Beautiful, immersive open world
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“The graphics are stunning, the atmosphere is unmatched, and character customization adds a personal touch.”
Steam review · 132.2 h played ↗
Red Dead Online
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 83%Very Positive · 83%Rockstar Games2020Shooter · Action · Adventure
The verdict
A gorgeous, atmospheric Wild West online world that is relaxing with friends, but public PC lobbies are overrun by hackers and Rockstar has largely abandoned it. Skip it if you want public-lobby play.
Great for
Players who enjoy relaxed Wild West roleplay, hunting and co-op with friends or private sessions
Main risk
Hackers and griefers in public PC lobbies make the game frustrating or unplayable.
What changed in the last 30 days
49 recent reviews
Recent negative reviews cite hackers ruining sessions, Rockstar account and support lockouts, bugs and freezes, and stingy gold payouts. Reasons are not tied to one update, so confidence is moderate.
49 recent reviews
What players love
Great with friends or in private sessions
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“The game is 1000% better on a private server.”
Steam review · 246.2 h played ↗
Relaxing hunting, fishing and roles
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews
“I can simply get on my horse, ride through the countryside, hunt some animals, admire the scenery and forget that the real world exists for a while.”
Steam review · 178.9 h played ↗
Great for new players and early game
Mentioned in ~1 in 38 positive reviews
“RDO has some of the best begginer fun in a game ive seen”
Steam review · 5.3 h played ↗
What players complain about
Hackers and modders everywhere
Mentioned in ~1 in 2 negative reviews
“Spawn in, immediately teleported and stabbed. Respawn, get boats dropped on you from the sky.”
Steam review · 8.3 h played ↗
Bugs, crashes and server disconnects
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“Paying for a game that constantly crashes and cares little about their users is certainly the Rockstar experience”
Steam review · 37.1 h played ↗
Abandoned by Rockstar, no new content
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“This game hasn't had a major update in years.”
Steam review · 136.5 h played ↗
Launcher, account and Rockstar support problems
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“Lost my email associated with Social Club account and Rockstar support refuses to help me recover my account”
Steam review · 256.4 h played ↗
Heavy grind and costly progression
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 negative reviews
“its just a grind simulator to keep farming money for no reason theres very little to do other than grind.”
Steam review · 187.9 h played ↗
Clunky PC controls
Mentioned in ~1 in 30 negative reviews
“It has terrible, clunky and nonsensical KBM controls that were obviously an afterthought.”
Steam review · 11.6 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 - April 2018 Update (v1803)
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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