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Rue Valley

A point-and-click psychological adventure built around a small-town time loop

Emotion Spark Studio · Published by Owlcat Games · Released Nov 11, 2025

AdventureCasualIndie

Reviews
Mostly Positive
70% of 1,992
Recent reviews
Very Positive
80% of 31 in 30 days
Players
6
daily peak, Oct 28, 2026
Steam Deck
Verified
Last update on Steam
8 months ago
Jan 28, 2026
Minimum PC
DirectX 11 GPU
4 GB RAM · 20 GB disk
Full requirements

What is Rue Valley?

An isometric, single-player adventure set in a small town, where you investigate a repeating time loop. You explore, talk to residents, and choose responses shaped by your character’s personality traits. Across repeated loops, you record memories in a graph to unlock new mindsets and experiment with different conversations.

For you if...

  • +you enjoy introspective stories about mental health and self-discovery

Not for you if...

  • −you prefer action-heavy games over reading and choosing dialogue

What players say

70% of 1,992 reviews are positive · 80% of 31 in the last 30 days

Players praise the comic-book art and the initial mystery. The main complaint is that choices have little impact on the overall plot, with players also criticizing uneven writing and inconsistent voice acting.

Screenshots and trailer

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Rue Valley system requirements

Minimum: DirectX 11 GPU, 4 GB RAM, 20 GB of disk space.

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Minimum

OS
8.1
Processor
Intel Core 2 Duo
Graphics
DirectX 11 compatible video card (integrated or dedicated with min 512MB memory)
Memory
4 GB RAM
Storage
20 GB available space
DirectX
Version 11

Recommended

OS
10
Processor
Intel Core i7 or AMD 1800 equivalent
Graphics
NVIDIA Geforce 1060 or equivalent
Memory
8 GB RAM
Storage
20 GB available space
DirectX
Version 11

Does Rue Valley have co-op or multiplayer?

No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.

Does Rue Valley run on Steam Deck?

Verified Yes, Verified by Valve: it works on Steam Deck out of the box.

  • All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
  • Shows Steam Deck controller icons
  • In-game text is legible on Steam Deck
  • Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck

PC version details

DRM
None declared on Steam
Controller
Keyboard and mouse
Platforms
Windows
Achievements
24
Steam features
Cloud saves, Family Sharing, Trading cards
Languages
Text only: English, French, German, Russian, Simplified Chinese.

Does Rue Valley use AI-generated content?

No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.

Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 27, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam

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Recent updates

1 DLC available.

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