Rise to Ruins

Buy88%

Very Positive · 8k player reviews · High confidence

Yes, worth buying.

Steam Deck Playable
  • Windows
  • macOS
  • Linux

Raymond Doerr · Tower Defense · Oct 14, 2019

Player review score
88%
Very Positive
Price
$14.99
Playing right now
All-time peak
Not charted

Steam only charts its most-played games, and this one isn’t among them.

Achievements
113
total to unlock
Steam does not publish achievement rarity.
Languages
1
Full audio1 of 1
Subtitles0 of 1

Should I buy Rise to Ruins?

Buy it if you like
  • Gameplay: 83 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Difficulty: 52 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 25 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Combat: 12 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Story: 5 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Crashes: 5 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 8k player reviews · updated

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
57% of themes are praise300 helpful reviews43% are complaints
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
83 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The main gameplay loop is fun and will eat up more of your time than you expect.
Difficulty
Players who bring up Difficulty mostly praise it.
52 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The difficulty is fully configurable and you can alter pretty much any part of the game's difficulty/mechanics to suit your tastes or create unique challenges (Extreme length winters present more challenges than you would think).
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
25 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The graphics have so much pixely goodness that you just cannot fault it.
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
5 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
The ominous music when the zombies approach is like the soundtrack to my life every Monday morning.

Theme by theme

Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.

Players love
Gameplay83 reviews
Difficulty52 reviews
Graphics25 reviews
Audio5 reviews
Divided opinion

No themes split opinion in this sample.

Players complain
Combat
67% still recommend
Story
60% still recommend
Crashes
0% still recommend

What you get

Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.

Play modes

  • Single-player

Controller

Steam lists no controller support.

Store features

  • Family Sharing
  • Includes level editor
  • Steam Achievements
  • Steam Cloud
  • Steam Trading Cards

Platforms

  • Windows
  • macOS
  • Linux

Valve device support

Steam DeckPlayable
SteamOSPlayable
Steam MachinePlayable

Should I buy it now?

Based on Steam price history.

Full price
$14.99

We haven't seen it on sale yet.

3 points recordedtoday · $14.99

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