Fretless: The Wrath of Riffson is an adventure developed by Ritual Studios, released 17 July 2025 on Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Fretless: The Wrath of Riffson is
Fretless: The Wrath of Riffson is an adventure game developed by Ritual Studios and released in 2025. It was published by Klei Entertainment. It is available on Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Play as Rob, a friendly musician trying to restore harmony in an off-tuned world where wacky villains are corrupting music. Rick Riffson, boss of the evil Super Metal Records company, is using the Battle of the Bands contest to extend his hold on every last note, chord, and song by trapping the best musicians with deceptive soul-binding contracts. Embark on an adventure with Rob and his zany rock-loving friend to end SMR's plans. Stay alert during your journey: Riffson’s devilish goons, monster-instrument hybrids, and legendary musical animals will try to get in your way! Explore this musical land to add sick riffs to your deck, and wield your mighty guitar to unleash powerful crescendo…
How it plays
It is played from a auditory perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 22 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Fretless: The Wrath of Riffson holds a critic score of 85 out of 100. That places it above 82% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2025 averaged 78, so it scored 7 points above the year average.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel Core i5-3470, AMD Ryzen 5 1500x, 6 GB RAM and AMD Radeon R9 280, Nvidia GeForce GTX 970. An 6GB memory requirement is modest by current standards; most machines sold in the last five years clear it. Install size is roughly 5GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
Fretless: The Wrath of Riffson launched on 17 July 2025, within three weeks of Mafia: The Old Country, Death Stranding 2: On the Beach, Donkey Kong Bananza and Wuchang: Fallen Feathers. It reviewed better than 2 of the 4.
Released around the same time: Mafia: The Old Country, Death Stranding 2: On the Beach, Donkey Kong Bananza, Wuchang: Fallen Feathers.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Fretless: The Wrath of Riffson yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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