RIOT: Civil Unrest

Leonard Menchiari IV Productions Ivan Venturi Productions · Silver Lining Interactive

Released: Feb 12, 2019
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Last updated: 13 Sep 2026, 07:06 GMT

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26 Nov 2020Strategy Gamer
Bold RTS Riot: Civil Unrest explores the politics and humanity behind real-world protests
Five years ago, Leonard Menchiari found himself facing a line of heavily armoured police. The encounter took place at the NO-TAV riots in Val Susa, Italy, where Menchiari - formerly an editor and cinematographer at Valve - stood alongside fellow environmentalists and other upset
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19 Apr 2019Developer post
New levels: Protests of '68
Hello everybody! Here we are again to tell you that 5 new levels are available in the Steam Workshop! They are all based in 1968. Obviously, we are talking about this: Protests of 1968 on Wikipedia These levels were all produced by students of Accademia delle Belle Arti di Bologn
Hello everybody!
Here we are again to tell you that 5 new levels are available in the Steam Workshop!
They are all based in 1968. Obviously, we are talking about this:
Protests of 1968 on Wikipedia
These levels were all produced by students of Accademia delle Belle Arti di Bologna (Art Academy of Bologna).
So, thanks to:

ELENA MAZZUCCATO (Tlatelolco massacre, Mexico)
MI-CHIAMO-Z (Battle of Statale Milan, Italy)
TOMMASO BONETTI (Sorbonne riots, France)
ANDREA MALVEZZI (Columbia University riots, USA)
MARCO SESSA (Valle Giulia in Rome, Italy)
and to Kyle Morena for editing these levels.
Enjoy and RIOT ON!
Ivan
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04 Mar 2019Developer post
March update including Sci-Fi level now live
Following the full release of RIOT: Civil Unrest last month, the team has been busy working on tightening up the code even more. The latest build features the following changes / fixes / updates: Fixed police units getting stuck when arresting rioters Fix of "automatic optimizati
Following the full release of RIOT: Civil Unrest last month, the team has been busy working on tightening up the code even more. The latest build features the following changes / fixes / updates:

Fixed police units getting stuck when arresting rioters
Fix of "automatic optimization" sampling system
Various minor bug fixes
New Sci-Fi level released on the workshop
Please keep the feedback coming. For bug reports, post here. For suggestions, post here.
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13 Feb 2019Rock, Paper, Shotgun
RIOT: Civil Unrest has erupted out of early access
Yum. What a delicious beverage you have served me. Thank you sir. Oh wait. This beverage appears to be on fire. And also I am on fire. It was one of those flaming beverages, wasn t it? Thought so. I m an expert on such riot related things, you see, because I ve been reading the S
12 Feb 2019Developer post
RIOT: Civil Unrest full release version 1.0 out now
I've pressed the button and RIOT: Civil Unrest full release version 1.0 is out now. Download and play the new levels by grabbing them through the Steam Workshop. The developers have created new scenarios and are working on more. Try these to start with - Hamburg, Germany – G20 Ro
I've pressed the button and RIOT: Civil Unrest full release version 1.0 is out now.
Download and play the new levels by grabbing them through the Steam Workshop. The developers have created new scenarios and are working on more. Try these to start with -

Hamburg, Germany – G20 Rote Flora
Mashhad, Iran – Shohahad Square protests
Buenos Aires, Argentina – Financial reform protests
Rhineland, Germany - Ende Gelände movement, mining protests
Paris, France – Yellow Vests protest
Fantasy – Orks vs Knights
Of course, you could dive straight in and create your own levels. The Steam Workshop Editor is feature rich and includes:

Name your riot, create a description of the event and add many other details ( where, when, links etc. )
Add your images to backgrounds
Place and edit sprites from a library with more than 700 objects
Add lights, vehicles, particles effects and filters
Customise the characters skins, clothes and gears
Set the Gameplay rules defining the rebels and police teams and the objective.
Share it on Steam Workshop!
The team have been working on a number of updates and fixes. Of course, they'll keep working on more. If you have any issues, please post your findings in this thread - reporting issues. We already know there are issues with the fire and the team are working on a hot fix right now (no pun intended).

Added "automatic optimization" options in the main menu. It will adjust the quality settings and physics quality based on your fps.- NOTE: If you're experiencing poor performance drop your settings.
Fixed frame rate drop that happened by changing teams repeatedly
Optimized tear gas smoke fx, especially at low quality settings
Optimized spry gas fx
Optimized chorus fx
Fixed some problems that could trigger or crash a level (at start or after the victory)
Fixed video and images size in the wiki section
Fixed the mouse wheel navigation in the wiki section
Fixed various performance issue
Added FPS cap in game menus
Fixed some bugs with incorrectly initialized launchable objects, which could lead to some gameplay errors
Fixed various bugs in the tutorial
Fixed japanese translation
Added back the missing firecracker sfx
Fixed wrong font size after changing language in options menu
Fixed the disappearance of the UI in some levels
Fixed some in-game-popups that remained in play without disappearing
Languages update - RIOT: Civil Unrest now supports English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Japanese, simplified Chinese and Russian.
RIOT ON!
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28 Jan 2019Developer post
RIOT: Civil Unrest preparing for full release - 12 February 2019
RIOT: Civil Unrest will officially leave Early Access on Tuesday February 12th will see the full release of v1.0 of the game. We will be increasing the game’s price to $16.99 / €16.99 / £12.99 – thank you to everyone who supported us in Early Access. Last minute circumstances has
RIOT: Civil Unrest will officially leave Early Access on Tuesday February 12th will see the full release of v1.0 of the game. We will be increasing the game’s price to $16.99 / €16.99 / £12.99 – thank you to everyone who supported us in Early Access.
Last minute circumstances has meant we have had to push the day back by a week until 12th February 2019. Thank you for your patience.
Included in the release will be six new levels (with a Sci-Fi level to follow later). The six new challenges have been put together by the team at IVP using the game’s level editor. The locations have been taken from recent clashes as well as showing the versatility of the editor to completely change the look and feel of the game with the Fantasy and forthcoming Sci-Fi levels.
New Levels

Hamburg, Germany – G20 Rote Flora
Mashhad, Iran – Shohahad Square protests
Buenos Aires, Argentina – Financial reform protests
Rhineland, Germany - Ende Gelände movement, mining protests
Paris, France – Yellow Vests protest
Fantasy – Orks vs Knights
Thanks to everyone who has been testing the level editor out in its beta format. The team have been working hard to integrate your suggestions and fix any issues with the editor. The feature list looks like this:

Name your riot, create a description of the event and add many other details ( where, when, links etc. )
Add your images to backgrounds
Place and edit sprites from a library with more than 700 objects
Add lights, vehicles, particles effects and filters
Customise the characters skins, clothes and gears
Set the Gameplay rules defining the rebels and police teams and the objective.
Share it on Steam Workshop!

Finally, here’s a list of updates and fixes that will go into the release version of RIOT: Civil Unrest. The team are still working so expect even more when we launch on February 5th.

Added "automatic optimization" options in the main menu. It will adjust the quality settings and physics quality based on your fps.
Fixed frame rate drop that happened by changing teams repeatedly
Optimized tear gas smoke fx, especially at low quality settings
Optimized spry gas fx
Optimized chorus fx
Fixed some problems that could trigger or crash a level (at start or after the victory)
Fixed video and images size in the wiki section
Fixed the mouse wheel navigation in the wiki section
Fixed various performance issue
Added FPS cap in game menus
Fixed some bugs with incorrectly initialized launchable objects, which could lead to some gameplay errors
Fixed various bugs in the tutorial
Fixed japanese translation
Added back the missing firecracker sfx
Fixed wrong font size after changing language in options menu
Fixed the disappearance of the UI in some levels
Fixed some in-game-popups that remained in play without disappearing
Join the revolution - Tuesday 12th February
RIOT ON!
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25 Jan 2019Developer post
It's about to kick-off! We'll be lighting the blue touch paper soon.
Join the Revolution! But do it soon. Riot: Civil Unrest is set to come out of Early Access in February. Be sure to check in on Monday to find out what's planned. In the meantime be sure to take a look at the new trailer on the store page. Have a great weekend. RIOT ON! Don't forg
21 Dec 2018Developer post
Core Game Update & Beta Level Editor Available Now
The RIOT team have been busy working on updates and fixes to the core game. These include: OPTIMIZATIONS & STABILITY Several low-level changes should improve CPU, GPU and memory performances and gain stability. Several minor bug fixes GAMEPLAY & BALANCING Changes in Battl
The RIOT team have been busy working on updates and fixes to the core game. These include:
OPTIMIZATIONS & STABILITY

Several low-level changes should improve CPU, GPU and memory performances and gain stability.
Several minor bug fixes
GAMEPLAY & BALANCING

Changes in Battle of the Camel level balancing and collisions
Tweaked global mode levels balancing for a better progression
Solved several units navigation bugs
Small changes to gamepad control system
As promised the BETA version of the Level Editor is+ also available for you+ to experiment with. As it’s the first time we’ve let you lose on the editor there will undoubtedly be some issues you come across. Please be sure to reach out and tell us your findings and thoughts.
LEVEL EDITOR & STEAMWORKSHOP SUPPORT

Brand new level editor
Level editor include also a character customization tool
Full steam workshop implementation
Upload and share your levels with the community
The team will continue to work on both the core game and editor over the next few weeks. We’ve got some exciting new content to share with you too. Keep an eye open for more announcements in January. In the meantime, the RIOT team and everyone at Merge Games would like to wish you all Happy Holidays and we’ll return in the new year.
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14 Dec 2018Developer post
RIOT EDITOR: Character customization
Hello everybody!!! Here is Ivan from IVP, working hard with Z4G0 and Triggy on the editor, with Kyle (our internal supertester) who tests the game and also captured this video for you! (sorry for the youtube link but Steam had problems with uploading the video... F****!!!!) You c
12 Dec 2018Developer post
FIRST LOOK – The RIOT: Civil Unrest Editor
The team at IVP has been busily working on the RIOT: Civil Unrest level editor. They are currently testing it internally with a view to letting you get your hands on the editor next week (December 21st)! As you can see from the video, it’s a powerful tool. Every aspect of the gam
17 Sep 2018Developer post
UPDATE! - 17th Sept 2018
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31 Jul 2018Developer post
NEW UPDATE - 31/07/2018
Hey Everyone! We've got a new update to bring you with some more improvements. Here's a list of the fixes and additions for this build: Added localisations for 'Global Mode' Fixed a bug that could unlock all of the 'Global Mode' contents when starting with a clean save Fixed some
Hey Everyone!
We've got a new update to bring you with some more improvements.
Here's a list of the fixes and additions for this build:

Added localisations for 'Global Mode'
Fixed a bug that could unlock all of the 'Global Mode' contents when starting with a clean save
Fixed some compatability issues that resulted in a fullscreen purple flash
Fixed a graphical error when using the 'Choir' skill on older graphics cards
Fixed some graphical issues on Mac
Fixed a bug that could glitch the custom menu when removing all Police teams
Fixed journalist photos memory handling
Optimized several shaders for older DirectX versions
Optimized memory for pool handling & for grabbable objects on the ground
Russian language and Simplified Chinese language options are currently being added to the game and will be coming soon!
Thanks for playing and...
RIOT ON!
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03 Jul 2018Developer post
Update! - 3rd July 2018
Hey everyone! Here's the latest update. All of the details for the update are listed below. GLOBAL MODE New cutscenes added in-game in all levels (work-in-progress for camera movement) Added interlude scenes between levels (how your actions impact the whole world) New end-level s
Hey everyone!
Here's the latest update. All of the details for the update are listed below.
GLOBAL MODE

New cutscenes added in-game in all levels (work-in-progress for camera movement)
Added interlude scenes between levels (how your actions impact the whole world)
New end-level screen
Some specific levels are now better balanced
Prepared build for additional localisation - coming soon!
GENERAL

The crowd now groups around the leader only when the team is controlled by the player, to get a more realistic crowd behaviour instead of single, isolated groups
Fixed bugs that blocked the start of some levels while using certain combinations of equipment / special characters
Fixed some riot crowd phisycs bugs, in some moments it was creating a force too high compared to the previewed one
Italian text review (still working)
General bugfixing
BATTLE OF THE CAMELS

Level balance strongly modified, the previous one was totally on the rioters side
Fixed camel men animations, who sometimes fell down instead of attacking
NOTE
A lot of you guys asked us to be able to use the items you unlock in the global mode in the rest of the game. We are considering that and we'll try to do it in the next updates -but very cautiously to avoid breaking everyone's saved games!
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04 Jun 2018Developer post
HOTFIX UPDATE - 4th June 2018
Hello everyone! Following the recent release of Global Mode, we've got an additional hot fix update. For more information on what's been changed, check out the list below: Fixed "NEXT" button broken when you finish the last global mode level Fixed military and political score syn
Hello everyone!
Following the recent release of Global Mode, we've got an additional hot fix update.
For more information on what's been changed, check out the list below:

Fixed "NEXT" button broken when you finish the last global mode level
Fixed military and political score sync when you unlock a new level
Implemented difficulty progression:
LVLs 1-4 (4) TOO EASY
LVLs 5-12 (8) EASY
LVLs 13-23 (11) NORMAL
LVLs 24-30 (7) HARD
LVLs 31-33 (3) TOO HARD
Fixed NOTAV_1 DATA xml (removing hand grenades and an unexpected Santa Claus xD)
Fixed missing labels in in-game objectives tips
Don't forget to let us know what you think of the new Global Mode!
Kind Regards
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30 May 2018Developer post
GLOBAL MODE BETA UPDATE!!!
Here we are! The new update is live! Global is the brand new game mode. We’ve designed it to meet many of your suggestions regarding the game’s length and to negate the confusion that some of you occasionally experienced with the current campaign mode. We absolutely expect the ga
25 May 2018Developer post
GLOBAL MODE PART TWO and HALF
Hi everybody! We already told about it: This is a little taste: *** ADVICE: DON'T DO IT AT HOME *** As riots often remember us the middleage clashes, we thought that it would be interesting to have something like this: Swords and armours! And there is much more: ...and many other
16 May 2018Developer post
GLOBAL MODE ARRIVING!... part two!
A lot of work, guys! We're near! Enjoy all this stuff that Triggy is cooking for you! RIOT OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOON!
10 May 2018Developer post
GLOBAL MODE ARRIVING...
We're working hard on completing the global mode mechanics and testing them. You'll have the chance to change world history, and sometimes you will unlock very special items... RIOT ON!

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RIOT ON!