Every RAGE game, ranked
All 2 RAGE games we hold, spanning 2011 to 2019: 2 ranked by the GamingPickz Score and plotted below, the rest listed in release order so nothing in the series is missing. Together they carry 35,332 Steam reviews.
Where to start
- For the best-reviewed: RAGE (GamingPickz Score 7.1), the highest-rated entry we can score.
The RAGE games on the grid
Compare the whole catalogueThe same 2 games, plotted rather than listed. The two axes below are the ones the ranking is built from, so a game sitting high and right is a game the formula placed near the top. Change either axis to see the field a different way. Where we hold a publisher wordmark, the game is drawn as its mark rather than a dot.
2 games have both
Axes are fitted to these 2 games rather than the full 0 to 100 scale, because a filtered list shares a narrow band and would otherwise sit in one corner. End values are marked. A point on the left edge is the lowest of thesegames, not a low score.
Players. The share of Steam reviews marked positive, pulled toward the catalogue average in proportion to how few reviews stand behind it. A game with 200 reviews moves a long way toward the average; one with 200,000 barely moves at all. Without this a title sitting at 100 percent on nine reviews outranks Half-Life 2 at 98 percent on 278,000.
Popularity. A blend of two things that are not the same. Audience is how many people wrote a Steam review, which is a floor on how many played it. Reach is how many language editions of Wikipedia document the game, which is cultural footprint rather than sales. A game can score high on one and low on the other: a huge free-to-play title has audience without reach, and a landmark console exclusive has reach without a Steam audience at all. Where both exist they are averaged; where only one does, that one carries it.
- PC
Every point links to that game's entry. The value map and the reception map are fixed views of the same data.
How positions are decided
No paid placement, no favouritism, live third-party data
- Placed by the published method, not by us. Every coordinate is computed from the axis definitions and weights printed on this site. Nobody moves a point. See the axes.
- Nothing here is paid for. No sponsored placements, no promoted slots, no arrangement of any kind affects a position. If that ever changes it will be labelled and sit outside the ranking.
- No favouritism, including our own. The 16 games we have written full reviews of are scored by exactly the same formula as the other 1,510, from the same third-party inputs, and they land where it puts them. Our own opinion of a game does not enter its coordinates.
- A position is not an endorsement. It says how a game was received and what it costs, not that we recommend it. Where we do recommend something, it carries a written review with a name on it.
- Fetched from live third-party data. Player sentiment from Steam, critic aggregates as published on store pages, prices checked hourly, attention from Wikipedia. Each figure carries its source and the date it was read, and we do not adjust any of them.
2 best RAGE games, ranked
Ordered by GamingPickz Score. Every figure links back to the source that produced it.
RAGE at a glance Released 2011 Studio id Software Player sentiment 78% positive of 18,288 Critics 79/100 Price $9.99 Steam Deck playable Install size Not stated Accessibility 1 declared feature Raw 78% shrinks to 78.1 on 18,288 reviews, then blends with the 79 critic aggregate, giving 7.1.
Worth checking first- Flagged for mature content on its store page.
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RAGE 2
Best for: A consistently well-received pick in this category
6.2GamingPickz Scorehigh confidenceRAGE 2 at a glance Released 2019 Studio id Software Player sentiment 63% positive of 17,044 Critics 73/100 Price $39.99 Steam Deck unsupported Install size 50 GB Accessibility 1 declared feature Raw 63% shrinks to 63.5 on 17,044 reviews, then blends with the 73 critic aggregate, giving 6.2.
Worth checking first- Carries in-game purchases. Check what they cost before committing.
- Flagged for mature content on its store page.
- Valve rates it Unsupported on the Steam Deck.
Best and worst entry
The best-received RAGE game we can score is RAGE at 7.1. The lowest is RAGE 2 at 6.2, a 0.9-point spread across the series. The GamingPickz Score is a composite of player sentiment, critics and popularity, computed the same way for every game.
Cheapest way in, and best value
- Cheapest right now: RAGE at $9.99. Prices are read live from Steam and move.
- Best value: RAGE, the most GamingPickz Score per dollar in the series at its current price.
On a Steam Deck
Valve's own Deck compatibility rating for the RAGE entries on Steam:
- Playable: RAGE
- Unsupported: RAGE 2
Platforms across the series
Where the 2 RAGE games have landed, counting every entry we hold:
| Platform family | Entries |
|---|---|
| PC | 2 of 2 |
The RAGE series, game by game
Every RAGE game we hold, in release order. Each description is the game's own, from Steam where it has a listing and Wikipedia for the older entries, never ours.
- 2011
- 2019
RAGE 2
6.2RAGE 2 brings together two studio powerhouses – Avalanche Studios, masters of open world insanity, and id Software, creators of the first-person shooter – to deliver a carnival of carnage where you can go anywhere, shoot anything, and explode everything. (Steam)
Plot
Players assume control of Walker, the last Ranger of Vineland, who must survive in a world inhabited by dangerous mutants and crazed bandits after it was hit by the asteroid 99942 Apophis . The majority of mankind died during this apocalyptic event. While new settlements and factions emerged, a group called the Authority declared themselves the new military power. (Wikipedia)
Reception
Reception On release, Rage 2 received "mixed or average reviews" according to the review aggregator website Metacritic . Daniel Tack from Game Informer rated the game a 7/10, praising the game's shooting mechanics and music but criticized the visuals, open-world and characters. Dan Stapleton from IGN gave a rating of 8/10, comparing the game to 2016's Doom , praising the game for its gunplay and the open-world gameplay as well as the abilities and the… (Wikipedia)
RAGE, head to head
Two entries side by side on score, price, specs and reception:
RAGE vs other series
How RAGE stacks up against other series in the same genre, as a whole:
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Common questions
How many RAGE games are there?
We hold 2 RAGE games in the catalogue, released between 2011 and 2019. 2 of them carry enough Steam data to rank; the rest are listed in release order below, including console-only entries with no Steam listing.
Which RAGE game is best?
By the GamingPickz Score, RAGE rates highest at 7.1. That is a composite of player sentiment, the critic aggregate and popularity, computed the same way for every game, not our opinion. The full ranking is above.
What order should I play the RAGE games in?
Release order is listed below, from 2011 to 2019. For most series that is also story order, but we list dates rather than telling you a canon; the timeline is read from Wikidata.
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