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Red Dead Online

Rockstar Games · 2020-12-01

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ActionAdventure

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Jun 21, 2021 (Xbox Series X|S), Dec 01, 2020 (Xbox One), May 15, 2019 (PlayStation 4), Nov 05, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 19, 2019 (Google Stadia)

Step into the vibrant, ever-evolving world of Red Dead Online and experience life in frontier America. Chase down bounties, battle outlaw gangs and other players, hunt, fish and trade, search for exotic treasures, run Moonshine, and much more to discover in a world of astounding depth and detail.

573
playing now
83%
positive of 69k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
2,000,000–5,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
71/100
IGDB user rating (31 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$19.99
steam price (US)

573 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 01:00 UTC (census sample)

Red Dead Online is a 2019 action-adventure game developed and published by Rockstar Games as the online component of Red Dead Redemption 2. After several months in beta, it was released for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in May 2019, and for Windows and Stadia in November 2019. A standalone client for the game was released in December 2020. In Red Dead Online, players control a customizable silent protagonist who is freed from prison after being framed for murder, and tasked with taking revenge in exchange for proving their innocence. Set in 1898, one year before the events of Red Dead Redemption 2, the game comprises story missions where up to four players can complete tasks to advance the narrative, as well as various side missions and events.

Trailer

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Red Dead Online

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Health check

Healthy
  • · 573 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 1,808 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~226/week).
  • · Review velocity down 15% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (9,026 reviews).
  • · Top 3% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 1.4M–3.1M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 69,372 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.24 at Humble Store (2020-12-10)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 24 of 46 observed days · $18.75 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
7.4k7.4k20202026Week of 2020-12-01: 7,354 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1,672 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 3,969 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 819 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 3,047 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 661 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 1,256 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 261 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 877 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 164 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1,008 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 170 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 891 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 188 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1,681 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 346 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1,147 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 207 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1,345 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 228 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 907 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 166 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 4,465 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 407 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 1,202 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 216 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 1,291 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 262 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 799 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 148 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 808 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 163 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 767 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 131 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 787 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 135 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 645 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 93 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 824 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 201 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 584 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 109 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 601 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 152 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 605 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 98 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 783 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 105 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 790 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 133 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 929 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 173 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 652 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 144 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 556 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 115 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 434 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 112 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 543 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 119 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 523 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 146 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 560 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 138 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 582 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 133 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 383 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 84 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 413 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 101 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 757 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 154 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 531 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 269 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 622 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 441 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 385 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 104 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 414 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 86 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 447 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 108 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 401 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 97 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 296 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 84 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 343 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 99 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 368 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 142 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 244 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 87 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 251 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 77 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 251 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 380 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 77 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 330 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 84 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 284 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 305 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 60 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 210 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 268 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 198 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 270 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 74 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 193 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 179 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 180 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 210 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 198 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 218 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 173 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 196 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 151 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 162 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 167 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 178 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 36 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 137 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 29 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

1.0k3232026-08-06 21:00 — 863 players2026-08-07 05:00 — 504 players2026-08-07 13:00 — 572 players2026-08-07 21:00 — 833 players2026-08-08 05:00 — 520 players2026-08-08 13:00 — 640 players2026-08-08 21:00 — 935 players2026-08-09 05:00 — 517 players2026-08-09 13:00 — 773 players2026-08-09 21:00 — 1,025 players2026-08-10 05:00 — 422 players2026-08-10 13:00 — 602 players2026-08-10 21:00 — 809 players2026-08-11 05:00 — 403 players2026-08-11 13:00 — 611 players2026-08-12 21:00 — 739 players2026-08-14 04:00 — 366 players2026-08-15 12:00 — 511 players2026-08-16 20:00 — 896 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 434 players2026-08-19 11:00 — 364 players2026-08-20 19:00 — 680 players2026-08-22 02:00 — 477 players2026-08-23 10:00 — 424 players2026-08-24 17:00 — 649 players2026-08-26 01:00 — 637 players2026-08-27 09:00 — 323 players2026-08-28 17:00 — 653 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 573 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$19.99$1.242020-12-012026-08-292020-12-01 — best price $4.992021-04-30 — best price $14.992021-07-08 — best price $19.992021-08-13 — best price $10.002021-09-23 — best price $19.992021-10-28 — best price $9.992021-11-24 — best price $9.992021-12-22 — best price $9.992022-01-27 — best price $9.992022-03-22 — best price $19.992022-05-24 — best price $19.992022-07-04 — best price $9.992022-07-27 — best price $8.602022-08-24 — best price $8.602022-09-30 — best price $19.992022-10-24 — best price $8.602022-11-18 — best price $9.992022-12-16 — best price $9.992023-02-07 — best price $19.992023-03-24 — best price $9.992023-05-06 — best price $19.992023-06-26 — best price $19.992023-11-20 — best price $19.992024-02-12 — best price $19.992024-05-27 — best price $19.992024-09-16 — best price $9.992024-12-04 — best price $19.992025-02-24 — best price $19.992025-06-12 — best price $19.992025-08-14 — best price $9.992025-10-23 — best price $9.992025-12-15 — best price $9.992026-02-23 — best price $19.992026-04-24 — best price $9.992026-07-16 — best price $9.992026-08-29 — best price $19.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Details

WindowsMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsIn-App PurchasesPartial Controller SupportRemote Play on PhoneRemote Play on Tablet

12 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America, Traditional Chinese

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

PvPCo-opActionHorsesShooterWesternAdventureRealisticOpen WorldStory Rich

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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