Rysen overview

Overview

Rysen comes from nkmr appworks and is published by nkmr appworks. It arrived on Steam on Feb 8, 2018, and it sits naturally among Single-player, Steam Achievements, Partial Controller Support, Steam Cloud, Steam Leaderboards, 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

Rysen's latest SteamPulse observation recorded 0 players at 22 September 2026 - 10:03:51 UTC, with a tracked peak near 1. This peak is the highest value in the available SteamPulse record and may not include activity before tracking began. Player reaction is 100% positive across 8 reviews.

Language and system requirements

Rysen is available in 1 languages including:

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

Sales, recommendations, and streams

Rysen has sold up to 285 units and has recommendation data pending. The estimated VGI revenue is $1,165. On Twitch, 0 streamers are live with around 0 total watchers.

Rysen overview details

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

Steam Store description

Rysen is an old school 2d shmup. Features 7 stages per 1 round. DirectInput & XInput controller are supported. No bullet-hell. No bomb, no combo, no buzz, no gems, no medals and any other bonus items, and no difficult scoring system. Simple bonus system just to annihilate the enemy formation. Designed to be able to concentrate on the two factors of avoiding bullets and firing shots. 3 difficulties. Fine configuration changes are possible. Steam Leaderboards, Steam Achievements, and Steam Cloud are supported. When playing in fullscreen, please enable Steam Overlay to enable achievements-popup display. Game System The main keys used in the game are as follows.​ Directional control (Analog stick or D-pad) Weapon1 Weapon2 (Not use while deploying shield) Changing Speed Insert credits For explanation of the game system & how to play, refer to the link of "View the manual" in the right list. Option settings Switch windowed mode or full screen mode. Adjust the window size. Original window size is 320x240. Adjust vertical scale of the screen for full screen, if you want to adjust aspect ratio. Adjust the window position to center of display screen. BGM volume control. SFX volume control. The difficultiy of the game to choose from three, normal, hard or insane. When using XInput gamepad, you can adjust the dead zone of the analog stick. Indicate or not help messages of menu screens. Remember player name (score name) or not to ini file. V-sync for full screen. Reset local leaderboards data. Key settings of the keyboard, XInput gamepad and DirectInput gamepad…

SteamPulse editorial summary

Rysen is listed as a game with $2.99. It supports Windows, belongs to Single-player, Steam Achievements, Partial Controller Support, Steam Cloud, Steam Leaderboards, and Family Sharing, and is associated with Action and Indie. SteamPulse's latest observation records 0 players at 22 September 2026 - 10:03:51 UTC, a tracked peak of 1, and 100% positive reviews.

Overview tags

ShooterShoot 'Em UpTop-Down ShooterArcade2DTop-DownControllerActionPixel GraphicsSci-fiScore AttackOld SchoolRetroSingleplayerIndie

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Support and legal notes

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