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'''''Riot''''' is a 2019 [[Indie game|indie video game]] about a riot simulator based on real events. The project started with an Indiegogo campaign in February 2014, which ended in a success. The game was released on December 6, 2017 for [[Steam (service)|Steam]]'s early access.<ref>{{cite web|title=RIOT - Civil Unrest on Steam|url=http://store.steampowered.com/app/342310/RIOT__Civil_Unrest/|website=store.steampowered.com|accessdate=6 December 2017|language=en}}</ref> The director of the game and previously an editor and cinematographer at [[Valve Corporation|Valve]], Leonard Menchiari, has experienced riots personally and the game "Riot" was created as a way to express it and to tell the stories of these events. The player can pick between playing as police or rioters.<ref name=riotgame>{{Cite web|url=http://www.riotgame.org/|title=RIOT|website=www.riotgame.org}}</ref> The game will potentially be released on [[Mac OS X|Mac]], [[Linux]], [[iOS]], and [[Android (operating system)|Android]]. The producers are interested in bringing the game to these platforms, but are currently restricted by their budget.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.riotgame.org/FAQ/|title=All Nektan Casino Sites &#124; RIOT|website=www.riotgame.org}}</ref>

RIOT allows the player to play as both the police and rioting groups. As the police, the game revolves around strategy and planning, with a GUI that adopts a traditional police style. This contrasts the typical gameplay of the rioting group, which is adaptive and responsive, relying on the decisions the police make as opposed to long-term planning, instead relying on fast decision making skills.<ref name="update1">{{Cite web|url=http://www.riotgame.org/blog/?p=17#more-17|title=RIOT &#124; #jointheriot}}</ref> The game includes six main campaigns set in [[Italy]], [[Greece]], [[Spain]] and [[Egypt]].

Other riots set across the world will be available as well as an unlockable.<ref name=riotgame /> Each scenario will have different backgrounds as well as props and police uniforms. activists’ clothing will be procedurally generated.<ref name=riotgame /> Characters will have different stats that change the way they react in different situations, This means people will act in unpredictable ways based on the elements that will happen in each riot.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.riotgame.org/blog/?p=470#more-470|title=RIOT &#124; #jointheriot}}</ref> RIOT is planning to release an in-game level editor, using this players will be able to re-create the riots that are currently going on in the world.<ref name=update1 /> The levels can then be shared with anyone in the world, and can then be rated by others based on quality and historical accuracy.<ref name=riotgame />