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Risk of Rain (2013) cover art

Risk of Rain (2013)

Hopoo Games · Gearbox Publishing · 2013-11-08

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionIndieRPG

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Nov 08, 2013 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 30, 2019 (Xbox One), Oct 28, 2014 (Linux), Apr 12, 2016 (PlayStation 4), Oct 28, 2014 (Mac), Sep 20, 2018 (Nintendo Switch)

Risk of Rain is an action platformer with roguelike elements. With permanent death as a primary feature, players will have to play their best to get as far as possible. Fight on a mysterious planet with randomly spawning enemies and bosses, either alone or with 3 friends in online co-op.

Risk of Rain (2013) is an Action, Indie and RPG game released in 2013, priced at $1.99, with an owner estimate of 500,000 .. 1,000,000 and a review sentiment of Very Positive (93% of 29832 reviews).

27
playing now
93%
positive of 30k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
85/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
77/100
IGDB user rating (169 ratings)
4.68★
PlayStation Store rating (3,682 ratings)
19h
to beat · rushed 3h · completionist 57h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$1.99
steam price (US)

27 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Risk of Rain is a 2013 roguelike platform game developed by Hopoo Games. Initially made by a two-student team from the University of Washington using the GameMaker engine, the game was funded through Kickstarter before being released on Microsoft Windows in November 2013. Ports for OS X and Linux versions were released a year later, with console versions being released in the later half of the 2010s.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 27 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 210 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~26/week).
  • · Review velocity down 20% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 3% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.2M–2.4M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 29,831 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$2.49-75%
GOG$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $1.69 at Fanatical (2026-06-19) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 20 of 82 observed days · $0.80 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
39039020182026Week of 2018-01-01: 98 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 40 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 390 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 64 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 323 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 301 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 173 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 193 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 132 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 96 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 130 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 93 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 82 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 90 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 68 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 97 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 49 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2992026-09-15 12:00 — 20 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 15 players2026-09-18 04:00 — 12 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 10 players2026-09-20 19:00 — 17 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 18 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 12 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 15 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 17 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 14 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 13 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 9 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 13 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 21 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 22 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 22 players2026-10-06 14:00 — 16 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 18 players2026-10-09 05:00 — 14 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 25 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 24 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 19 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 27 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1.9k15Nov 2013Aug 2026Nov 2013 — avg 1,859 · peak 4,179Mar 2014 — avg 502 · peak 1,230Jul 2014 — avg 877 · peak 2,247Nov 2014 — avg 1,650 · peak 4,200Mar 2015 — avg 455 · peak 883Jul 2015 — avg 467 · peak 721Nov 2015 — avg 404 · peak 1,039Mar 2016 — avg 434 · peak 716Jul 2016 — avg 501 · peak 996Nov 2016 — avg 290 · peak 483Mar 2017 — avg 308 · peak 556Jul 2017 — avg 380 · peak 721Nov 2017 — avg 255 · peak 604Mar 2018 — avg 220 · peak 354Jul 2018 — avg 408 · peak 1,277Nov 2018 — avg 378 · peak 1,531Mar 2019 — avg 228 · peak 934Jul 2019 — avg 207 · peak 373Nov 2019 — avg 105 · peak 199Mar 2020 — avg 124 · peak 212Jul 2020 — avg 122 · peak 224Nov 2020 — avg 78 · peak 127Mar 2021 — avg 80 · peak 141Jul 2021 — avg 102 · peak 204Nov 2021 — avg 92 · peak 165Mar 2022 — avg 98 · peak 183Jul 2022 — avg 76 · peak 142Nov 2022 — avg 54 · peak 95Mar 2023 — avg 81 · peak 176Jul 2023 — avg 124 · peak 276Nov 2023 — avg 95 · peak 183Mar 2024 — avg 29 · peak 60Jul 2024 — avg 28 · peak 58Nov 2024 — avg 23 · peak 54Mar 2025 — avg 24 · peak 46Jul 2025 — avg 23 · peak 47Nov 2025 — avg 22 · peak 53Mar 2026 — avg 15 · peak 32Jul 2026 — avg 17 · peak 42Aug 2026 — avg 16 · peak 41
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$9.99$1.692015-01-012026-10-142015-01-01 — best price $6.692015-05-08 — best price $4.992015-06-12 — best price $2.492015-07-11 — best price $9.992015-09-11 — best price $2.492015-11-25 — best price $2.492016-01-22 — best price $9.992016-05-10 — best price $3.392016-07-08 — best price $9.992016-11-14 — best price $9.992017-05-26 — best price $9.992017-09-25 — best price $9.992018-04-20 — best price $9.992018-08-02 — best price $9.992018-11-11 — best price $9.992019-06-26 — best price $2.492020-05-02 — best price $9.992020-07-20 — best price $2.492021-01-07 — best price $2.252021-04-30 — best price $2.492021-08-20 — best price $2.492021-12-20 — best price $2.492023-03-16 — best price $2.492023-12-21 — best price $3.392024-08-27 — best price $1.992024-12-09 — best price $1.992025-03-20 — best price $9.992025-06-26 — best price $1.992025-10-16 — best price $1.992026-02-02 — best price $1.992026-04-21 — best price $9.992026-07-10 — best price $8.552026-08-26 — best price $9.992026-09-03 — best price $9.992026-09-11 — best price $9.992026-09-19 — best price $9.992026-09-27 — best price $9.992026-10-05 — best price $9.992026-10-13 — best price $9.992026-10-14 — best price $2.49
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

284882026-06-03 — 165 pageviews2026-06-07 — 127 pageviews2026-06-11 — 123 pageviews2026-06-15 — 118 pageviews2026-06-19 — 118 pageviews2026-06-23 — 120 pageviews2026-06-27 — 149 pageviews2026-07-01 — 123 pageviews2026-07-05 — 145 pageviews2026-07-09 — 118 pageviews2026-07-13 — 124 pageviews2026-07-17 — 132 pageviews2026-07-21 — 149 pageviews2026-07-25 — 137 pageviews2026-07-29 — 115 pageviews2026-08-02 — 121 pageviews2026-08-06 — 88 pageviews2026-08-10 — 119 pageviews2026-08-14 — 112 pageviews2026-08-18 — 103 pageviews2026-08-22 — 132 pageviews2026-08-26 — 143 pageviews2026-08-30 — 135 pageviews2026-09-03 — 109 pageviews2026-09-07 — 127 pageviews2026-09-11 — 135 pageviews2026-09-15 — 156 pageviews2026-09-19 — 121 pageviews2026-09-23 — 128 pageviews2026-09-27 — 152 pageviews2026-10-01 — 169 pageviews2026-10-05 — 177 pageviews2026-10-09 — 283 pageviews2026-10-12 — 252 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

15
achievements tracked
73.2%
earned "Lizard Bait"
25.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsAdjustable Text SizeCustom Volume ControlsAdjustable DifficultyKeyboard Only Option1 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2017-02-06 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)56,3929%15

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

2DCo-opIndieActionDifficultPlatformerRogue-likeRogue-liteLocal Co-OpMultiplayer

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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