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Ruthless Returns
South Harbour Studios · released Aug 15, 2026
A satirical business game where everyone acts at once. Build your company, sue your neighbours, hide the money offshore, and offer world-class parental leave, or slash it for profit. Richest CEO after three fiscal years wins. By brilliance if you can. By dirty tricks if you must.
Price
Free
US store
Reviews
71%
7 · 7 user reviews
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Followers
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Owners (est.)
~210
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YouTube activity
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videos · 30 d—
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views · 1 yTwitch activity
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avg viewers · 30 d—
hours watched · 30 d—
streamers · 30 dProduct info
from Steam's PICS · read 1d ago- Change number
- 40,885,710 · seen 1d ago
- Public build
- 26,625,568 · Nov 12, 2026 (1d ago)
- Operating systems
- windows
- Architecture
- 64-bit
- Install size
- 736 MB · 483 MB download
- Install folder
Ruthless Returns- Controller support
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- Metacritic
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- Homepage
- ruthlessreturns.com
- Release state
- released
- Community
- hub · stats
Steam Deck
UnknownNo Deck test results published.
Branches · 1
every build Steam serves for this app| Branch | Build | Updated | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| public | 26,625,568 | Nov 12, 2026 · 1d ago |
Build history
every build id we have seen on a branch (history starts with our first read)| Build | Branch | Released | First seen |
|---|---|---|---|
| 26,625,568 | public | Nov 12, 2026 19:01 | 1d ago |
| 26,594,415 | public | Nov 11, 2026 15:27 | 2d ago |
| 25,515,194 | public | Sep 24, 2026 21:27 | 4d ago |
Depots · 1
content of the public branch| Depot | Name | OS | Language | DLC / shared | Size | Download | Manifest |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4958641 | windows 64-bit | 736 MB | 483 MB | 1047718540193955367 |
Launch options · 1
| Executable | OS | Description |
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RuthlessReturns.exe |
windows 64-bit |
Languages · 9
| Language | Interface | Full audio | Subtitles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Danish | ✓ | ✓ | — |
| French | ✓ | ✓ | — |
| German | ✓ | ✓ | — |
| English | ✓ | ✓ | — |
| Russian | ✓ | ✓ | — |
| Spanish | ✓ | ✓ | — |
| Swedish | ✓ | ✓ | — |
| Portuguese - Brazil | ✓ | ✓ | — |
| Norwegian | ✓ | ✓ | — |
Packages · 0
all packagesNo packages recorded yet.
Bundles · 0
all bundlesNot part of any bundle we know.
Change numbers
all changes#40,885,710 · 1d ago#40,838,210 · 2d ago
Updates · patch notes
Steam announcements tagged as patch notes, linked to the public build they followed
| When | Note | Build | Update size |
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| Sep 11, 2026 | Patch notes: We taught the game to teach you the game Onboarding got a proper overhaul Since the last update we have worked through a fairly large pile of improvements across the game. The biggest focus has been onboarding: new players should understand faster what they can do, why they are doing it, and how the different strategies fit together. But we have also added new cards, improved the lobby, made team play clearer, kept working on the mobile |
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| Sep 5, 2026 | Patch notes: upkeep costs and a sharper economy The card economy has been rebuilt This week's update is the biggest balance pass since launch. The highlights: Upkeep costs. Cards that are ongoing arrangements, retainers and facilities now cost upkeep per year instead of only a one-off price. Many of them got cheaper to introduce at the same time. The accountants got a new division of labour. The juniors make room for more employees, the seniors |
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| Sep 4, 2026 | Patch notes: a week of balance, clarity and fixes Small updates, every few days Alongside the big language update, the past week brought a steady stream of improvements. The highlights: The client raid doubled. Surplus salespeople now steal 1M income per rival (up from 0.5M), the Solar farm pays extra per investment card you own, and a card-count bug in 4-player decks was fixed. A clearer economy panel. Tax has its own row, the client raid shows |
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