River City: Rival Showdown

River City: Rival Showdown

Steam Deck Verified

Arc System Works · Action · Oct 11, 2023

It depends on what you're after.

At $24.99. We haven't seen it on sale.

55%
Mixed
187 player reviews
Low confidence · few reviews
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 16 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 4 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Combat: 4 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Difficulty: 4 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 187 player reviews · updated 6 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 53 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
36% of themes are praise55% are divided9% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
Even if you don't get the ending you want you can always carry over all your progress you've made (Level, Gears, Items.) play the game the way YOU want to!
16 of 53 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
Even my laptop runs it just fine (Ryzen 7 CPU with AMD Radeon graphics).
4 of 53 sampled reviews raised it
Combat
Players who bring up Combat mostly praise it.
Combat is satisfying, exploration is rewarding, and the branching story paths add replay value that wasn’t present in the original.
4 of 53 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
The gameplay, the music, the Quality of Life Improvements, the new ultra moves, new sprites, the overall refreshing retelling of the classic 1989 original.
3 of 53 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love4 themes
Story and characters16 reviews
Graphics4 reviews
Combat4 reviews
Audio3 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Controls20 reviews
75%
Performance7 reviews
71%
Co-op6 reviews
100%
Multiplayer3 reviews
100%
Steam Deck3 reviews
67%
Interface3 reviews
67%
Players complain% still recommend
Difficulty4 reviews
100%

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Full price

Currently $24.99. We haven't seen it on sale yet.

2 points recordedtoday · $24.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
55%
Mixed
Playing right now
Achievements
35
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.