Rain World Breaks Free From Legal Ties as Publisher Shake-Up Drives Indie Renaissance

Rain World, the brutal indie survival game from Videocult, spent years in publishing limbo with Adult Swim Games; since Akupara Games took over in 2022, harmonized versions, two DLCs (Downpour and The Watcher), Xbox release, and a strong merch push have driven a sales surge (1.3M units in a Steam Summer Sale; 3.5M total since Akupara), with peak concurrent players rising to 15,500; a ninth‑anniversary livestream announced a new physical collector’s edition and renewed talk of independence from Adult Swim/WB, though Rain World 2 remains unconfirmed.