River City: Rival Showdown

Arc System Works / Oct 11, 2023 / Action, Adventure, RPG

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River City Ransom is back, rebuilt from the ground up! Rekindle old rivalries and relive past rumbles through a completely revamped story!

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What's new

River City: Rival Showdown Patch 1.0.2 Patch Notes

2023-12-14

We have applied a hot-fix patch today for “River City: Rival Showdown” to address several issues with the game. 【Steam】ver1.0.2 Fixed an issue where the game does not register for the save data of “River City Saga: Three Kingdoms” to unlock the Riki story arc. Fixed other minor bugs We apologise for the inconvenience caused, and we thank every user for the continued support for the game.

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What players say

Mostly Positive

76% positive, 54 reviews

Recommended24 hrs played

I give this my *wholehearted* recommendation as an entry point to the Kunio-kun franchise, if one isn't opting for the much more modern and sensible River City Girls. Heck I ESPECIALLY recommend this one if River City Girls was your entry point but you'd like to see everything "from the beginning". This is effectively a remake of the original River City Ransom (Downtown Nekketsu). But what's REALLY interesting about...

2 found this helpful, 2026-05-06

Recommended8 hrs played

Merits: ▪ A decent story, good humour and good localisation ▪ RPG mechanics with various stats to improve and a ton of moves to unlock ▪ High quality pixelated 3D backgrounds that work well with the original sprites ▪ Extra traditional 1v1 fighting game mode, Double Dragon Duel included ▪ The ability to play the game in co-op mode Flaws: ▪ It gets tedious and grindy ▪ Requires multiple playthroughs to unlock...

3 found this helpful, 2026-04-26

Recommended3 hrs played

If you’ve been on the fence about River City: Rival Showdown, now is the perfect time to jump in. The biggest issue people had at launch—controller compatibility—has already been fixed, and it works much better now. Seriously, you can safely ignore the older negative reviews that mention it. What you’re left with is a really fun, modern take on the classic beat ’em up formula. Fans of the original River City Ransom...

3 found this helpful, 2026-03-22