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RIOT: Civil Unrest
As civil crisis deepens and inequality tears the very fabric of society the discontentment of the masses manifests itself in violent public disturbances and civil disorder. Play as the police or the angry horde as RIOT – Civil Unrest places you in some of the world’s most fractious disputes.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
“[h1] Complex strategy game. Goal is to stop rioters from getting inside restricted or protected zone. Goals depending on the level might include proceeding to the designated point in time, so you have to push ahead using different abilities as backup. Equip your squad with gear…”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played“An absolutely outstanding, fun, detailed, and well optimized little sandbox based around all sorts of historical riots. There's a ton of content and a custom creator which adds tons of playtime to this game. It has been an absolute joy to play. And on sale? It's an absolute…”
— a player, Steam review · 6 hrs played“Game is fun when it works, but between not being able to use gadgets, units getting stuck, and equipment which doesn't seem any different from the one next to it, I find that this game is best if purchased on a sale.”
— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 12:19 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Indie, Simulation, Strategy |
| Player tags | Strategy · Simulation · Indie · Pixel Graphics · Political Sim · Political · Action · 2D · RTS · Historical · Violent · Multiplayer (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · PvP · Shared/Split Screen PvP · Co-op · Shared/Split Screen Co-op · Shared/Split Screen · Steam Achievements |
| Languages | English * , French, Italian * , German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Russian, Simplified Chinese * |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 10 |
| Estimated owners | 100,000 – 200,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | http://riotsimulator.org/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: x64 versions of Microsoft Windows 7, 8.1 and 10 Processor: AMD / Intel dual-core CPU running at 2.8 GHz (AMD Athlon II X2 series or Intel Pentium Dual-Core G600 series or newer architectures are recommended. Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: AMD/NVIDIA dedicated graphic card, with at least 2048MB of dedicated VRAM and with at least DirectX 11 and Shader Model 5.1 support. AMD R7 265 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650 or newer architectures are recommended DirectX: Version 9.0c Storage: 3 GB available space Sound Card: Integrated or dedicated DirectX 9 compatible soundcard Additional Notes: Key