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River City Girls

River City Girls

There's trouble once again in River City, and this time only the girls can save the day! Using a variety of attacks, weapons, and items, these hot-blooded heroines are ready to teach the city’s lowlifes a lesson - either solo or in 2-player co-op! It’s an old-school rumble for a new generation!

Released Sep 5, 2019 Developer WayForward Publisher WayForward , Arc System Works Platforms Windows Beat 'em upActionFemale ProtagonistPixel GraphicsAnime
View on Steam ↗ $29.99 (US · as of 2026-10-23)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-28 · quoted reviews as of 2026-10-15.

84.0%positive3,807 reviews
Recommended · 10 found this helpful

“I absolutely love playing this co-op with my daughter (8). It’s become some of our favorite bonding time, and she thinks it’s hilarious that our boyfriends got kidnapped and WE have to go rescue THEM. Obviously. She says, girls go to college to get more knowledge, and boys go to…”

— a player, Steam review · 23 hrs played
Recommended · 5 found this helpful

“It's a very fun beat-em-up however, the controls definitely feel a lot more clunky than the RCG2's. I'm also a big fan of the stat level up mechanic and obtaining moves as you progress through the game. (Which might be unique to the Kunio-kun series but idk really) Only downside…”

— a player, Steam review · 15 hrs played
Recommended · 8 found this helpful

“What I liked The Artstyle, Music, Combos and humour - The artstyle and character designs are extremely well done, both pixel and illustration wise, the quality is extremely consistent throughout the games (except for one character in my opinion) - The Music is amazing and…”

— a player, Steam review · 10 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.

476all-time peak
0 100 200 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 No data collected for this period 166 avg · Sep 2019

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-10-23.

29achievements
27.2%median completion
4.9%rarest: Completionist
74.2% of players 71.1% of players 64.3% of players 63.4% of players 56.2% of players 49.0% of players 43.7% of players 38.7% of players 35.7% of players 33.3% of players 32.1% of players 28.8% of players 27.5% of players 27.4% of players 27.2% of players 22.2% of players 19.8% of players 14.1% of players 12.5% of players 11.9% of players 11.3% of players 9.6% of players 9.3% of players 9.1% of players 8.8% of players 7.5% of players 6.3% of players 5.0% of players 4.9% of players 74.2% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
74.2%Your lessons are boring! — Hidden achievement
71.1%Full Service — Destroy a vending machine.
64.3%A Real Workout — Hidden achievement
Rarest badges of honor
4.9%Completionist — Reach 100% completion.
5.0%You're out! — Hidden achievement
6.3%A New Challenger — Hidden achievement

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$29.99current · sampled 2026-10-23 11:42 UTC
$14.99lowest since tracking began2026-10-01
US29.99 USD
EU24.99 EUR
UK23.79 GBP
Australia42.95 AUD
Canada33.99 CAD
Japan3,090 JPY
Brazil57.99 BRL
China90.00 CNY

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

Brazil≈$11 China Japan Canada EU US Australia UK≈$32

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-10-23). Relative comparison only.

$0 $25 $50 07-11 07-30 08-20 09-10 09-30 10-23

Latest official news

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

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Mar 01, 2024
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Sep 13, 2023
At Last! River City Girls 1 Trading Cards!

Thanks to your support, trading cards, emoticons, and backgrounds are now available for the original River City Girls! Show your River City spirit and snag these collectibles featuring the game's heav

Nov 28, 2019
River City Girls: Outstanding Visual Style Nomination

Thanks for all the support for RCG so far! Now we could use your help getting nominated for the Steam Awards! Handmade pixel art, manga, anime cutscenes...what’s not to love?!

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Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.

GenresAction
Player tagsBeat 'em up · Action · Female Protagonist · Pixel Graphics · Anime · Great Soundtrack · Local Co-Op · 2D · Co-op · Retro · Local Multiplayer · Cute (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Multi-player · PvP · Shared/Split Screen PvP · Co-op · Shared/Split Screen Co-op · Shared/Split Screen · Steam Achievements
LanguagesEnglish * , French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Russian, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese *
ControllerFull support
Achievements29
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 (64-bit OS required) Processor: Intel(R) Core 2 Duo E7500 Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 750 or equivalent DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 6 GB available space