Action · October 27, 2020

Until You Fall (2020)

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Master your own fighting style for hours of frantic, kinetic fun in Until You Fall , an arcade-inspired VR hack-and-slash roguelite. Fight. Fall. Rise Again. Prepare for the fight of your life. Move your arms and body to the synthwave soundtrack as you attack, block, cast spells and dodge your way deeper into the heart of a neon fantasy world filled with magic-infused monsters. Equip yourself with a variety of gameplay-altering weapons as you continue to gain strength and strike down the monstrosities that lurk within Rokar. Game Story Rokar has fallen. Once a civilization fueled by a magical power called Aether, the Rokari have been destroyed by a Calamity of unknown origins. Now, monsters and twisted spirits wander these crystallized ruins. As the last remaining Rune Knight, you alone can fight back these horrors. With the help of a mysterious Runesmith, you will forge the weapons needed to complete your campaign. Are you the Champion that Rokar needs? Features Intense physical gameplay; stay active to stay alive Driving synthwave soundtrack that keeps you moving in and out of the game; get the Original Soundtrack for free on Steam Encounters with cadres of corrupted monstrosities, each requiring different strategies to be defeated A variety of gorgeous, neon-tinged environments A selection of unique one- and two-handed weapons that let you choose how you do battle Runs that include randomized rewards, powerups, enemy configurations, and rooms; no two runs are quite the same Customizable comfort and accessibility options to help you move and battle with ease Join our growing community on Discord to talk to the developers, compare battle strategies, and compete for a chance to win some Until You Fall swag!

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236 Action titles launched in 2020 — top 6 by review volume.

Community Tag Signals

Tag weights reflect how many Steam users voted each descriptor — larger pills = stronger consensus.

  • VR · 184
  • Swordplay · 169
  • Rogue-lite · 163
  • Hack and Slash · 161
  • Arcade · 153
  • Fighting · 146
  • Combat · 143
  • Action · 141
  • Soundtrack · 139
  • First-Person · 139
  • Singleplayer · 137
  • Fantasy · 131
  • Magic · 128
  • Rogue-like · 125
  • Action Roguelike · 110

Peer Action titles

Comparable titles in the same genre and review-volume band — ranked by Steam positive percentage.

Position in Action

MetricThis titleGenre position
Review volume3.2k Steam reviewsTop 76% in Action
Positive rating94% positiveGenre average: 83% — this title sits in top 19%
Metacritic87/100Genre average 77 — top 11% of Action titles
Engagement hours2 h averageTop 96% for session depth among Action

Localization Coverage

Interface / Subtitles (9)

  • English volume_up
  • French
  • Italian
  • German
  • Japanese
  • Korean
  • Simplified Chinese
  • Traditional Chinese
  • Spanish - Latin America volume_up

Full audio (2)

  • English
  • Spanish - Latin America

Features & Capabilities

Community

  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Trading Cards
  • Steam Cloud

Accessibility

  • Adjustable Difficulty

Input & Comfort

  • Tracked Controller Support
  • VR Only
  • Custom Volume Controls

Other

  • Single-player
  • Family Sharing

Reception Metrics

Steam community

94%Very Positive · 3.2k reviews

3.0k positive · 193 negative

Metacritic

87/100 critic aggregate

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Curator recommendations

2.8k

Press Quotes

“[Until You Fall] has tapped into all of virtual reality's strengths to create an experience that, for my money, sells VR better than any other game I've ever played.” The Gamer “Until You Fall successfully fuses VR sword combat with meta-game elements in a way that no other VR title has yet managed.” Road to VR “Until You Fall makes you feel a badass as you deflect a flurry of sword strikes from a corrupted swordsman and slashing them in…

Release & Availability

Release dateOct 27, 2020
DeveloperSchell Games
Base price$11.24 -55%
DLC / Add-ons1 released
PlatformsWindows
Estimated owners100k–1M
External linksOfficial site · Metacritic page · Support

Engagement Profile

All-time avg

2h

brief (under 5 hours)

Median

1h

Typical completion time

Achievements

47

Steam unlocks available

Editions & Packages

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