
In Ruffy and the Riverside, you wield the magic SWAP to Copy & Paste textures - turn ice into lava or waterfalls into vines! Explore, fight, skate on straw bales, and unleash your imagination in this quirky open-world action game. Dive into an adventure that lets you literally change the world!
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About
Join Ruffy on an exciting quest to stop the mischievous villain Groll from destroying the World Core and throwing Riverside into chaos. Along the way, you'll travel to fantastic places with helpful friends like Pip the sassy bee, Sir Eddler the adventurous mole, and Silja the wise turtle. Meet a lively cast of characters, each with their own unique stories and dialogues, as the exciting adventure unfolds with unexpected surprises for Ruffy around every corner.

As Ruffy, the Chosen One, you'll harness the magical power of SWAP, and use it to transform the game world. With SWAP you'll change the sun into the moon or ice into lava while overcoming countless puzzles and effortlessly manipulating objects to your will. You can turn a stone into wood to create a boat or swap a wall into rubble to clear your path, and much more as you fight, jump, and ride hay bales throughout the adventure. The unique SWAP ability opens up endless possibilities, making every moment feel magical and full of surprises.

Ruffy just won't stop! When the 3D world ends, he leaps into new 2D levels to collect even more treasures, but watch out - many obstacles must be swapped before you can safely pass through walls. Use your cleverness and the magical SWAP mechanic to transform objects and unlock new paths in your delightful adventure!

Explore the marvelous open world of Riverside, where Ruffy embarks on playful side quests, masters challenges, and collects magic treasures across seven distant regions. Ride hay bales, perform tricks on secret rails, and discover unknown areas as you meet the mysterious Etoi and team up with the Fish Gang to defeat bully sharks. Unleash your creativity by designing your own textures with Pix, transforming the game world into your personal adventure filled with surprises around every corner.

List of features:
Use and master the power of SWAP to transform elements in the game world.
Overcome various puzzles through creative manipulation of objects.
Engage in exciting adventure elements like fighting, jumping, and skating.
Solve puzzles and find treasures in challenging 2D levels
Unlock seven outer regions, each with unique challenges and settings.
More than a dozen characters offering new exciting quests.
Use dreamstones to create and apply custom textures to main game elements like stone, waterfalls and more...
Enjoy a magical atmosphere with a focus on exploration and discovery.
Gather various collectibles, such as butterflies, dreamstones, Etoi creatures, and coins, each contributing to gameplay and customization.
Add-ons
Each DLC is estimated with the same model as a game, then summed — a modeled figure, not reported DLC sales.
Sums Steam only; PlayStation, Xbox, Epic, Nintendo publish no volume signal, so the true total is higher by an unknown amount.
| Store | Price | Audience | Score | Chart | Est. revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SteamYou are here | $19.99 | 236reviews | 88% | — | $94.7K |
| $19.99 | 157ratings | 89% | — | not modelled | |
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Reviews
Themes across 43 recent reviews and how positive each mention is. A keyword signal, not full sentiment analysis.
Reviews
全是谜题的解谜游戏,当谜题解开时非常有成就感。但是引导非常差,画面也很低幼,过场动画的运镜更是一言难尽。总而言之是个有趣的游戏,但很多时候解不开谜题都是因为引导太弱,这就很难受。
Ruffy and the Riverside ist ein tolles Spiel mit klaren Schwächen. Der Artstyle ist für die Charaktere absolut fantastisch. Ein Vergleich mit Paper Mario liegt auf der Hand, hier finde ich ihn aber nochmal etwas hübscher. Gleiches gilt auch für die Animationen, diese wirken handgemacht und gefallen mir wirklich gut. Die Umgebungen sind an sich auch hübsch gestaltet, kann den "handgezeichneten" Look aber nicht aufrechterhalten. Die Texturen wirken platt und alles sieht nach "basic 3D-Modellen" aus, was schade ist. Das kann allerdings gut durch die bunte Gestaltung ausgeglichen werden und fällt nur selten wirklich negativ ins Gewicht. Eine große Stärke ist das kreative Gameplay durch die Flip-Mechanik. Diese ist ein großes Alleinstellungsmerkmal und erlaubt sehr coole Rätsel, die teilweise auf verschiedene Arten gelöst werden können - Streitbar, ob das nun so intendiert ist, aber bei einigen Sachen konnte ich definitiv Methoden nutzen, die vom Entwicklerteam sicher nicht so gedacht waren. Die Rätsel sind im Großen und Ganzen recht einfach, mit einigen Ausnahmen, die ziemlich knackig werden konnten. Einmal habe ich mir sogar richtig die Zähne ausgebissen. Je länger man spielt, umso mehr wiederholen sich die Herangehensweisen natürlich. Das ist schade, dennoch gab es auch Richtung Spielende immer noch Elemente, die die Flip-Mechanik auf andere Art und Weise verwendet haben, das war cool. Die rar gesäten Bossgegner waren einfach durchschaubar, aber eine nette Abwechslung. Und vom Platforming-Aspekt sollte man nicht zu viel erwarten - Es funktioniert gut, ist aber nicht allzu fordernd. Story und Dialoge sind ein Thema, wo für einen potenziellen Nachfolger gern nachgebessert werden kann. Grundlegend ist die Story ziemlich platt, da sie sich klar an eine jüngere Zielgruppe richtet finde ich das aber gar nicht schlimm. Am Ende der Geschichte überschlug sich Ruffy and the Riverside mit "Twists", die zwar unerwartet, aber auch irgendwann lächerlich waren. Ein Schmunzeln konnte es mir hier und da aber entlocken. Die Dialoge waren teilweise leider frustrierend. Zu viel Händchenhalten, oft werden die Rätsellösungen direkt gesagt oder mit einer Kamerafahrt gezeigt. Einige Informationen, ob wichtig oder nicht, werden einem mehrfach vorgekaut (teilweise 3-4x), das war manchmal wirklich anstrengend. So gern ich die Charaktere auch mag, einige Dialoge habe ich irgendwann nur noch durchgeskippt. Erwähnenswert ist, dass ich schon die Version 1.2 gespielt habe, wo schon an den Dialogen nachgebessert wurde. Ich kann mir nicht vorstellen, wie anstrengend das vorher war. Es gibt ein paar nette Minispiele, die echt Spaß machen - Eines der Minispiele musste ich erstmal richtig begreifen, dann war es aber ein echtes Highlight. Der Soundtrack war echt nett und passte gut, die "Stimmen" der Charaktere waren teils unglaublich süß gemacht, das war toll. Durch ein paar Collectibles kann man nach der Geschichte (in meinem Fall ca. 7,5h) auch noch ein bisschen Zeit in Riverside verbringen, sodass ich am Ende bei knapp 12,5h gelandet bin. Finde ich okay. Ich kann für Ruffy and the Riverside eine Empfehlung aussprechen, trotz einiger Kritikpunkte. Besonders im Sale, aber auch für den Normalpreis von 20€ kann man aus meiner Sicht zugreifen und dem kleinen Bären eine Chance geben. Besonders die kreative Spielmechanik und der handgezeichnete Artstyle der Charaktere hat es mir wirklich angetan! Nachdem ich auf der Gamescom 2024 einen Probelauf wagen konnte finde ich es schön, das Spiel endlich durchgespielt zu haben. Mit ein paar Verbesserungen kann Ruffy zu einer echten Perle werden!
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Languages: English, German, Japanese, French, Portuguese - Brazil, Spanish - Latin America, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese
| $19.99 |
| 33ratings |
| 94% |
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| $19.99 | — | 76%* | — | not modelled |
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Matched by title — a reused name can pair the wrong games. * is a critic aggregate. Prices and positions are each store's United States storefront; Epic charts worldwide. Audience and Score too, except Steam's, which is worldwide.
Hours played at review time, across 43 reviews with recorded playtime.
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Super fun to 100%! Really fun puzzles too
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I had to refund this game due to severe stuttering issues. I started the game at my default refresh rate of 240Hz which was unplayable. Lowered to 120Hz still unplayable. I had to go down to 60Hz which made it playable, but still very noticeable stuttering, especially when turning the camera. And with stuttering I mean that on rotating the camera it seems to skip half of the camera rotation then suddenly jumps the remaining half.... Unfortunately for me this makes the game unplayable.
This was a very fun time. I think the SWAP mechanic is fun and has a lot of clever ways to solve puzzles. This is also a very pretty game. I love the art style and it's very clear inspirations from older games of my childhood, but still very charming. My biggest negative of the game is the sheer amount of dialog and the animations for picking up several of the various collectables in the game. Luckily, they have a speed up mechanic that speeds through dialog and most animations. I also didn't really care for the ending of the story, but that doesn't mean I don't want to see more from the devs. I did have one issue towards the end that seemed like it was going to lock me out of 100% the game, but after collecting the last butterfly I was missing for the third time and not skipping the animation, it finally stuck so I am relieved about that. All in all, it's a fun time, and I'd recommend it to any 3D platform fan. Try the demo at least!
Buen plataformas con gráficos graciosos y bonitos
Hard to put down.
Very underrated gem. Great aesthetic, overworld, and lots of charm.
tinha expectativas altas pro game, nao gostei do level design e dos controles
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