Action · March 28, 2017
Rain World (2017)
Updates Uncover the most popular mods from the thriving modding community with Steam Workshop Support. Toggle new features and comprehensive customization options in Remix to suit your individual needs. Learn new tips and tricks with updated tutorial messages to help players understand Rain World's intricate ecosystem. Control your unique campaign with accessibility, speedrun, and difficulty options sculpted to your particular taste and style. Features Explore a vast world of over 1600 rooms, spanning 12 diverse regions filled with ancient secrets and undiscovered dangers. Intense, primal predator encounters will challenge your reflexes. Limited resources and the constant, impending threat of rain will test your nerve. Procedural design and individualistic AI— every playthrough is a unique challenge! Play as The Monk and The Hunter! 2 playable characters corresponding to easier and more aggressive playstyles. Multiplayer Arena for up to 4 players, featuring Competitive and Sandbox modes. Bestiary featuring dangerous predators and delicious prey More from Rain World About the Game You are a slugcat. The world around you is full of danger, and you must face it – alone. Separated from your family in a devastating flood, you will need to find food and shelter between terrifying torrential downpours which threaten to drown all life. Climb through the ruins of an ancient civilization, evade the jaws of vicious predators, and discover new lands teeming with strange creatures and buried mysteries. Find your family before something makes a meal of you! Inspired by the simplicity and aesthetics of 16-bit classics, this survival platformer requires clever decision-making, both to catch your own prey and to avoid the jaws of hungry predators. Each ravenous foe in your path will be cunning, vicious and always on the hunt – eager to sink their teeth into you, or even each other. As a small, soft slugcat you must rely on stealth and wit rather than force: learn the ecosystem and turn their strengths to your advantage. Maybe then you can survive… Rain World!
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Position in Action
| Metric | This title | Genre position |
|---|---|---|
| Review volume | 42.3k Steam reviews | Top 14% in Action |
| Positive rating | 94% positive | Genre average: 83% — this title sits in top 19% |
| Metacritic | 66/100 | Genre average 77 — top 89% of Action titles |
| Concurrent peak | 836 players | Top 11% in Action by live player count |
| Engagement hours | 22 h average | Top 22% for session depth among Action |
Peer Action titles
Comparable titles in the same genre and review-volume band — ranked by Steam positive percentage.
Community Tag Signals
Tag weights reflect how many Steam users voted each descriptor — larger pills = stronger consensus.
- Difficult · 1.1k
- Atmospheric · 975
- Survival · 952
- Exploration · 835
- Indie · 822
- Pixel Graphics · 796
- Platformer · 781
- 2D · 719
- Post-apocalyptic · 622
- Open World · 619
- Adventure · 612
- 2D Platformer · 580
- Cute · 549
- Survival Horror · 524
- Metroidvania · 483
Reception Metrics
Steam community
94%Very Positive · 42.3k reviews
39.7k positive · 2.5k negative
Metacritic
66/100 critic aggregate
Metacritic user score
8.7/10
Curator recommendations
38.6k
Peak concurrent players
836
Features & Capabilities
Multiplayer
- Multi-player
- PvP
- Shared/Split Screen PvP
Community
- Steam Achievements
- Steam Trading Cards
- Steam Workshop
Accessibility
- Adjustable Difficulty
Input & Comfort
- Full controller support
- Custom Volume Controls
- Stereo Sound
Other
- Single-player
- Keyboard Only Option
Localization Coverage
Interface / Subtitles (10)
- English
- Italian
- Spanish - Spain
- Portuguese - Brazil
- French
- German
- Japanese
- Korean
- Russian
- Simplified Chinese
Press Quotes
“Beautiful, Unforgiving, Barbed Poetry” Big Boss Battle “Rain World’s beautiful, dilapidated grandeur is enveloping” PC Gamer “A stunning depiction of a harsh new world” Rock, Paper, Shotgun
Engagement Profile
All-time avg
22h
moderate (15–40 hours)
Median
2h
Typical completion time
2-week avg
2h
Current engagement
Achievements
47
Steam unlocks available
Release & Availability
| Release date | Mar 28, 2017 |
|---|---|
| Developer | Videocult |
| Publisher | Akupara Games |
| Base price | $8.74 -65% |
| DLC / Add-ons | 5 released |
| Platforms | Windows |
| Estimated owners | 1M–10M |
| External links | Official site · Metacritic page · Support · [email protected] |
Editions & Packages
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