Rain World
You are a slugcat. The world around you is full of danger, and you must face it – alone. Separated from your family in a devastating flood, you must hunt for food and shelter between terrifying torrential downpours that threaten to drown all life. Climb through the ruins of an ancient civilization, evade the jaws of vicious predators, and discover new lands teeming with strange creatures and buried mysteries. Find your family before death finds you! Inspired by the simplicity and aesthetics of 16-bit classics, this survival platformer requires fast-paced sneaking, both upon your own prey and past the jaws of hungry predators. Each ravenous foe in your path will be cunning, vicious and always on the hunt – eager to sink their teeth into you, or even each other. As a small, soft slugcat you must to rely on stealth and wit rather than force: learn the ecosystem and turn their strengths to your advantage. Maybe then you can survive… Rain World!
Game Discussion
Steam User 157
One of the most unique games I've ever played. There really isn't anything out there that comes close to what this game does.
It's far from a perfect game. I'm not gonna say things like "Oh? You dislike it? Skill issue!" or "People who don't like this game just never gave it a chance!", because to be honest, this game doesn't give the player much of a chance itself. You have to be patient. You have to deal with incredibly BS scenarios. It's not just a difficult game. It's an unfair game. Because that's just nature. You will get better at dealing with that unfair aspect, but it never goes away. You will die to things completely out of your control.
Once you do get to the top of that hill of frustration though, and finally begin to manage to make serious progress - that is when it starts to click. That's when you can finally begin to appreciate what this game is. When you finally have a chance to not focus on dying every few seconds.
I love this game not for any one significant reason (though there are many) but because it simply is what it is. It isn't made for you. You are the one choosing to interact with it. It's one of those games where you play it for a bit, give up due to its insane learning curve, and then pick up again a few months later and fall in love with it. Is that a flaw? Maybe. I don't care. I love it. And nobody is forcing you to love it either. It's all a matter of what you are looking for in a game.
Oh and, yeah... The art and music? No amount of unfairness changes that. It's all gorgeous.
10/10 for me, ?/10 for you.
Steam User 147
this game provides the same euphoria one would feel from shoving a fork in an outlet or throwing a toaster in a bathtub.
Not only are you fighting the predators actively trying to eat you, you are also fighting yourself cause your damn sluggish cat can sometimes have the dexterity of a lobotomized squirrel.
This game somehow managed to have both the most beautiful scenery and world i have seen yet at the same time i came across the most horrifyingly put-together amalgamations of human imagination which make up the ecosystem of this game
The AI of the creatures in this game can be best described as a dude given 12 beers, LSD and car keys. The creatures genuinely do the stupidest shit and somehow manage to get away with it purely because you wouldn't expect them to be THAT DUMB. The amount of times I have found myself dying laughing at a creature falling out of the sky for no apparent reason, or crashing out because those same creatures falling out of the sky managed to somehow land directly on top of me, pluck me off a perfectly good pole and run off with my dead body is incredible.
This game can be your greatest friend, or your worst nightmare. The world and lore are much deeper than you would expect from a game about a silly slugcat with lanky arms. Explore freely and you will eventually find what you're looking for; there are tons of different pathways and routes around the map. The game will start off confusing at first, but you will get the hang of it pretty quick.
easy 11/10, and i haven't even started the dlc yet. Please play this game it is a life-changing experience
Steam User 111
Great game.
There's not really any other game that is anything like this.
Try to not look up anything that might spoil anything. The best play-through is the first. Even if you die a lot. Especially because of this.
A fair warning, this game is hard. Very hard. Emphasis on this: The difficulty is part of what makes this game great.
Despite this, do not play the Monk's campaign first. The Survivor is the way to go.
Also, do note that it is not uncommon for most players to drop the game after a few hours. The first few hours can be harsh. But after this initial hurdle to overcome, the best part comes.
This game is hard. This game is unique. This game is one the best games I have played.
Steam User 119
Ignore what other people say when they say this is just an adventure game. This is a Horror game. I have heart attacks around every corner of this games Huge map, and when i think im safe? Pole Plant. Its so scary but genuinely so fun, i have this love-hate relationship with this game, and its amazing.
Steam User 123
Rain World is a masterpiece. I am not using this word lightly, this game has undoubtedly been a huge influence on my life.
Anyway, onto the game itself.
In Rain World, you play as a small animal - a wet and pathetic little otter thing called a slugcat - surviving in the ruins of an alien world. This is a world of derelict structures and burgeoning ecosystems, a world that is dead and yet so very alive. The line between ruin and nature is blurred into insignificance, as new life grows from a heap of decay. Rain World's beautiful pre-rendered environments convey the experience of a small, nimble animal extremely well. Cities are shown not through living spaces but basements, alleyways and storm drains. Pipes and rusted rebar scaffolds are not background objects but core geometry features of level design. Rain World thus has a wonderfully fresh take on ruined environments.
The gameplay itself is wonderfully unorthodox. While it takes some of the bare bones of a metroidvania, its progression is almost incomparable. The slugcat does not gather upgrades, and has every ability from the start. Instead, Rain World's progression is based on exploration and knowledge alone.
Rain World's story is one of the best I have ever seen. I can't really elaborate, as it's best experienced yourself. I could say a lot about it, but nothing that does it justice.
So overall: pretty nice game. you should play it.
Steam User 98
-Evil level design
-Bullshit enemies
-Annoying combat
-You get one shot by pretty much everything
-Easy to get softlocked
-Your actions can carry over to future save files
-You can eat mold and throw children off cliffs
-Drugs
-Made me hate grass
10/10 favourite game of all time
Steam User 130
trying to write something serious and actually meaningful without sounding corny is much harder than i thought but here we go
I got rain world on the same day that i truely gave up on life, the timing of this was like a prophecy come true, I couldn’t have asked for a better coincidence. I never realised it, but the game was an exact representation of what i was going though. Trying and trying again, against all odds. Even though there were complaints, the struggle was the entire point. Recovering from such a deep part of your life portrayed as an innocent creature in a world full of hazard and endless worry. But the extreme journey is well above worth it. Even though I had to take a complete reroute of the entire game because I didn't understand how to get to the end, the ending sequence is something I’ll never forget. How rewarding it feels, it wants to make me cry. I’m not saying that Rain World saved my life, but it sure made it feel like a story. And the last theme: “Deep Light” means so much to me. I can’t listen to it without feeling sorry for myself on how i felt in those depressing months, and thanking that I’ve recovered. I never knew a video game could mean so much to me!! I’m so thankful that I got to experience this game in such a sad yet perfect time in my life. Thank you ever so much Rain World :)