How many copies has Rain World sold?

indielist estimates Rain World has sold between 2,571,954 and 6,001,226 units (median 4,286,590), derived from its 45,122 Steam reviews with the white-box Boxleiter v1.0 method. The full breakdown is shown on the page.

Who developed Rain World?

Rain World was developed by Videocult and published by Akupara Games.

Who published Rain World?

Rain World was published by Akupara Games, developed by Videocult. See Akupara Games's full catalogue and submission status on indielist.

When was Rain World released?

Rain World was released in 2017.

How many reviews does Rain World have on Steam?

Rain World has 45,122 Steam reviews, of which 94% are positive.

Is Rain World worth playing?

Steam players rate Rain World 94% positive across 45,122 reviews. indielist doesn't score games editorially; it surfaces public review sentiment and a white-box sales estimate so you can judge reception and reach yourself.

Rain World

Mar 28, 2017 Action $24.99

Developer Videocult Publisher Akupara Games

Profile updated May 2026

Rain World is an action-adventure game released in 2017. It has garnered 41,894 reviews on Steam. The developer and publisher are not yet imported.

Rain World is a 2017 Action game developed by Videocult and published by Akupara Games. On Steam it has gathered 45,122 player reviews, 94% of them positive, which counts as a very positive reception among indie titles in the Action category. The game is available on windows, and launched at $25. The pairing of developer Videocult with publisher Akupara Games is one of the studio-publisher relationships indielist tracks, letting players find comparable games and letting developers and investors study how Action projects reach the market. indielist's white-box method estimates its lifetime sales at roughly 2.6 million to 6.0 million units, with the full Boxleiter factor breakdown shown on this page rather than a single black-box figure. Within indielist's catalog of indie games mapped to their studios, publishers, and funding, Rain World can be compared against similar Action titles and benchmarked on review counts and estimated sales.

Reviews

45,122

Positive

94%

Steam appid

312520

Engine

Unknown

Players (snapshot)

2,010

Historical snapshot · 2026-06-07 13:16 UTC

Sales estimate

v1.0

2.6M to 6.0M

units (median: 4.3M)

≈ $36.7M to $85.7M modeled net revenue (fixed store-cut, refund, and regional-price assumptions applied)

2.6M median 6.0M

+ How is this calculated?

45,122 reviews × NB(95) = 4,286,590 median units

Factor	Adjustment
base	+50
year_2017	+30
price_$25	+5
positive_94%	+10
final NB	95

Heuristic display range: median × [0.6, 1.4]. Boundary protection: NB ∈ [15, 150].

Methodology & limitations

Sales estimates use an additive Boxleiter-derived heuristic against public Steam review counts. They are not authoritative sales data, and the fixed display range is not a statistically validated confidence interval. Actual results may fall outside it, especially for deeply discounted or bundle-heavy titles. Algorithm version v1.0. Read the exact method and validation status.

indielist estimates lifetime unit sales for Rain World at roughly 2.6 million to 6.0 million copies, with a median around 4.3 million, derived from its 45,122 Steam reviews using a multi-factor Boxleiter method (version v1.0). That median maps to approximately $61.2M in net revenue after Steam's 30% cut, regional pricing, and refunds. Unlike black-box trackers, the full calculation is shown on this page: a base review-to-sales multiplier is adjusted for release year, launch price, review sentiment, studio size, and genre, and every adjustment is listed so developers, publishers, and investors can audit exactly how the figure was reached. The range itself reflects genuine uncertainty — review-to-sales ratios vary widely between games — so indielist publishes a low, median, and high band rather than a false-precision single number, and treats free-to-play, heavily discounted, and bundle-distributed titles as having wider error margins still.

Price history

54 observed days · window low $2.49

Across 54 observed UTC days from 2026-05-31 to 2026-07-24, the daily lowest tracked USD price across stores ranged from $2.49 to $11.25. The tracked-window low was $2.49 on 2026-06-26.

Real store observations · daily lowest tracked USD price across stores · missing days are not filled.

Where to buy

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Steam reference -55%

$11.24 Buy
Green Man Gaming -55%

$11.24 Buy
GOG.com -55%

$11.25 Buy
Humble Store

$24.99 Buy
Fanatical -10%

$25.10 Buy

Latest tracked store observations (2026-07-05 04:17 UTC to 2026-07-24 04:37 UTC), cheapest first. Prices may have changed since observation. Some are affiliate links — we may earn a commission at no extra cost to you. Learn more.

Platforms

windows

Frequently asked questions

How many copies has Rain World sold?: indielist estimates Rain World has sold between 2,571,954 and 6,001,226 units (median 4,286,590), derived from its 45,122 Steam reviews with the white-box Boxleiter v1.0 method. The full breakdown is shown on the page.
Who developed Rain World?: Rain World was developed by Videocult and published by Akupara Games.
Who published Rain World?: Rain World was published by Akupara Games, developed by Videocult. See Akupara Games's full catalogue and submission status on indielist.
When was Rain World released?: Rain World was released in 2017.
How many reviews does Rain World have on Steam?: Rain World has 45,122 Steam reviews, of which 94% are positive.
Is Rain World worth playing?: Steam players rate Rain World 94% positive across 45,122 reviews. indielist doesn't score games editorially; it surfaces public review sentiment and a white-box sales estimate so you can judge reception and reach yourself.

Players looking for games like Rain World can compare it on indielist against semantically similar Action titles such as Hollow Knight, Celeste, Hyper Light Drifter, ZERO Sievert, ranked by shared tags and genre rather than by ad spend. On the developer side, Videocult's other releases and Akupara Games's wider catalog are one click away, letting developers benchmark where Rain World sits among a studio's body of work and how its publisher's portfolio performs. Because indielist maps studios, publishers, games, and funding into one connected graph, the same Rain World page serves three audiences at once: players hunting their next Action game, developers studying how comparable projects were positioned and what they sold, and investors tracing which teams and labels are active in the space. A machine-readable markdown mirror of this page is published at the same path with a .md suffix for AI assistants, and its review, price, and sales-estimate figures are refreshed on a schedule rather than frozen at launch.

Matched from shared Steam tags and primary genre. Review count breaks ties; it is not a personal recommendation score.