Rue Valley

Rue Valley

Steam Deck Verified

Emotion Spark Studio · Story Rich · Nov 11, 2025

Worth it for the right player.

At $14.99. It has been as low as $7.49.

71%
Mostly Positive
2k player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 240 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 72 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 49 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Bugs: 10 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Crashes: 7 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 2k player reviews · updated 3 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
38% of themes are praise37% are divided25% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
Stats really just turn off and on extra dialogue that you can throw into conversations, and on rare occasions will allow or prevent actions from working, but none of it matters - there's exactly one way for the plot to progress, and you need to follow it.
240 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
* The art style is fantastic.
72 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
I love time loop games as a concept, and this one has great visuals, good to great voice acting and a strong start.
49 of 300 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 love3 themes
Story and characters240 reviews
Graphics72 reviews
Audio49 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Gameplay77 reviews
57%
Interface10 reviews
50%
Difficulty7 reviews
57%
Players complain% still recommend
Bugs10 reviews
30%
Crashes7 reviews
57%

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. 2 more themes were each raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and are not shown.

Should you buy it now?

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

Prices have been lower

Currently $14.99. The lowest we've tracked is $7.49.

3 points recordedtoday · $14.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
71%
Mostly Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
24
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

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