Indie · October 15, 2020

Ring of Pain (2020)

trophy138 achievementsextension1 DLClocal_offer-70% current discountgroup100k–1M ownersrecommend3.2k recommendations
Delve into randomly generated ring dungeons where encounters come to you! Observe and plan your route. Will you go for the loot or backstab a creeping horror? As you scavenge, fight and sneak to new encounters, the ring reacts to your actions. Play as fast or slow as you like in this challenging, turn-based roguelike. Just be careful where you tread - You may find yourself ambushed, or worse... See the outcome of your choices so you can focus on decisions. Creatures broadcast their actions in a hostile environment, ready to erupt. Will you flee or find a way to use the dungeon against itself? Positioning is key to survival. You can be quickly overwhelmed... Observe the Ring and strategise. Learn, adapt, or face demise. Mimics offer you a choice for a price. Take what you can hold and build a combination of gear with passive powers. Maybe you’ll be quick and evasive, with an acid soaked blade. Or maybe you’ll be a brute force juggernaut, or a fireborn damage sink with an affinity for explosions. Buy your way to power or adapt with what you scavenge in these unforgiving depths. Deep in the Ring of Pain you will discover new paths into the unknown. Places with new friends, powerful loot, and cryptic rhyming lore. Find pleasant reprieve and howling terrors best left undisturbed. The brave may be rewarded for their risk... or crushed by their ambition. In darkness, careful where you tread. What was unknown now fills with dread. Ring of Pain launches Oct 15th with these features and more: 16 Core path dungeons plus 2 branching endings to test your final build. Medium and Hard modes to unlock for those who thrive on pain. A Daily Dungeon mode to unlock with 40+ puzzling modifiers. 25+ Special dungeons to detour through, filled with loot and strange encounters. 4 Environment regions with their own flavour of terror. 300+ items to unlock and combine in a 15 slot inventory. 50+ Creatures to learn and adapt to. Some friendly, some fierce... Responsive turn-based mechanics so you can play swiftly or strategically. Cryptic, poetic lore delivered in bite sized rhymes. A raw graphic art style inspired by Aphantasia. Cute frog friends. Pain and suffering. Shadows cast a truth to see, In darkness you can visit me.

Indie releases from 2020

25 Indie titles launched in 2020 — top 6 by review volume.

Peer Indie 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.

  • Dungeon Crawler · 214
  • Card Game · 211
  • Rogue-lite · 193
  • Turn-Based · 188
  • Difficult · 172
  • Rogue-like · 171
  • Dark · 155
  • Strategy · 147
  • RPG · 146
  • Stylized · 141
  • Lore-Rich · 139
  • Dark Fantasy · 133
  • Atmospheric · 126
  • Horror · 115
  • Singleplayer · 107

Position in Indie

MetricThis titleGenre position
Review volume4.8k Steam reviewsTop 51% in Indie
Positive rating92% positiveGenre average: 87% — this title sits in top 41%
Metacritic74/100Genre average 77 — top 68% of Indie titles
Engagement hours18 h averageTop 36% for session depth among Indie

Reception Metrics

Steam community

92%Very Positive · 4.8k reviews

4.4k positive · 384 negative

Metacritic

74/100 critic aggregate

Metacritic user score

7.6/10

Curator recommendations

3.2k

Localization Coverage

Interface / Subtitles (11)

  • English
  • Spanish - Spain
  • Japanese
  • Korean
  • Polish
  • Portuguese - Brazil
  • Russian
  • French
  • German
  • Simplified Chinese
  • Traditional Chinese

Features & Capabilities

Community

  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Trading Cards
  • Steam Cloud
  • Steam Leaderboards

Accessibility

  • Playable without Timed Input

Input & Comfort

  • Full controller support
  • Camera Comfort
  • Custom Volume Controls

Other

  • Single-player
  • Mouse Only Option
  • Family Sharing

Press Quotes

“Mechanically, it’s dead solid... But most of all, there’s that fucking owl.” Rock, Paper, Shotgun “vouch” Retromation

Engagement Profile

All-time avg

18h

moderate (15–40 hours)

Median

5h

Typical completion time

2-week avg

1h

Current engagement

Achievements

138

Steam unlocks available

Release & Availability

Release dateOct 15, 2020
DeveloperSimon Boxer, Twice Different
PublisherHumble Games
Base price$5.99 -70%
DLC / Add-ons1 released
PlatformsWindows, macOS
Estimated owners100k–1M
External linksOfficial site · Support · [email protected]

Editions & Packages

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