# Ricochet

> A futuristic action game that challenges your agility as well as your aim, Ricochet features one-on-one and team matches played in a variety of futuristic battle arenas.

## Game facts

- Developer: Valve
- Publisher: Valve
- Release status: Released
- Release date: Nov 1, 2000
- Region for this schedule: GLOBAL
- Platforms: PC
- Genres: Action
- Steam Deck: Playable (Steam, checked Nov 4, 2026: https://store.steampowered.com/app/60/)
- Languages: Interface: French (France), Russian (Russia), Italian (Italy), Korean (South Korea), European Spanish, German (Germany), Chinese (Taiwan), American English, Chinese (China) (IGDB, checked Nov 4, 2026: https://www.igdb.com/games/ricochet)

## AI Review Analysis

Analyzed Oct 4, 2026

### Strengths

- Disc-based combat that is easy to learn but difficult to master
- A unique and humorous PvP concept in which players decapitate opponents with discs instead of guns
- A fast match structure suited to short play sessions

### Weaknesses

- The online player count is extremely low, making matchmaking and server access difficult
- The official and active community has effectively disappeared, leading many to describe the game as very 'dead'
- There are only three maps, and they use similar textures and backgrounds

## Links

- [Ricochet on WAME](https://www.wame.is/game/6491)
- [Player reviews](https://www.wame.is/game/6491/reviews)

Updated: 2026-11-09T18:21:21.626Z