Emotional story and Arthur Morgan
Mentioned in ~1 in 2 positive reviews
“the tale of arthur morgan is tragic yet utterly captivating to follow.”
Steam review · 110 h played ↗
Red Dead Redemption 2
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 93%Very Positive · 93%Rockstar Games2019Shooter · Adventure · Action
The verdict
A widely acclaimed, slow-paced open-world western with an unforgettable story and a living world. Skip it if you dislike slow pacing or can't get past Rockstar's mandatory launcher.
Great for
Patient players who love story-driven, immersive open worlds and getting lost in details
Main risk
Rockstar launcher/account lockouts can leave you unable to play at all
What players love
Living, detailed open world
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“the world feels unreal... like actually alive... random encounters... animals behaving naturally... people reacting to you”
Steam review · 276.4 h played ↗
Stunning graphics and art direction
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“Still one of the best looking games in 2026!”
Steam review · 348.4 h played ↗
Great sound, music and voice acting
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“fantastic soundtrack, wonderful voice acting”
Steam review · 7.9 h played ↗
Immersive slow-paced atmosphere
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“The gold standard when it comes to immersion.”
Steam review · 201.6 h played ↗
Huge amount of content and side activities
Mentioned in ~1 in 12 positive reviews
“you could easily spend hundreds of hours playing and still find new things to discover.”
Steam review · 120.1 h played ↗
What players complain about
Forced Rockstar launcher and account lockouts
Mentioned in ~1 in 2 negative reviews
“Rockstar permanently removed access from playing this game (even offline) because I lost the email connected to the Rockstar account”
Steam review · 36.3 h played ↗
Useless Rockstar support
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“Rockstar support has automatically closed 12 support tickets regarding this problem without giving me an opportunity to provide more information”
Steam review · 0.5 h played ↗
Too slow, boring and cutscene-heavy
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“The boredom and slow pacing is overload, it's unbearable.”
Steam review · 11.4 h played ↗
Hackers and cheaters ruin Online
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“hackers spawn hordes of zombies, skeletons, horses, etc. that just kill you over and over.”
Steam review · 10.1 h played ↗
Crashes, stutter and poor PC optimization
Mentioned in ~1 in 10 negative reviews
“unless you want to test your patience on the game crashing every time it struggles to load a cut scene or loading in between areas.”
Steam review · 3.5 h played ↗
Clunky controls and mechanics
NEW · LAST 30 DAYSMentioned in ~1 in 21 negative reviews
“Gameplay is very clunky, interactions with objects takes ages”
Steam review · 12 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Playable150 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 10 - 64-bit
ProcessorIntel® Core™ i5-2500K / AMD FX-6300
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsNvidia GeForce GTX 770 2GB / AMD Radeon R9 280 3GB
Storage150 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 10 - 64-bit
ProcessorIntel® Core™ i7-4770K / AMD Ryzen 5 1500X
Memory12 GB RAM
GraphicsNvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB / AMD Radeon RX 480 4GB
Storage150 GB available space
OSWindows 10 - 64-bit
ProcessorIntel® Core™ i5-2500K / AMD FX-6300
Memory8 GB RAM
GraphicsNvidia GeForce GTX 770 2GB / AMD Radeon R9 280 3GB
Storage150 GB available space
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