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RIVE

RIVE

This 360-degree shooter/platformer hybrid lets you choreograph a ‘dance of destruction’ in insanely spectacular battles and set-pieces. RIVE feels like the explosive games of yore, pumping megapixels in true 21st century style.

Released Sep 13, 2016 Developer Two Tribes Publisher Two Tribes Publishing Platforms Windows · Mac · Linux ActionTwin Stick ShooterArcadeSide ScrollerShoot 'Em Up
View on Steam ↗ $1.04 (US · as of 2026-07-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.

84.2%positive999 reviews
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“Incredible game. A thrilling bullet hell, sci-fi, chaotic shoot 'em up with a funny, witty dialogue. Lots of difficult achievements and extra challenges which makes it super replayable. Fab game”

— a player, Steam review · 24 hrs played
Not recommended · 0 found this helpful

“Underwhelming. Game consists on advancing linearly. You start with double jump, you have to double jump EVERY TIME. Annoying. Sometimes game is too quick to get what is going on. You take forced damage most of the time. Second boss rolls a fireball which destroys ammo items, but…”

— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs played
Not recommended · 0 found this helpful

“ระบบควบคุมห่วยแตกโคตรๆ อย่าคิดจะซื้อมาเล่น กากหมา”

— a player, Steam review · 3 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 2026-07-25.

44achievements
1.3%median completion
1.0%rarest: You Can Do It, In Theory
63.0% of players 30.7% of players 13.2% of players 10.9% of players 10.5% of players 7.6% of players 7.5% of players 6.9% of players 6.6% of players 6.0% of players 5.4% of players 4.6% of players 3.7% of players 3.5% of players 2.4% of players 1.9% of players 1.7% of players 1.5% of players 1.5% of players 1.4% of players 1.4% of players 1.3% of players 1.3% of players 1.3% of players 1.3% of players 1.2% of players 1.2% of players 1.2% of players 1.2% of players 1.2% of players 1.1% of players 1.1% of players 1.1% of players 1.1% of players 1.1% of players 1.1% of players 1.1% of players 1.0% of players 1.0% of players 1.0% of players 1.0% of players 1.0% of players 1.0% of players 1.0% of players 63.0% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
63.0%Breaking and Entering — Infiltrate Galaxian Service Vessel #6.
30.7%Captain Ahab — Defeat the Super Skywhale.
13.2%Sleeping with the Fishes — Hidden achievement
Rarest badges of honor
1.0%You Can Do It, In Theory — Complete all missions in Single-Credit Mode.
1.0%Silver Surfer — Complete all Challenges with a silver medal.
1.0%New Sheriff in Town — Reach the final boss in a campaign mode without firing any special attacks.

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-25. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$1.04−93% right nowcurrent · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
$14.99base price
$1.04lowest since tracking began2026-07-25
US1.04 USD−93%
EU0.75 EUR−93%
UK0.71 GBP−93%
Australia1.43 AUD−93%
Canada1.17 CAD−93%
Japan105 JPY−93%
Brazil1.99 BRL−92%
China3.00 CNY−90%

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

Brazil≈$0.4 China Japan Canada EU UK Australia US≈$1.0

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-07-24). Relative comparison only.

Latest official news

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

Mar 01, 2017
Play RIVE in 5 new languages!

We just pushed out RIVE v1.15, featuring 5 new translations… opening the game up to a ton of new players! These are the full release notes: You can now play RIVE in Russian, Turkish, Korean, Tradition

Mar 01, 2017
Play RIVE in 5 new languages!

We just pushed out RIVE v1.15, featuring 5 new translations… opening the game up to a ton of new players! These are the full release notes: You can now play RIVE in Russian, Turkish, Korean, Tradition

Jan 30, 2017
Help us out with RIVE's marketing!

Hi everyone! Besides updates, we've been working on RIVE's marketing recently, trying to get the word out to a larger group of gamers. So far, we've reached a core group that's very enthusiastic (you!

Jan 30, 2017
Help us out with RIVE's marketing!

Hi everyone! Besides updates, we've been working on RIVE's marketing recently, trying to get the word out to a larger group of gamers. So far, we've reached a core group that's very enthusiastic (you!

Nov 24, 2016
Are the Battle Arena's working properly?

Hi RIVE players, In the most recent update we may have introduced an issue for existing players of RIVE. Can you boot the game, start the first battle arena (Stomping Ground) and let us know if auto-f

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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.

GenresAction
Player tagsAction · Twin Stick Shooter · Arcade · Side Scroller · Shoot 'Em Up · Indie · Bullet Hell · Platformer · Shooter · Difficult · 2D · Singleplayer (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Steam Trading Cards · Captions available · Steam Cloud · Steam Leaderboards · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish * , French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Dutch, Portuguese - Brazil, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Turkish *
ControllerFull support
Achievements44
Estimated owners100,000 – 200,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttp://www.rivethegame.com
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7 (64-bit) Processor: Dual Core, 2.5Ghz or better Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: Geforce 8000 series (discrete) DirectX: Version 9.0c Storage: 1 GB available space