Rivals of Aether II
Skip · Multiplayer · 2024
Steam Deck VerifiedThe verdict
SKIP IT.
It scores 46, under the fair line, at $29.99.
- Length
- 4.9h
- Value
- $6.12/hr
- Reviews
- 80% positive
Recent reviews trending down: 68% over the last 30 days against 80% all-time.
Buy now or wait
The Autumn Sale is on until Oct 8. It is at full price today.
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales on record.
- Autumn Sale cooldown
- None on record
- Typical seasonal cut
- 35% ($19.49)
- Deepest seasonal cut
- 50% ($14.99)
- Last discount ended
- 8 days ago
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
Watch this gameOne alert when it is worth buying.
Minimum on the Steam store: 8 GB of memory, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060, AMD Radeon RX 470, or better, 20 GB of storage. Windows only.
Rivals of Aether II is the sequel to the hit indie fighting game, Rivals of Aether. Play as both new and returning elemental fighters in the next generation of platform fighters.
What drives the score
How to read this
Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
The value story
The lowest price on record is $14.99, set in April 2026. It has been discounted 20 times in the 2 years tracked here, typically at 40 percent off, with about 5 weeks between sales. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 8 days ago.
On value it sits in the top 20 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 95 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 81 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Brawlhalla (free, scores 51) beats it on value, while it beats Fraymakers ($19.99, scores 44).
Players rate it 80 percent positive over its lifetime, but the last 30 days run 68 percent. Something recent has soured the room. 14 of the 800 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written June 2025 to August 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 52 percent of the 642 reviews written there were positive, against 80 percent overall, and those are 9 percent of everything written about it. It sells extras on top of the sticker price (currency, infinite spend); the score docks it lightly for that.
At 4.9 hours it is a handheld-sized game, and Valve rates it Deck Verified.
The drop-off
69% start to <1% rarestNo achievement in this game marks the ending, so there is no finish rate. The curve runs from the most-unlocked achievement to the rarest, and its shape is where players stop. Steam global achievements
Players
340 players online when we last checked, on Sep 30, 18:46 UTC.
Player counts from the Steam Web API.
What players say
Everything you love about melee, minus the "25 year old game" jank. Every character design is incredibly fun and interesting. Can't recommend enough to anyone who enjoys platform fighters.
First of all, YES, RoA2 IS MORE COMPLEX THAN ITS FIRST INSTALLMENT. Also, don't focus too much on winning, if you're a casual. Playing ranked straight up, is the dumbest decision ever, and will leave a very bitter aftertaste, so generally a quite bad first impression. Especially proceed with caution, if this is your first ever platform fighter. Otherwise hi, welcome to NOT-Super Smash (your furry) bros! RoA2 is...
Playing this game overall makes me feel like me and other casual players are not the target audience for this game. This feels like it was meant for super competitive players intending to go pro. If you don't have a group of friends willing to play this game with you, you're not likely to have much fun. Rivals of Aether II took out almost everything I loved about the Aether series and gutted it down to an everyday...
Steam reviews, mixed to match its Steam ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
Rivals of Aether II scores 46/100 on the BANG Score (a skip) as of Oct 2, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/2217000/rivals-of-aether-iiReviews set the ceiling, and the size of the player base moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 26, price as of Oct 1.
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