River City Ransom: Underground

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 2,431 reviews of which 1,844 were positive and 587 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.3 out of 10. 😊

The game is currently priced at 19.99€ on Steam.

The Steam community has classified River City Ransom: Underground into these genres:

Beat 'em up Action Retro Indie RPG Pixel Graphics PvE Action RPG PvP Local Co-Op Online Co-Op 2D Co-op Competitive Open World Cartoon Local Multiplayer Side Scroller 4 Player Local Great Soundtrack

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Requirements

These are the minimum specifications needed to play the game. For the best experience, we recommend that you verify them.

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.

Reviews

Explore reviews from Steam users sharing their experiences and what they love about the game.

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.)

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.

Dec. 2024

Greatest game w pretty good story, hard enemies, 19/10 retro game i'd say

April 2024

As far as Beat 'em ups go, this is an absolute gem of a game. If you collect this type of genre then definitely grab it. If you like the original you may love this but it plays like a bit of an upgrade and might take some getting used to. If you're wanting a good story, go elsewhere. This is a beat 'em up, not a visual novel.

Feb. 2024

This is a game that is tons of fun to play and enjoy for hours on end. It has great replayability too. This has the fun of the original but the excitement of the additional features, characters, more world to explore and so much more. I really hope that there is a squeal or at least some sort of DLC that I would be more than happy to purchase.

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19.99€

7.3

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Developer

Conatus Creative Inc.

Publisher

Conatus Creative Inc.

Release 27 Feb 2017

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