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The Riftbreaker™ is a base-building, survival game with Action-RPG elements. You are an elite scientist/commando inside an advanced Mecha-Suit capable of dimensional rift travel. Hack & slash countless enemies. Build up your base, collect samples and research new inventions to survive.

Release DateOct 14, 2021
Price$ 29.99  Top 3%
Steam Rating (Steam Purchases / All)91.2% (very positive) Top 20% / 91.1%  Top 20%
Steam DB Rating (Steam Purchases / All)88.9% Top 5% / 88.8%  Top 4%
Reviews (Steam Purchases / All)14.3K  Top 2% / 15.4K  Top 2%
Curators132 reviews  Top 4%
Median Play Time42.4 hours  Top 3%
Play Time per Dollar1.4 hour  Top 15%
Followers90.1K  Top 2%
Owners± 625.5K  Top 5%
Copies Sold± 578.5K  Top 3%
Gross Revenue ($)± 10.5M  Top 2%

Rating and Reviews (Monthly)
  

Chart showing the monthly evolution of The Riftbreaker steam rating, positive and negative reviews.

Here you can see The Riftbreaker's Steam rating and reviews between October 2021 and December 2023. Steam's rating is in a narrow range going from 93.3% (November 2021) to 91% (December 2023).

With 15.4K reviews Top 2%, The Riftbreaker is an undeniable major AAA level success. The chart is compatible with a long tailed distribution, which suggests there was a good visibility at launch but that it was not followed by significant updates or discounts.

Review Languages
 

Donut graph showing review languages for The Riftbreaker and the proportion of players they represent.

This donut chart displays the languages of The Riftbreaker's reviewers. The most popular language is English (41%), followed by Simplified Chinese (31%). The player's languages are well diversified, with 28 different languages appearing in the reviews. The game is translated in 10 languages, which is nice.

Time Played

Chart displaying The Riftbreaker percentiles of time played for positive, negative, and early access reviews.

This chart displays the number of hours played in The Riftbreaker, showing a comparison between positive and negative reviews. The time in game is outstanding, with 86 hours in the 80th percentile.

The negative reviews play time is 1.7 times lower than the positive reviews median play time. Some players have left a negative review after playing a significant amount of time (64 hours in the 80th percentile) which could mean that a part of The Riftbreaker's fanbase was unhappy about an update and review bombed the game. The Players' feedback section might help understanding the issue.

Players' Feedback

Game's StrengthsGame's Weaknesses
  • Base building and resource management mechanics
  • Variety of gameplay elements mixing RTS, action RPG, and tower defense genres
  • Great graphics and sound design
  • Good story-based campaign
  • Huge tech tree and array of enemies
  • Fantastic UI and general control of the game
  • Portable scanner turret to address tedious scanning
  • Ability to upgrade and repair multiple buildings at once
  • Solid foundation and great idea
  • Fun and challenging
  • Difficulty issues and unneeded nerfs
  • No blueprinting option
  • Building interface is broken
  • Lack of automated features such as power plants automation to turn chosen ones off when batteries are full
  • Tedious scanning
  • Inconsistent, incorrect, or misleading information about building upgrades
  • Occasional crashes
  • No multiplayer despite promises
  • DLCs that were not wanted
  • Nerfs that no one asked for

These advantages and disadvantages are not meant to provide a fair assessment of the game, but to help developers identify potential improvements. The game's rating of 91.2%  Top 20% should be taken into account when assessing them.

Please keep in mind that this list was AI-generated with only a statistical sample of The Riftbreaker's review data that Steam provides. Moreover, be aware that problems aren't always meant to be solved. Communicating clearly and managing the player's expectations is important too!

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