Risk of Rain 2
What Risk of Rain 2 is
Escape a chaotic alien planet by fighting through hordes of frenzied monsters – with your friends, or on your own.
The sentence of its Steam description that best says what it is, picked by Jev. The developer's own words.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.
What people say
Players who hit difficulty describe being dropped in without a tutorial, a steep learning curve and a director that spikes enemy spawns, and friends playing together struggle to connect.
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Of the people who wrote a review
Watch out for
- Difficulty6%
“NO TUTORIAL NOTHING AT ALL, THIS GAME JUST THROWS YOU TO PLAY AND FIGURE IT OUT WHILE EVERYTHING IS DAMAGING YOU LIKE WTF.”
Share of written reviews that raise each one.
Who it suits
- Playing with friends224 reviewers; most raised: servers and connectionComplain28%Praise90%
- Relaxing41 reviewers; most raised: difficultyComplain20%Praise95%
- Collecting and completing34 reviewers; most raised: difficultyComplain32%Praise95%
Steam reviews over its whole life
356,676 reviews in every language, counted per month by Steam itself.
What Risk of Rain 2 reviewers say
One public report on Risk of Rain 2 reads 2,165 Steam reviews from Aug 1, 2026 to Oct 14, 2026. The report “Risk of Rain 2 and Hallowed Concepts: do players trust a new DLC after 2024?” was last updated Oct 14, 2026. Of its 2,165 judged reviewers, 22% complain, 71% praise something and 2% make a request. The top complaint is difficulty at 23% of complaints, then gameplay and design (7%) and bugs and crashes (10%). Top praise: gameplay is fun, at 23% of praise. Top requests: new feature or option (39%) and more content (20%). Two audience differences stand out. Under 2 hours: say they're quitting 17.3x as often as everyone (5% vs under 1%). New user: say they're quitting 24.7x as often as everyone (7% vs under 1%).
One public report on Risk of Rain 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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