Choose River City Ransom: Underground
Choose River City Ransom: Underground if you want an Indie experience. 1,115 Steam reviews back the pick.
River City Ransom: Underground vs River City: Rival Showdown
River City Ransom: Underground and River City: Rival Showdown both land in Action, RPG on Steam, which is why they keep getting compared. The comparison below is built from each game's Steam metadata — release year, genres, categories, Steam Deck status, price, and review score — refreshed daily by imho.run's scraper. Headline differences: Both share Action, RPG on Steam. River City Ransom: Underground (2017) is 6 years older than River City: Rival Showdown (2023). Both sit near 75% positive on Steam (River City Ransom: Underground: 1,115 reviews, River City: Rival Showdown: 52). No login or purchase needed — scroll for the full table, the verdict FAQ, and links to ranked similar games for both titles.
Which should you pick?
Choose River City: Rival Showdown
Choose River City: Rival Showdown if you want an Adventure experience. On Steam, it's the newer release (2023) and ships with the modern feature baseline. River City: Rival Showdown launched in 2023.
Both River City Ransom: Underground and River City: Rival Showdown sit in Action and RPG on Steam and both list Multi-player, Shared/Split Screen, and Online PvP, so either pick lands in the same broad neighborhood. Steam reviews are nearly tied (74.7% vs 75% positive), so genre fit is the cleanest tiebreaker — scroll the table for the feature-by-feature view.
Side-by-side comparison
 River City Ransom: Underground |  River City: Rival Showdown | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2017 | 2023 |
| Genres | Action, Indie, RPG | Action, Adventure, RPG |
| Platforms | Windows, macOS, Linux | Windows |
| Steam Deck | Unrated | Deck Verified |
| Price | Price unknown | 12.49 USD |
| Steam reviews | 74.7% positive (1,115 reviews) | 75% positive (52 reviews) |
| Multiplayer | Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Online Co-op | Multi-player, Online Co-op, Shared/Split Screen Co-op |
| Developers | Conatus Creative Inc. | Arc System Works |
Side by side
- Both share Action, RPG on Steam.
- River City Ransom: Underground (2017) is 6 years older than River City: Rival Showdown (2023).
- Both sit near 75% positive on Steam (River City Ransom: Underground: 1,115 reviews, River City: Rival Showdown: 52).
- Both support cooperative play.
- River City: Rival Showdown is Deck Verified on Steam Deck; River City Ransom: Underground has no Deck rating yet.
River City Ransom: Underground vs River City: Rival Showdown — FAQ
- Should I play River City Ransom: Underground or River City: Rival Showdown first?
- If you want chronology, River City Ransom: Underground (2017) came out before River City: Rival Showdown (2023). If neither is a sequel to the other, order doesn't really matter — start with whichever fits your current mood, since both share enough on Steam to make either a reasonable opener.
- Are River City Ransom: Underground and River City: Rival Showdown similar?
- They overlap on Action, RPG on Steam, so the catalogue groups them together — but "similar" depends on the specific mechanics. Use the genre + category rows above to decide whether the overlap matches what drew you to the one you've already played.
- Do both River City Ransom: Underground and River City: Rival Showdown have co-op?
- Yes — both list a co-op category on Steam. Specifics differ: River City Ransom: Underground ships Online Co-op, Shared/Split Screen Co-op; River City: Rival Showdown ships Online Co-op, Shared/Split Screen Co-op.