River City Ransom: Underground on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information

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Alex and Ryan must take to the streets to help a new crop of fighters. You'll earn money, unlock moves, and upgrade your skills in a sprawling city. This modern take on an old classic features over 500 unique street fighting moves, dozens of weapons, and fun online multiplayer modes.

River City Ransom: Underground is a beat 'em up, action and retro game developed and published by Conatus Creative Inc..
Released on February 27th 2017 is available on Windows, MacOS and Linux in 3 languages: English, Japanese and Simplified Chinese.

It has received 2,445 reviews of which 1,855 were positive and 590 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.3 out of 10. 😊

The game is currently priced at 19.99€ on Steam.


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Windows
  • OS *: Microsoft® Windows® XP / Vista / 7 / 8 / 10
  • Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo 1.8Ghz or equivalent
  • Memory: 3 GB RAM
  • Graphics: 512MB GPU, DirectX 9, Shader Model 2.0 (XNA 4.0 Reach Profile)
  • DirectX: Version 9.0c
  • Storage: 120 MB available space
  • Additional Notes: A faster processor may be required for online multiplayer. XInput devices supported.
MacOS
  • OS: Latest macOS version
  • Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo 1.8Ghz or equivalent
  • Memory: 3 GB RAM
  • Graphics: 512MB GPU, OpenGL 3.0+ (2.1 with ARB extensions acceptable)
  • Storage: 120 MB available space
  • Additional Notes: A faster processor may be required for online multiplayer. SDL_GameController devices supported.
Linux
  • OS: glibc 2.15+, 32/64-bit
  • Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo 1.8Ghz or equivalent
  • Memory: 3 GB RAM
  • Graphics: 512MB GPU, OpenGL 3.0+ (2.1 with ARB extensions acceptable)
  • Storage: 120 MB available space
  • Additional Notes: A faster processor may be required for online multiplayer. SDL_GameController devices supported.

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April 2025
I enjoyed the game overall. I played through the story once. Good NES style graphics minus the NES limitations. Music is pretty good. Fighting is fun and the extra moves are decent as well. The time to recover is a bit long though as well as the time it takes the enemies to drop money. There will be some times you get knocked down into a loop that keeps you getting knocked down and you will have to reboot the game. I had it happen once with the nerd that freezes you. I beat all the enemies on screen other than him and he just keep freezing me and I couldn't do anything. Kind of annoying. Overall a decent game if you are into beat em' ups.
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March 2025
The story is completely bizarre but at the same time it works since it follows the American continuity so it just feels right. Combat is AWESOME all the characters control super well and aside from some confusing inputs pulling off combos is tight and rewarding. Love this game!
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Jan. 2025
It's the best beat'em up right now. It's not like using the franchise name and releasing another Beat'em up with 30-year-old mechanics. They actually improved it and added combos and fluid fighting mechanics. Unlike other “new” Beat'em up releases. I actually want to name names and curse them a lot but whatever. Definitely worth buying and playing with friends (Online, couch co-op etc.)
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Jan. 2025
8/10 - Absolutely loved RCR back on the NES days and was glad to see a sequel that is true to the original just with better pixel art. The fact that the cast of playable characters all have individualized move sets is an awesome added touch. Looking forward to trying out other characters. My only complaint would be moving vertically feels slow since you cant sprint that way. It is a hard game at first, but once you get your rhythm going then things start becoming easier for a time.
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Aug. 2024
River City Ransom: Underground is a fantastic beat 'em up game that captures the retro charm of the original while adding new features and improved graphics
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River City Ransom: Underground
7.3
1,855
590
Online players
7
Developer
Conatus Creative Inc.
Publisher
Conatus Creative Inc.
Release 27 Feb 2017
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