Red Dead Redemption 2 ▶ Trailer
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ActionAdventureOpen WorldStory RichWesternMultiplayerRealistic

17,689 playing#57 on Steam by players#57 on Steam

Peak in the last 24 hours: 34,373

Peak in the last 7 days: 43,256

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Game description

Arthur Morgan and the Van der Linde Gang are outlaws on the run. With federal agents and bounty hunters massing on their heels, the gang must rob, steal, and fight their way across the rugged heartland in order to survive.

Basic info

DeveloperRockstar Games
PublisherRockstar Games
PlatformsWindows
Steam DeckPlayable
Release dateDec 5, 2019
Price

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Minimum specs

OSWindows 10 - 64-bit
ProcessorIntel® Core™ i5-2500K / AMD FX-6300
Memory8 GB
GraphicsNvidia GeForce GTX 770 2GB / AMD Radeon R9 280 3GB
Storage150 GB
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Review Analysis Score

Based on 410 reviews from the past 1 year

95.5/ 100
Top 1%

Steam rating: Very Positive (93%)

Metacritic: 93 /100

Review analysis summary (Reviewed Oct 11, 2026)

Story and world are what players talk about most in Red Dead Redemption 2, rated 95.5 from 933,311 Steam reviews; it ranks top 1% of games we analyzed.

👍 Strengths

Story & World ranks 1st of 1096 and appears in 84% of analyzed reviews; 151 praise the story. Visuals & Sound ranks 2nd of 1249, and 98 describe a stunning world with breathtaking landscapes and detail. Many reviews single out Arthur Morgan as one of the most human characters in games. 53 say they enjoy the single player game, and the most upvoted reports no problems with it at all. Content Volume ranks 13th of 1351 and Gameplay 110th of 1396.

👎 Where it falls short

The complaints are small next to the praise. 20 reviews find the controls and animations slow, calling looting and opening drawers tedious, and 13 fault launcher problems and poor support. Others felt overwhelmed early on, or wanted more freedom in moral choices, saying the bounty system punishes them for playing their own way.

Representative reviews Original reviews ↗

“story is one of the best, gameplay amazing” · 151 reviews
“no problems with the single player game at all” · 53 reviews
“graphics and details of the game are amazing” · 32 reviews

How it holds up

−50+5

Controls, difficulty, progression and depth
Mentioned in 46% of reviews · Top 10% of the games we've analyzed

Freedom +3.76 · Room to explore, build, and play your own way
Positive “can lasso people and drag them on horseback without consequences” · 5 reviews
Negative “wanted to kill Dutch but game restricts freedom, wanted to be good but bounty system punishes player” · 7 reviews

Progression 4% · Difficulty 5% · Onboarding 3% · Strategy 7% · Controls & feel 11%

Plot, characters and the world
Mentioned in 84% of reviews · Top 1% of the games we've analyzed

Story +4.68 · Plot, quests, writing, and the ending
Positive “story is one of the best, gameplay amazing” · 151 reviews
Negative “ending spoiled, lost motivation to continue” · 5 reviews

Characters 51% · World 62%

How much there is to do, variety and replay value
Mentioned in 27% of reviews · Top 1% of the games we've analyzed

Volume +4.57 · How much there is to play, including endgame, for the price
Positive “200+ hours on Steam, 700+ on PlayStation, keeps returning for robust experience” · 3 reviews
Negative “online content sometimes feels limited” · 1 review

Variety 9% · Replayability 3%

Graphics, art style, music and sound
Mentioned in 50% of reviews · Top 1% of the games we've analyzed

Visuals +4.75 · Graphics, art style, and animation
Positive “graphics and details of the game are amazing” · 32 reviews

Audio 19%

Playing with others, the community and servers

Not enough data — only 6% of reviews mention this.

Community -1.62 · Who you play with — how many, and how friendly

Playing together 5% · Servers & Connection 1%

Pricing, cheaters, balance and matchmaking
Mentioned in 5% of reviews · Top 50% of the games we've analyzed

Anti-cheat -0.08 · How common cheaters are and how well they're stopped
Negative “modders and cheaters present online, though rare and community helpful” · 5 reviews

Pricing 4% · Balance 0% · Matchmaking 0%

Bugs, performance and developer support
Mentioned in 12% of reviews · Bottom 50% of the games we've analyzed

Developer support -0.18 · Updates, patches, and how devs respond to players
Negative “launcher prevents playing game, cannot refund, broken access” · 13 reviews

Stability 4% · Performance 5%

Grey means too few reviews mention it to trust. — means almost no reviews mention it.

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