| Rain World | |
|---|---|
 Title card with a slugcat | |
| Developer(s) | Videocult |
| Publisher(s) | Adult Swim Games Akupara Games |
| Engine | Unity |
| Platform(s) | |
| Release | PlayStation 4, Windows March 28, 2017 Nintendo Switch December 13, 2018 PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S July 11, 2023 |
| Genre(s) | Platform, survival |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
Rain World is a 2017 survival platform game developed by Videocult and published by Adult Swim Games and Akupara Games for PlayStation 4 and Microsoft Windows in March 2017, and for Nintendo Switch in late 2018. Players assume control of a "slugcat", an elongated felid-like rodent, and are tasked with survival in a derelict and hostile world.
The game features a simulated ecosystem. The slugcat uses debris as weapons to escape predators, scavenges for food, and tries to reach safe hibernation rooms before the deadly torrential rain arrives. The game's developers intended to give players little explicit guidance on how to survive so that they would feel like "A rat living on subway tracks," learning to survive in an environment without understanding its higher-level function.
Rain World received mixed reviews from critics, who praised its art design and procedural animation but criticized its brutal difficulty, inconsistent save points, and imprecise controls. Some of these criticisms were addressed with later updates. Despite the aforementioned mixed reviews, the game garnered a cult following.
In January 2023, a downloadable content pack titled Rain World: Downpour was released for PC.[1][2] Downpour was released for Switch, PlayStation, and Xbox on July 11, 2023. The expansion pack received generally positive reviews from critics.
- ^ Chatziioannou, Alexander (January 20, 2023). "Rain World's Downpour DLC cements it as a fascinating and underrated beast". Rock, Paper, Shotgun. Archived from the original on July 21, 2023. Retrieved January 27, 2023.
- ^ Galekovic, Filip (January 11, 2023). "Indie Survival Game Rain World Getting Price Increase". Game Rant. Archived from the original on January 27, 2023. Retrieved January 27, 2023.