Fun with friends and solo
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“great game to play with friends and is a lot of fun in single player”
Steam review · 68.8 h played ↗
Risk of Rain 2
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 94%Very Positive · 94%Hopoo Games2020Third-Person Shooter · Action Roguelike · Roguelike
The verdict
A chaotic, highly replayable 3D roguelike shooter with huge item stacking, great music and co-op. Skip it if you dislike one-shot deaths or need stable multiplayer.
Great for
Roguelike fans who like build-crafting chaos, great music and co-op runs with friends
Main risk
Unavoidable one-shot deaths, vague mechanics and buggy multiplayer can ruin long runs
What players love
Huge replayability and build variety
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“So many build options and so many viable strategies.”
Steam review · 218.8 h played ↗
Excellent soundtrack
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“The music alone is worth the price of admission”
Steam review · 505.9 h played ↗
Addictive, satisfying power-stacking chaos
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“Nothing beats the feeling of stacking 50+ items and seeing the screen explode with effects as you melt bosses in seconds.”
Steam review · 69.2 h played ↗
Varied survivors and worthwhile DLC
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 positive reviews
“There are quite a lot of characters and all of em are fun”
Steam review · 99.3 h played ↗
Good lore and continued support
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews
“Game continually gets new updates and new content + no paid cosmetics or microtransactions”
Steam review · 211.1 h played ↗
What players complain about
Gearbox/Take-Two ownership, EULA and quality decline
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“The very first thing at the top of the EULA? "Mandatory Arbitration."”
Steam review · 468.5 h played ↗
Multiplayer disconnects, desyncs and no rejoin
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“When someone crashes or disconnects, they're just gone.”
Steam review · 25.9 h played ↗
Repetitive, boring or clunky gameplay
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“The gameplay loop is boring, the upgrades are boring, the levels are boring.”
Steam review · 2.5 h played ↗
Unavoidable one-shots and unfair difficulty
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“in the upper levels you just die and have no idea what killed you”
Steam review · 20.9 h played ↗
Expensive DLC and region lock for Russia
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“Dlcs cost more than the game and just add a couple survivors and maps.”
Steam review · 56.5 h played ↗
Poor explanation, finding teleporter is tedious
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 negative reviews
“the nearly unmarked teleporter which could be anywhere. No maps, no direction indicators.”
Steam review · 2.6 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: PlayableController support4 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 7 or newer, 64-bit
ProcessorIntel Core i3-6100 / AMD FX-8350
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsGTX 580 / AMD HD 7870
Storage4 GB available space
Recommended
OSWindows 7 or newer, 64-bit
ProcessorIntel Core i5-4670K / AMD Ryzen 5 1500X
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsGTX 680 / AMD HD 7970
Storage4 GB available space
OSWindows 7 or newer, 64-bit
ProcessorIntel Core i3-6100 / AMD FX-8350
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsGTX 580 / AMD HD 7870
Storage4 GB available space
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