Red Dead Redemption 2
What Red Dead Redemption 2 is
Arthur Morgan and the Van der Linde Gang are outlaws on the run.
The opening of its Steam description. The developer's own words.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.
What people say
The slow opening hours are the main reason people complain about gameplay and design in Red Dead Redemption 2, ahead of the honour system and tightly scripted missions.
Written by an LLM from the lead report's counts.Read the reportBefore you buy Red Dead Redemption 2
Written reviews sit close to the store score.
Steam's score counts every review over the game's life; this report reads the reviews in its window, so a recent update or event moves it first.
Reviewers who value story, world and characters praise it, 31% of written reviews, and solo players praise something at 97%. Skip it if bugs and crashes bother you: 3% of written reviews raise them.
Of the people who wrote a review
Watch out for
- Bugs and crashes3%
“Dont buy, the game wont run and crashes on start”
Share of written reviews that raise each one.
Who it suits
- Playing solo196 reviewers; most raised: gameplay and designComplain35%Praise97%
- Relaxing15 reviewers; most raised: performanceComplain7%Praise100%
- Collecting and completing15 reviewers; most raised: bugs and crashesComplain24%Praise79%
Steam reviews over its whole life
934,169 reviews in every language, counted per month by Steam itself.
What Red Dead Redemption 2 reviewers say
One public report on Red Dead Redemption 2 reads 1,935 Steam reviews from the last year. The report “What people complain about and love in 2026” was last updated Oct 29, 2026. Of its 1,935 judged reviewers, 18% complain, 82% praise something, 1% make a request and 1% say they're quitting. The top complaint is gameplay and design at 30% of complaints, then bugs and crashes (18%) and developer and updates (11%). Top praise: story, world and characters, at 37% of praise. Top requests: new feature or option (25%) and more content (19%). Two audience differences stand out. Playing solo: say they're quitting 3.7x as often as everyone (2% vs 1%). New user: say they're quitting 7.7x as often as everyone (5% vs 1%).
One public report on Red Dead Redemption 2. Each title is written by the person who shared it; the line under it says how the reviews were picked.
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