Risk of Rain 2 ▶ Trailer
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ActionIndieThird-Person ShooterAction RoguelikeMultiplayerCo-opRoguelike

5,884 playing

Peak in the last 24 hours: 12,339

Peak in the last 7 days: 16,486

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Game description

Escape a chaotic alien planet by fighting through hordes of frenzied monsters – with your friends, or on your own. Combine loot in surprising ways and master each character until you become the havoc you feared upon your first crash landing.

Basic info

DeveloperHopoo Games
PublisherGearbox Publishing, 2K
PlatformsWindows
Steam DeckPlayable
Release dateAug 11, 2020
Price

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Minimum specs

OSWindows 7 or newer, 64-bit
ProcessorIntel Core i3-6100 / AMD FX-8350
Memory4 GB
GraphicsGTX 580 / AMD HD 7870
Storage4 GB
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Review Analysis Score

Based on 384 reviews from the past 1 year

87.4/ 100
Top 30%

Steam rating: Very Positive (94%)

Metacritic: 85 /100

Review analysis summary (Reviewed Oct 13, 2026)

Beating bosses with friends is the fun 135 reviews describe in Risk of Rain 2, which scores 87.4, top 30% of the games we analyzed.

👍 Strengths

Content Volume ranks 39th of 1351. 43 reviews praise its replay value, some saying every run differs thanks to artifacts, characters and bosses, and 35 praise the soundtrack, which the most upvoted calls phenomenal. Multiplayer ranks 142nd of 642, and players love creative item synergies. Gameplay ranks 346th of 1396 and Visuals & Sound 344th of 1249. Players also say it is even better with friends.

👎 Where it falls short

32 reviews find navigation confusing, some saying finding the portal takes too much searching, and 31 describe unfair difficulty spikes. 22 raise value and fairness concerns, some objecting to the publisher's user agreement and the loss of legal rights, and others raise concerns about data collection. Some report latency and desync in multiplayer that has lasted for years. Several of the strongest complaints are about the publisher's terms rather than the game itself.

Representative reviews Original reviews ↗

“fun gameplay with friends defeating bosses together” · 135 reviews
“every run different with artifacts, characters, bosses, looping, eclipse” · 43 reviews
“phenomenal soundtrack perfectly captures the game's feeling” · 35 reviews

How it holds up

−50+5

Controls, difficulty, progression and depth
Mentioned in 51% of reviews · Top 30% of the games we've analyzed

Strategy +4.06 · Depth of builds, tactics, and meaningful choices
Positive “creative synergies like syringe and ukulele on commando” · 28 reviews
Negative “limited item synergies compared to Isaac, only basic stat upgrades” · 2 reviews

Progression 12% · Difficulty 20% · Onboarding 14% · Freedom 3% · Controls & feel 5%

Plot, characters and the world
Mentioned in 14% of reviews · Top 40% of the games we've analyzed

World +3.10 · Lore, atmosphere, and how immersive the setting is
Positive “beautiful environments with divine soundtrack and emotional atmosphere” · 2 reviews

Story 6% · Characters 4%

How much there is to do, variety and replay value
Mentioned in 41% of reviews · Top 5% of the games we've analyzed

Replayability +4.41 · Reasons to play again — runs, randomness, New Game+
Positive “every run different with artifacts, characters, bosses, looping, eclipse” · 43 reviews
Negative “game feels complete after one playthrough with limited replay value” · 2 reviews

Volume 14% · Variety 10%

Graphics, art style, music and sound
Mentioned in 28% of reviews · Top 30% of the games we've analyzed

Audio +4.18 · Music, sound effects, and voice acting
Positive “phenomenal soundtrack perfectly captures the game's feeling” · 35 reviews
Negative “music makes you want to turn it all the way up” · 1 review

Visuals 13%

Playing with others, the community and servers
Mentioned in 36% of reviews · Top 30% of the games we've analyzed

Playing together +3.04 · Fun of playing with friends, teammates, or rivals
Positive “even better with friends, fun multiplayer experience” · 29 reviews
Negative “multiplayer has gear imbalance, snowball effect, poor team experience” · 9 reviews

Community 2% · Servers & Connection 6%

Pricing, cheaters, balance and matchmaking
Mentioned in 17% of reviews · Top 50% of the games we've analyzed

Balance -0.07 · Whether classes, weapons, and builds are evenly matched
Negative “DLC characters vastly overpowered compared to base game characters” · 8 reviews
Positive “progresses from rat killing to intergalactic crab boss, showing good balance variety” · 2 reviews

Anti-cheat 0% · Pricing 12% · Matchmaking 0%

Bugs, performance and developer support
Mentioned in 21% of reviews · Top 40% of the games we've analyzed

Developer support +0.06 · Updates, patches, and how devs respond to players
Positive “developers fixed issues from previous patch” · 1 review
Negative “Take-Two EULA collects extensive personal data and sells it” · 15 reviews

Stability 6% · Performance 7%

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

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