Rise to Ruins
Fair · Roguelike · 2019
Steam Deck PlayableThe verdict
NO RUSH.
Fair at $14.99. Buy it if you want it.
- Cost per hour
- $1.23/hr
- Reviews▼
- 88% of 7,772
- Genre rank
- Top 19% Roguelike
Holding it back: Reach, Reviews
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Time and effort
- Typical playtime
- 12.2h
- Achievements
- 113
Price and sales
- Sales
- 107 on record
- Typical cut
- 50% off
- Steam low
- $3.40 May 2019
- Sale every
- 35d last March 2026
Players and genre
- Online
- 20 now
- Cheaper than
- 27% of its genre
- Better reviewed
- 76% of its genre
Price and player charts
The drop-off
17% start to <1% rarestA game like this has no single ending, so its score does not use the finish rate. The curve shows where players stop. Steam global achievements
The value story
The value story
It has been discounted 107 times in the 12 years tracked here. The median cut across all of them is 50 percent, about 5 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended about 34 weeks ago.
Its score sits in the top 19 percent of its genre. It is pricier than 73 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 76 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Kingdom: Classic (free, scores 81) beats it on value, while it beats Odd Realm ($19.99, scores 58).
More about Rise to Ruins
This site sampled 792 of its Steam-purchase reviews; 7 were written by buyers who refunded it, sampled from reviews written March 2020 to October 2026. Inside the two-hour refund window, 63 percent of the 511 reviews written there were positive, against 88 percent overall, and those are 7 percent of everything written about it.
Buy now or wait
Buy now or wait
Discounted in 3 of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last discount ended 237 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
Grades: S best, D weakest
S is the best grade and D the weakest, judged as a buyer. ▲ raises the score, ▼ lowers it, ? is an input we do not have, • is a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
What players say
Rise to Ruins - A wonderfully weird hidden gem that deserves so much more attention! Rise to Ruins is one of those charming little games that somehow manages to fly completely under the radar, despite being an absolute gem. It's a wonderfully strange combination of village simulation, survival, and tower defense, where you're constantly balancing the needs of your growing settlement against the increasingly...
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
It's pretty calm, the tech curve is peculiar but felt satisfying to get to understand. The global bonuses built up imperceptibly until I realized how much smoother everything was after I started a new game with a full refresh, and then each one felt important after that :D And the music is good for the game! Overall, a great way to chill out with a pot gummy and a lazy evening.
great game, sadly has been abandoned by the creator. Three years and counting without any news. Consider this abandonware.
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
About the game
A brutal godlike village sim that melds the god game, management, and tower defense genres! Fight off hoards of monsters at night, and expand your village in the day time. Inspired by games like Black and White, Rimworld, and Dwarf Fortress but not quite like any of them.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, Intel HD 4400 or equivalent, 1280x720 resolution or higher., 1 GB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
Rise to Ruins scores 67/100 on the BANG Score (fair value) as of Nov 8, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/328080/rise-to-ruinsReviews 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 Oct 19, price as of Nov 8. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.