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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

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.

38
playing now
93%
positive of 30k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
500,000–1,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
85/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
77/100
IGDB user rating (169 ratings)
19h
to beat · rushed 3h · completionist 57h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$1.99
steam price (US)

38 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 17:00 UTC (census sample)

After a space freighter is attacked and crashes onto a strange, uncharted planet, a lone survivor is left stranded amid its hostile wilds. Cut off and hunted by the world's ever-growing swarms of monsters, the survivor must scavenge the ship's scattered cargo for gear and fight to stay alive. With danger mounting the longer they linger, the survivor races to locate a teleporter and find a way off the deadly planet before its horrors overwhelm them.(Storyline via IGDB)

Health check

Healthy
  • · 38 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 5% of 10,910 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.2M–2.4M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 29,832 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

lowest across shops (ITAD)$1.91-81%
GOG$9.99
Microsoft Store$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 19 of 39 observed days · $8.30 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

3842026-08-06 22:00 — 18 players2026-08-07 06:00 — 13 players2026-08-07 14:00 — 12 players2026-08-07 22:00 — 16 players2026-08-08 06:00 — 7 players2026-08-08 14:00 — 16 players2026-08-08 22:00 — 24 players2026-08-09 06:00 — 14 players2026-08-09 14:00 — 14 players2026-08-09 22:00 — 19 players2026-08-10 06:00 — 8 players2026-08-10 14:00 — 4 players2026-08-10 22:00 — 13 players2026-08-11 06:00 — 9 players2026-08-11 14:00 — 11 players2026-08-12 22:00 — 11 players2026-08-14 05:00 — 8 players2026-08-15 13:00 — 10 players2026-08-16 21:00 — 17 players2026-08-18 04:00 — 10 players2026-08-19 12:00 — 15 players2026-08-20 20:00 — 18 players2026-08-22 03:00 — 24 players2026-08-23 11:00 — 20 players2026-08-24 18:00 — 32 players2026-08-26 02:00 — 20 players2026-08-27 10:00 — 19 players2026-08-28 18:00 — 25 players2026-08-30 01:00 — 33 players2026-08-30 17:00 — 38 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$1.692015-01-012026-08-302015-01-01 — 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 $9.992026-08-30 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

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

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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