,000–100,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
81/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
67/100
IGDB user rating (24 ratings)
3.80★
PlayStation Store rating (3,491 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$4.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 17:00 UTC (census sample)

Type:Rider is a video game developed by Agat Films & Cie – Ex Nihilo and published by Bulkypix and Arte. It was released in for Microsoft Windows, Android, and iOS in 2013, for PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita in 2016, and for Nintendo Switch in April 2019.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 17 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 6% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 12% of 27,667 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-31

Estimated sales: 68k–136k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,701 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.39 at Fanatical (2025-05-19) · bundled 13×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $4.99 · on sale 60 of 112 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
8820172026Week of 2017-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

302026-09-15 02:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 10:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 18:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 01:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 09:00 — 1 players2026-09-21 17:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 00:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 08:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 15:00 — 0 players2026-09-26 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 14:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 21:00 — 2 players2026-10-02 05:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 12:00 — 2 players2026-10-04 20:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 04:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 11:00 — 3 players2026-10-08 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 10:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 18:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 01:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 17:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
501Nov 2013May 2024Nov 2013 — avg 3 · peak 13Feb 2014 — avg 4 · peak 35May 2014 — avg 13 · peak 37Aug 2014 — avg 5 · peak 14Nov 2014 — avg 9 · peak 36Feb 2015 — avg 8 · peak 25May 2015 — avg 5 · peak 17Aug 2015 — avg 3 · peak 10Nov 2015 — avg 4 · peak 13Feb 2016 — avg 4 · peak 14May 2016 — avg 2 · peak 8Aug 2016 — avg 2 · peak 9Nov 2016 — avg 1 · peak 8Feb 2017 — avg 1 · peak 6May 2017 — avg 1 · peak 6Aug 2017 — avg 2 · peak 9Nov 2017 — avg 1 · peak 8Feb 2018 — avg 2 · peak 8May 2018 — avg 1 · peak 6Aug 2018 — avg 1 · peak 5Nov 2018 — avg 1 · peak 6Feb 2019 — avg 1 · peak 6May 2019 — avg 1 · peak 7Aug 2019 — avg 1 · peak 3Nov 2019 — avg 1 · peak 5Feb 2020 — avg 2 · peak 6May 2020 — avg 1 · peak 4Aug 2020 — avg 1 · peak 5Nov 2020 — avg 1 · peak 6Feb 2021 — avg 2 · peak 6Jun 2021 — avg 4 · peak 21Sep 2021 — avg 1 · peak 4Dec 2021 — avg 3 · peak 9Mar 2022 — avg 1 · peak 5Jun 2022 — avg 3 · peak 17Sep 2022 — avg 2 · peak 12Jan 2023 — avg 1 · peak 4May 2024 — avg 2 · peak 5

No change (0) in avg players vs prior month — May 2024

Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$7.45$0.392015-01-012026-08-242015-01-01 — best price $2.792015-05-01 — best price $4.992015-09-12 — best price $4.992016-04-21 — best price $1.492017-07-06 — best price $4.992018-01-01 — best price $1.242018-08-30 — best price $1.242019-01-23 — best price $4.992019-07-17 — best price $1.252020-01-20 — best price $0.992020-05-23 — best price $4.392020-07-11 — best price $4.392020-08-29 — best price $3.922020-10-31 — best price $4.992020-12-15 — best price $4.992021-01-31 — best price $4.392021-03-28 — best price $3.832021-05-13 — best price $4.992021-07-10 — best price $4.992021-12-16 — best price $0.492022-06-14 — best price $4.392022-11-29 — best price $3.922023-03-13 — best price $0.402023-06-23 — best price $0.492023-09-26 — best price $4.392024-01-15 — best price $0.492024-04-22 — best price $0.492024-08-13 — best price $4.392024-12-04 — best price $4.992025-04-10 — best price $0.842025-07-26 — best price $4.992025-10-24 — best price $4.992026-01-12 — best price $0.432026-04-08 — best price $0.792026-07-08 — best price $4.002026-08-24 — best price $4.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

1402026-05-30 — 2 pageviews2026-06-03 — 1 pageviews2026-06-07 — 4 pageviews2026-06-11 — 4 pageviews2026-06-15 — 2 pageviews2026-06-19 — 1 pageviews2026-06-23 — 8 pageviews2026-06-27 — 14 pageviews2026-07-01 — 1 pageviews2026-07-05 — 0 pageviews2026-07-09 — 5 pageviews2026-07-13 — 5 pageviews2026-07-17 — 6 pageviews2026-07-21 — 3 pageviews2026-07-25 — 2 pageviews2026-07-29 — 4 pageviews2026-08-02 — 3 pageviews2026-08-06 — 4 pageviews2026-08-10 — 0 pageviews2026-08-14 — 2 pageviews2026-08-18 — 8 pageviews2026-08-22 — 3 pageviews2026-08-26 — 1 pageviews2026-08-30 — 3 pageviews2026-09-03 — 3 pageviews2026-09-07 — 2 pageviews2026-09-11 — 5 pageviews2026-09-15 — 3 pageviews2026-09-19 — 3 pageviews2026-09-23 — 2 pageviews2026-09-27 — 0 pageviews2026-10-01 — 9 pageviews2026-10-05 — 3 pageviews2026-10-09 — 6 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

12
achievements tracked
64.3%
earned "Collector"
12%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsSteam CloudFamily Sharing

5 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain

Player tags

2DIndieShortCasualPuzzleTypingStylizedAdventureBeautifulEducation

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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