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Raider Kid and the Ruby Chest
Sneak away from your boring family vacation and delve into ANCIENT RUINS! Borrow equipment from dead explorers and uncover the secrets of a lost civilization as you leave your parents worried sick. WARNING: The Ruby Chest may contain traces of an ancient curse (and gluten).
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-26.
“An absolutely delightful mini metroidvania in the style of a gameboy color game. Got all the hallmarks of the genre in a compact bite-sized package. A perfect example that you don't need dozens of hours of gameplay to create a full experience. Didn't encounter any bugs or…”
— a player, Steam review · 7 hrs played“The best microvania ever made. There's little to say because this is an almost completely flawless video game. Quality is on par with games Pipistrello and the cursed yo-yo and Shovel Knight. If you're a fan of sidescrolling platformers and/or you once owned a gameboy, this…”
— a player, Steam review · 4 hrs played“a cute metroidvania! a light game. not taking much time to 100%. You will need to be clever and vigilantly looking for secrets in order to complete the story. The boss fights imo are not that fun. As with these kinds of games you have to do a specific thing and being good at…”
— a player, Steam review · 6 hrs playedAchievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-26.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Original Soundtrack is Here! 🔊
Hello explorers! Here we are, one month after our release, and the original soundtrack is finally released. Rodrigo Passos, our composer and sound designer, has put a lot of effort into it, and we can
Patch [1.0.3] - Rock polish
Hi there, explorers! Last week we had to roll back a patch with many features people were expecting, such as the Dowsing Pendulum reacting to unvisited rooms. It also had important fixes related to un
Rollback of patch 1.0.2
Hello explorers! This time we are coming with not so great news. Yesterday we rolled out our latest patch with quite a few fixes and polishes, but it turns out we did not test every possible corner ca
Patch [1.0.2] - Smoothing out the rough edges
Hi there, explorers! Thank you again for playing our game and continuing to share your feedback. We're back with patch 1.0.2 to address some deeper bugs, improve performance on high-end setups, and ad
Original Soundtrack is Coming!
Hello explorers! Raider Kid and the Ruby Chest keeps on finding its way into players' hearts, and every day we see some wholesome new stream or review pop up. Pretty much everyone mentions how amazing
Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-26.
| Genres | Action, Indie |
| Player tags | Indie · Metroidvania · Action · Pixel Graphics · Exploration · 2D Platformer · Platformer · Controller · 1990's · Retro · Singleplayer · Short (Steam store community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Custom Volume Controls · Adjustable Difficulty · Keyboard Only Option · Playable without Timed Input · Steam Cloud |
| Languages | English, Portuguese - Brazil, Spanish - Latin America |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 16 |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: OS: Windows 7 SP1+ Processor: 2 GHz Dual Core CPU Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 4000 or better Storage: 250 MB available space