Rift Riff

Tower defense across monster worlds with a flexible, wave-by-wave approach

Adriaan de Jongh, Sim Kaart, Matthijs Koster, Franz LaZerte, Professional Panda · Published by Adriaan de Jongh · Released May 9, 2025

Action Indie Strategy

Reviews: Very Positive; 95% of 394
Recent reviews: Not enough recent
Playing now: 1; right now
Steam Deck: Verified
Last update: 10 months ago; Oct 30, 2025

What is Rift Riff?

Rift Riff is a 2D, single-player tower defense game about crossing into monster worlds to take their resources. In each scenario, you choose a small set of towers, build and upgrade them at designated sites, and defend your Extractor from enemy waves. Surviving earns unlocks for new rifts, towers, companions, and upgrades.

For you if...

+you like planning defenses around different enemy behaviors
+you prefer colorful, minimalist art and prominent sound effects
+you enjoy optional challenges alongside the main scenarios

Not for you if...

−you want to place towers anywhere on the map
−you dislike committing to a tower selection before a scenario

What players say

95% of 394 reviews are positive

Players praise the ability to refund towers and retry waves, along with levels that call for different strategies. They also praise the art and sound design. The most common complaints concern the character's vocal noises, which players say cannot be muted separately, and having to replay a scenario when their chosen towers fail in later waves.

Screenshots and trailer

Rift Riff system requirements

As published by the developer.

Minimum

OS: Windows 10
Processor: x86_32 CPU with SSE2 instructions, or any x86_64 CPU
Graphics: Integrated graphics with full Vulkan 1.0 support
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Storage: 700 MB available space

PC version details

DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.

DRM: None declared on Steam
Controller: Full controller support
Platforms: Windows, macOS, Linux
Achievements: 35
Steam features: Cloud saves, Family Sharing

Steam Deck: Verified

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

Multiplayer and co-op

Single-player

Languages

Text only: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Dutch, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Turkish.