Rain World is in the honorable mentions because it will break a significant portion of the people who try it. The game gives you almost nothing: no map, no tutorial worth the name, and predators that do not care about your progress. The survival loop is built around a living ecosystem where you are not the apex predator, and the food and shelter cycle is ruthless. It missed the top ten because accessibility scored very low and that matters when recommending to a broad PS Plus audience. But if you have finished the harsher picks on the main list and want something genuinely unlike anything else in the catalogue, Rain World delivers a survival experience that no other game on PS Plus is attempting.


Rain World
March 28, 2017PlatformerESRB E10+
Overview
About Rain World
Rain World is a survival platformer set in an abandoned industrial environment ravaged by a shattered ecosystem. Bone-crushingly intense rains pound the surface, making life as we know it almost impossible. The creatures in this world hibernate most of the time, but in the few brief dry periods they go out in search of food.
Story setup
"You are a nomadic slugcat, both predator and prey in a broken ecosystem. Intense, bone-crushing rains pound the surface and make life almost impossible for most of the year, but the dry season has just arrived. Grab your spear and brave the industrial wastes, hunting enough food to survive another hibernation cycle, but be wary— other, bigger creatures have the same plan... and slugcats look delicious."
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At a glance
- Released
- March 28, 2017
- Platforms
- Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, PC
- Genres
- Platformer, Adventure, Indie, Action
- Play modes
- Single Player, Multiplayer, Co-op
- Age rating
- ESRB E10+
- Time to beat
- ~23 hours
- Multiplayer
- By platform
Media
Screenshots
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Playtime
How long to beat
Player-reported completion times for Rain World.
- Rushed
- 15hoursMain story only
- Typical
- 23hoursStory plus some extras
- Completionist
- 79hoursEvery side objective too
Estimated from 5 player reports — a small sample, so treat these as approximate.
Playing together
Multiplayer by platform
How Rain World supports playing with other people, broken down per platform.
| Platform | Local | Online | LAN | Split-screen | Co-op campaign | Drop-in/out |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nintendo Switch | Yes, up to 4 players | No | No | No | No | No |
- Supported (a number is the player cap)
- Not supported
- Not documented for this platform
Content
Age ratings
How rating boards around the world have classified Rain World. Open a board for its content descriptors.
ACBPG
CLASS_INDL
ESRBE10+
- Fantasy Violence
- Mild Blood
- Tobacco Reference
GRAC12+
- Violence
PEGI7
- Violence
The content of this game is suitable for persons aged 7 years and over only. It contains: Non realistic looking violence towards fantasy characters
USK6
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Coverage
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