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Raider Kid and the Ruby Chest

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).

Released Mar 31, 2026 Developer Cacareco Games Platforms Windows · Mac · Linux IndieMetroidvaniaActionPixel GraphicsExploration
View on Steam ↗ $7.99 (US · as of 2026-09-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-26.

98.9%positive268 reviews
Recommended · 11 found this helpful

“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
Recommended · 13 found this helpful

“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
Recommended · 5 found this helpful

“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 played
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Achievement 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.

16achievements
45.2%median completion
35.4%rarest: Tourist Souvenirs
82.1% of players 68.3% of players 65.6% of players 63.7% of players 57.8% of players 53.0% of players 49.7% of players 46.6% of players 45.2% of players 44.3% of players 41.8% of players 41.7% of players 41.0% of players 39.1% of players 36.6% of players 35.4% of players 82.1% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
82.1%Right Off the Bat — Hidden achievement
68.3%Eat Your Greens — Find a broccoli
65.6%The Underdog — Hidden achievement
Rarest badges of honor
35.4%Tourist Souvenirs — Collect all items
36.6%Donut Leave Any Behind — Get all donuts
39.1%Retro Gamer's Nightmare — Collect all stickers

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

May 01, 2026
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

Apr 28, 2026
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

Apr 24, 2026
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

Apr 24, 2026
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

Apr 16, 2026
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.

GenresAction, Indie
Player tagsIndie · Metroidvania · Action · Pixel Graphics · Exploration · 2D Platformer · Platformer · Controller · 1990's · Retro · Singleplayer · Short (Steam store community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Custom Volume Controls · Adjustable Difficulty · Keyboard Only Option · Playable without Timed Input · Steam Cloud
LanguagesEnglish, Portuguese - Brazil, Spanish - Latin America
ControllerFull support
Achievements16
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