Ricochet will reveal to you a life which you have never lived, a ship you have never sailed, and a plane you have never flown. Ricochet, released in 2000, has remained as such a legacy in the gaming community that Valve has never bothered following it up with a sequel as they know that nothing could triumph over this classic. In this guide, you will learn how to attain and play this legenedary video game and how to become champion of not just the game, but the entire world.

Ricochet can be located on the Steam Store by searching "Ricochet" and selecting the game corresponding to the images above. The store page gives you a sneak peak at what the game will be like through multiple screenshots to help you determing whether this is a game that you would be interested in purchasing or not. This page also gives you more details such as computer specification requirements and supported languages to help you determing if you would be capable of playing the game. The full price for acquiring this game in United States Dollars is $4.99. This game may also be attained through various packs, such as the Valve Pack, which bundle this game with many others and sell them at a discounted price. Additionally, this game typically during a store wide Steam sale will have 80% of its price taken off, subsequently reducing it to $0.99 in United States Dollars. If you do not have the patience, however, of waiting until a Steam sale to purchase this masterpiece, buying it at full price would be your best option.

At this point in the guide, you have successfully purchased the game and downloaded it. Upon opening the game for the first time, you will be greeted to the following options:
"Find Server" allows you to locate public and private servers online to play with others. However, to access private servers, you must know the required password to gain access. "Create Server" allows you to host your own game and open it up to friends or others. "Options" allows you to alter various aspects of the game if you find it needed to do so. "Quit" will exit the game for you once you are done with the game, if you ever do. Lastly, the Ricochet logo is located at the bottom of the screen. Upon clicking it, your options will reload.

The controls of the game can be altered in the options setting. The most important controls pertain to movement and throwing your disc. The default controls are arguably the most sufficient. The keybinds for movement should be set to WASD for up, left, down, and right respectively. The left mouse button should correspond to "Throw Disc" while the right mouse button should link with "Throw Decapitator Disc."

What gives Ricochet its vast accessability is undoubtedly its ease of strategy. Tactics of the game are easy to master, such as staying or landing on the platforms only and knocking opponents off of the map. When confronted with an enemy, the best strategy you should employ is to target them directly if no barrier or height difference is preventing you from doing so and throwing a disc at them to knock them off of the map. However, if you are located near you opponent, must likely by being on the same platform, a common strategy is to utilize your decapicator disc to instantly kill your opponent. To stay alive, make sure to dodge opposing discs while also taking caution of your stability relative to the boundaries of your platform.

If you have read through the entire guide, you should now have the expertise to destroy your opponents at this heavily strategized game. It might not be uncommon to find no one playing on any of the servers of the game at a given period of time as it would be common sense to fear an opponent like you who has read through this eloquent guide on the game. Now that you have completed this guide, you must now play Ricochet and exhibit your new mastery in the art of the game.