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Risk of Rain 2

Hopoo Games · Gearbox Publishing · 2020-08-11

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ActionIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Mar 28, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Sep 29, 2020 (Google Stadia), Aug 27, 2024 (PlayStation 5), Aug 27, 2024 (Xbox Series X|S), Oct 20, 2020 (Nintendo Switch), Oct 20, 2020 (PlayStation 4)

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.

Risk of Rain 2 is an Action and Indie game released in 2020, priced at $24.99, with an estimated 5,000,000 .. 10,000,000 owners and Very Positive (94% of 352856 reviews).

22,968
playing now
94%
positive of 355k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
5,000,000–10,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
263
twitch viewers (latest)
3.6
viewers/channel (concentration)
87/100
critic score (6 outlets, IGDB)
84/100
IGDB user rating (267 ratings)
4.51★
PlayStation Store rating (12,303 ratings)
86/100
opencritic · mighty · 93% recommend · from 34 critics
44h
to beat · rushed 7.5h · completionist 145h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$24.99
steam price (US)

22,968 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 05:00 UTC (census sample)

Risk of Rain 2 is a 2020 roguelike third-person shooter developed by Hopoo Games and published by Gearbox Publishing. A sequel to 2013's Risk of Rain, it was released in early access for Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One in 2019 before fully releasing in August 2020 with a release for Stadia coming a month later. Versions for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S released in August 2024.

Trailer

Risk of Rain 2 trailer thumbnail

Risk of Rain 2 - Console Launch Cinematic Trailer | PS4

≈1,000,000 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Thriving
  • · 22,968 players in-game right now — a Steam top-100 title.
  • · 11,095 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1,387/week).
  • · Review velocity down 48% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 1% of 27,808 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-10-09

Tier history: cooling→thriving (Oct 9), healthy→cooling (Sep 7)

Estimated sales: 7.1M–16M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 354,956 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$6.24-75%
Fanatical$7.12-72%
Humble Store$8.24-67%

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $4.99 at Humble Store (2026-01-29) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $24.99 · on sale 125 of 166 observed days · $1.25 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
9.9k9.9k20192026Week of 2019-03-01: 5,385 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 160 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 7,220 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 433 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1,650 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 136 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 4,664 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 95 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 4,789 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 71 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 456 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 61 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 710 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 76 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 759 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 6,937 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 6,098 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 135 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 4,300 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 179 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 2,522 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 133 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 2,427 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 68 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 6,176 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 170 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 1,895 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 1,429 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 2,189 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 86 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 9,200 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 612 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 3,833 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 119 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 1,821 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 9,898 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 85 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 2,868 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 93 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 2,840 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 97 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1,690 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 58 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 3,032 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 110 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 2,932 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 121 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1,651 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1,836 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 86 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 2,669 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 125 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1,780 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 84 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 1,420 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1,363 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 3,406 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 130 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 2,428 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 93 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 2,888 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 140 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 2,405 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 80 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 6,795 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 352 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 2,631 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 112 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 1,975 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 95 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 2,828 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 188 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 2,577 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 149 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 1,546 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 1,770 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 121 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 1,183 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 3,075 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 305 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 2,349 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 143 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 3,156 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 196 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1,660 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 85 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 1,849 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 99 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 1,406 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1,174 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 54 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 1,861 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 108 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 3,242 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 176 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1,655 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 74 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 1,416 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1,334 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 70 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 4,657 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 155 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 2,715 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 140 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 2,370 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 111 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1,900 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 82 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 1,867 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 101 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1,786 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 87 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 2,338 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 130 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 2,665 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 394 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 2,904 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 219 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 2,667 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3,265 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 2,711 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1,719 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 1,186 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 177 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 2,125 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 179 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 2,155 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 202 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 1,418 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 129 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 1,650 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 160 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1,555 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 164 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 1,382 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 168 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 2,158 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 281 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1,553 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 445 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 1,813 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 194 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1,482 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 155 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 1,360 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 138 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 1,828 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 203 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 6,840 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 291 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 3,093 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 232 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1,747 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 156 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1,525 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 129 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1,203 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 90 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1,464 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 113 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1,491 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 118 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 1,308 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 95 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1,293 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 116 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1,050 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 78 negativeWeek of 2026-09-01: 945 positiveWeek of 2026-09-01: 77 negativeWeek of 2026-10-01: 879 positiveWeek of 2026-10-01: 72 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

46k2.9k2026-09-15 11:00 — 3,559 players2026-09-19 10:00 — 4,604 players2026-09-23 09:00 — 2,941 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 5,042 players2026-10-01 06:00 — 3,673 players2026-10-05 05:00 — 5,538 players2026-10-09 02:00 — 43,941 players2026-10-09 08:00 — 19,383 players2026-10-09 14:00 — 28,715 players2026-10-09 20:00 — 40,114 players2026-10-10 02:00 — 41,646 players2026-10-10 08:00 — 23,410 players2026-10-10 14:00 — 33,686 players2026-10-10 20:00 — 45,840 players2026-10-11 02:00 — 42,676 players2026-10-11 08:00 — 26,895 players2026-10-11 14:00 — 35,187 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 45,791 players2026-10-12 02:00 — 40,820 players2026-10-12 08:00 — 18,111 players2026-10-12 14:00 — 26,757 players2026-10-12 20:00 — 37,558 players2026-10-13 02:00 — 37,267 players2026-10-13 08:00 — 16,001 players2026-10-13 14:00 — 24,129 players2026-10-13 20:00 — 30,605 players2026-10-14 02:00 — 31,934 players2026-10-14 08:00 — 14,548 players2026-10-14 14:00 — 22,958 players2026-10-14 20:00 — 27,136 players2026-10-15 02:00 — 20,762 players2026-10-15 05:00 — 22,968 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
28k2.7kApr 2019Aug 2026Apr 2019 — avg 21,407 · peak 54,085Jul 2019 — avg 4,491 · peak 9,032Oct 2019 — avg 4,472 · peak 8,592Jan 2020 — avg 7,754 · peak 15,061Apr 2020 — avg 18,431 · peak 64,501Jul 2020 — avg 4,532 · peak 6,344Oct 2020 — avg 5,592 · peak 9,952Jan 2021 — avg 7,121 · peak 12,044Apr 2021 — avg 11,415 · peak 25,375Jul 2021 — avg 6,848 · peak 11,061Oct 2021 — avg 4,591 · peak 7,302Jan 2022 — avg 8,152 · peak 14,096Apr 2022 — avg 13,252 · peak 23,506Jul 2022 — avg 8,942 · peak 13,551Oct 2022 — avg 5,752 · peak 9,088Jan 2023 — avg 10,215 · peak 15,294Apr 2023 — avg 7,176 · peak 11,164Jul 2023 — avg 9,960 · peak 14,860Oct 2023 — avg 6,071 · peak 10,172Jan 2024 — avg 8,474 · peak 15,819Apr 2024 — avg 7,148 · peak 13,617Jul 2024 — avg 8,960 · peak 16,360Oct 2024 — avg 6,146 · peak 10,677Jan 2025 — avg 6,232 · peak 10,836Apr 2025 — avg 6,432 · peak 10,687Jul 2025 — avg 7,256 · peak 11,524Oct 2025 — avg 8,225 · peak 14,598Jan 2026 — avg 8,733 · peak 17,163Apr 2026 — avg 7,009 · peak 12,752Jul 2026 — avg 6,004 · peak 10,550Aug 2026 — avg 5,299 · peak 10,394
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Chart history

#44#722026-10-092026-10-152026-10-09 — #722026-10-10 — #452026-10-11 — #452026-10-12 — #442026-10-13 — #442026-10-14 — #442026-10-15 — #44
Best Steam most-played rank per day (census top-100 snapshots).
PositiveNegative
1911912026-09-212026-10-152026-09-21: 102 new positive2026-09-21: 6 new negative2026-09-25: 25 new positive2026-09-25: 4 new negative2026-09-28: 38 new positive2026-09-28: 8 new negative2026-09-29: 33 new positive2026-09-29: 2 new negative2026-10-01: 37 new positive2026-10-01: 2 new negative2026-10-03: 85 new positive2026-10-03: 2 new negative2026-10-10: 189 new positive2026-10-10: 7 new negative2026-10-11: 176 new positive2026-10-11: 7 new negative2026-10-12: 191 new positive2026-10-12: 4 new negative2026-10-13: 147 new positive2026-10-13: 25 new negative2026-10-14: 120 new positive2026-10-14: 17 new negative2026-10-15: 133 new positive2026-10-15: 6 new negative
New Steam reviews per day (census review snapshots). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$29.99$6.242019-03-292026-10-142019-03-29 — best price $19.992019-09-19 — best price $29.992020-01-23 — best price $15.992020-03-16 — best price $15.992020-05-30 — best price $14.852020-08-24 — best price $17.982020-12-19 — best price $17.482021-02-18 — best price $12.452021-04-05 — best price $22.392021-05-14 — best price $18.742021-07-03 — best price $18.992021-08-18 — best price $12.392021-10-21 — best price $14.992021-12-17 — best price $10.952022-02-14 — best price $13.492022-04-19 — best price $12.492022-06-25 — best price $10.952022-08-14 — best price $10.682022-11-07 — best price $12.492022-12-28 — best price $10.142023-03-13 — best price $9.692023-07-06 — best price $10.142023-10-18 — best price $24.992023-11-28 — best price $12.502024-01-25 — best price $10.502024-03-21 — best price $24.992024-08-27 — best price $8.242025-01-30 — best price $8.242025-04-21 — best price $7.522025-07-19 — best price $24.992025-10-01 — best price $7.182025-11-21 — best price $6.922026-02-05 — best price $8.242026-04-01 — best price $6.952026-05-17 — best price $21.132026-07-09 — best price $8.242026-08-12 — best price $7.262026-10-14 — best price $6.24
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

4691302026-06-02 — 248 pageviews2026-06-06 — 166 pageviews2026-06-10 — 191 pageviews2026-06-14 — 165 pageviews2026-06-18 — 196 pageviews2026-06-22 — 176 pageviews2026-06-26 — 251 pageviews2026-06-30 — 242 pageviews2026-07-04 — 213 pageviews2026-07-08 — 223 pageviews2026-07-12 — 176 pageviews2026-07-16 — 168 pageviews2026-07-20 — 160 pageviews2026-07-24 — 149 pageviews2026-07-28 — 161 pageviews2026-08-01 — 152 pageviews2026-08-05 — 160 pageviews2026-08-09 — 152 pageviews2026-08-13 — 157 pageviews2026-08-17 — 136 pageviews2026-08-21 — 234 pageviews2026-08-25 — 217 pageviews2026-08-29 — 198 pageviews2026-09-02 — 227 pageviews2026-09-06 — 182 pageviews2026-09-10 — 182 pageviews2026-09-14 — 216 pageviews2026-09-18 — 205 pageviews2026-09-22 — 165 pageviews2026-09-26 — 165 pageviews2026-09-30 — 298 pageviews2026-10-04 — 298 pageviews2026-10-08 — 436 pageviews2026-10-12 — 469 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

4.1k02026-10-01 05:34 — 51 viewers2026-10-01 14:34 — 90 viewers2026-10-01 23:34 — 1,543 viewers2026-10-02 08:34 — 14 viewers2026-10-02 17:34 — 103 viewers2026-10-03 02:34 — 116 viewers2026-10-03 11:34 — 82 viewers2026-10-03 20:34 — 42 viewers2026-10-04 05:34 — 104 viewers2026-10-04 14:34 — 745 viewers2026-10-04 23:34 — 239 viewers2026-10-05 08:34 — 14 viewers2026-10-05 17:34 — 395 viewers2026-10-06 02:34 — 193 viewers2026-10-06 11:34 — 27 viewers2026-10-06 20:34 — 29 viewers2026-10-07 05:34 — 85 viewers2026-10-07 14:34 — 13 viewers2026-10-07 23:34 — 217 viewers2026-10-08 08:34 — 39 viewers2026-10-08 17:34 — 1,338 viewers2026-10-09 02:34 — 835 viewers2026-10-09 11:34 — 400 viewers2026-10-09 20:35 — 1,415 viewers2026-10-10 05:34 — 677 viewers2026-10-10 14:34 — 1,308 viewers2026-10-10 23:34 — 1,473 viewers2026-10-11 08:34 — 199 viewers2026-10-11 17:34 — 302 viewers2026-10-12 02:34 — 619 viewers2026-10-12 11:34 — 115 viewers2026-10-12 20:34 — 1,000 viewers2026-10-13 05:34 — 455 viewers2026-10-13 14:34 — 169 viewers2026-10-13 23:34 — 900 viewers2026-10-14 08:34 — 162 viewers2026-10-14 17:34 — 362 viewers2026-10-15 02:34 — 362 viewers2026-10-15 04:34 — 263 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
90.6%
earned "Elite Slayer"
47.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsAdjustable Text SizeCamera Comfort7 DLC

11 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Turkish

Post-launch support: 7 DLC released, first 2020-08-11, latest 2025-11-18 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)137,4701%171
PS4 (PlayStation)17,6241%44
PS5 (PlayStation)12,8132%44
Xbox One (Xbox)11,2521%43
Switch (Nintendo)6590%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

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

Player tags

LootCo-opIndieActionShooterDifficultRogue-likeRogue-liteMultiplayerOnline Co-Op

Census log

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

Recent updates

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Similarity via IGDB.

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