The River overview

Overview

The River comes from bokchoi and is published by bokchoi. It arrived on Steam on Jun 9, 2025, and it sits naturally among Single-player, Steam Achievements, Color Alternatives, Custom Volume Controls, Mouse Only Option, Playable without Timed Input, and Family Sharing. SteamPulse tracks it across Windows and Steam so readers get a quick useful snapshot, not just a wall of numbers.

Players and reviews

The River's latest SteamPulse observation recorded 0 players at 13 September 2026 - 05:52:53 UTC, with a tracked peak near 2. This peak is the highest value in the available SteamPulse record and may not include activity before tracking began. Player reaction is 92% positive across 64 reviews.

Language and system requirements

The River is available in 1 languages including:

3 regional rating boards including dejus, steam germany, and igrs

Sales, recommendations, and streams

The River has sold up to 1,157 units and has recommendation data pending. Revenue data is not available for this game yet. On Twitch, 0 streamers are live with around 0 total watchers.

The River overview details

The River combines live player counts with reviews, pricing, platform support, Store metadata, dated player history, media, recent news, and related games.

Steam Store description

You wake up in the void, with no memory other than the deep sense that something horrible has happened to you in life that has left you in limbo. Can you find your way back to the living to make things right? Should you? Welcome to my first visual novel / game project, The River. I actually made something! This is my very first attempt at making a game, as well as my first second earnest attempt at a cohesive, stand-alone narrative. I set off to create all of the visual assets, sound effects, and music myself, and scripting/tying it all together with Adventure Game Studio. Estimated play time: 30-50 minutes. Playing with good Audio / Headphones is highly recommended. Content Warning: Contains mature subject matter (discussion of death and dying, written descriptions of violence) Game Features: Unique, (mostly) monochrome style visuals Digital hand-drawn backgrounds Unique soundtrack and dynamic music score for each of the game's 12 scenes Nearly 2000 frames of sprite animation Visual Novel styled story, including dialog and character portraits

SteamPulse editorial summary

The River is listed as a game with Free to play. It supports Windows, belongs to Single-player, Steam Achievements, Color Alternatives, Custom Volume Controls, Mouse Only Option, Playable without Timed Input, and Family Sharing, and is associated with Adventure and Free To Play. SteamPulse's latest observation records 0 players at 13 September 2026 - 05:52:53 UTC, a tracked peak of 2, and 92% positive reviews.

Content descriptors

Dialogue describing violent story events and death.

Highlighted achievements

Support and legal notes

Real questions answered from SteamPulse data, including live players, monthly momentum, review sentiment, regional audience signals, Twitch activity, and current Steam pricing.