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Risk of Rain Returns

Hopoo Games · Gearbox Publishing · 2023-11-08

Steam

Action

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

Releases: Nov 08, 2023 (Nintendo Switch), Nov 08, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Carefully designed, beautifully remastered, and loaded with new ways to play—Risk of Rain is back and better than ever! Dive into the iconic roguelike full of unique loot combinations, enhanced with new Survivors, overhauled multiplayer, fan favorite content from Risk of Rain 2, and more!

Risk of Rain Returns is a 2023 Action game priced at $7.49, with an estimated 1,000,000 to 2,000,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (90% of 28,719 reviews).

118
playing now
90%
positive of 29k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
81/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
62/100
IGDB user rating (29 ratings)
84/100
opencritic · mighty · 90% recommend · from 20 critics
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$7.49
steam price (US)

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

Trailer

Risk of Rain Returns trailer thumbnail

Risk of Rain Returns | Launch Trailer

≈532,742 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 118 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 467 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~58/week).
  • · Review velocity down 39% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (20,728 reviews).
  • · Top 3% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 574k–1.3M copies

Review-multiple estimate from 28,719 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $6.40 at AllYouPlay (2026-08-04) · bundled 5×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 53 of 86 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
19k19k20232026Week of 2023-11-01: 18,633 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 2,095 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 1,194 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 208 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 579 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 84 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 238 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 228 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 51 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 171 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 173 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 143 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 161 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 145 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 200 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 92 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 100 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 46 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

223842026-09-15 12:00 — 102 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 199 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 140 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 132 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 202 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 141 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 84 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 147 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 166 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 116 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 127 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 139 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 104 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 136 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 208 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 112 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 140 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 160 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 137 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 142 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 223 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 181 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 118 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
16k111Nov 2023Aug 2026Nov 2023 — avg 15,576 · peak 41,838Dec 2023 — avg 2,933 · peak 6,892Jan 2024 — avg 1,307 · peak 3,137Feb 2024 — avg 596 · peak 1,067Mar 2024 — avg 487 · peak 850Apr 2024 — avg 378 · peak 602May 2024 — avg 367 · peak 636Jun 2024 — avg 325 · peak 499Jul 2024 — avg 323 · peak 555Aug 2024 — avg 286 · peak 683Sep 2024 — avg 387 · peak 771Oct 2024 — avg 235 · peak 413Nov 2024 — avg 220 · peak 392Dec 2024 — avg 209 · peak 349Jan 2025 — avg 195 · peak 351Feb 2025 — avg 264 · peak 566Mar 2025 — avg 209 · peak 351Apr 2025 — avg 194 · peak 349May 2025 — avg 224 · peak 399Jun 2025 — avg 171 · peak 310Jul 2025 — avg 160 · peak 252Aug 2025 — avg 205 · peak 759Sep 2025 — avg 235 · peak 672Oct 2025 — avg 188 · peak 340Nov 2025 — avg 178 · peak 399Dec 2025 — avg 202 · peak 369Jan 2026 — avg 156 · peak 311Feb 2026 — avg 134 · peak 247Mar 2026 — avg 111 · peak 208Apr 2026 — avg 127 · peak 248May 2026 — avg 174 · peak 475Jun 2026 — avg 167 · peak 310Jul 2026 — avg 148 · peak 247Aug 2026 — avg 140 · peak 271
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$99.99$6.142023-06-232026-08-242023-06-23 — best price $99.992023-11-08 — best price $10.952023-11-23 — best price $13.332023-12-21 — best price $10.742024-01-09 — best price $12.672024-02-03 — best price $12.642024-02-15 — best price $11.892024-03-12 — best price $12.672024-05-05 — best price $12.672024-06-04 — best price $14.992024-10-08 — best price $14.992024-11-07 — best price $14.992024-12-09 — best price $11.242025-01-06 — best price $14.992025-02-13 — best price $9.782025-03-20 — best price $14.992025-04-28 — best price $14.992025-05-26 — best price $14.992025-07-19 — best price $14.992025-08-25 — best price $14.992025-10-08 — best price $14.992025-10-27 — best price $9.782025-11-20 — best price $9.742025-12-12 — best price $14.092026-01-24 — best price $8.492026-02-10 — best price $14.992026-03-03 — best price $13.492026-03-19 — best price $9.742026-04-01 — best price $9.742026-04-21 — best price $14.992026-05-10 — best price $12.632026-06-19 — best price $6.442026-07-10 — best price $12.832026-07-31 — best price $11.512026-08-10 — best price $14.992026-08-24 — best price $6.14
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
93.1%
earned "Lizard Bait"
36.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading CardsAdjustable Text Size1 DLC

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

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2023-11-08 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)22,3423%155
Switch (Nintendo)1850%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

2DPvELootSpaceActionArcadeSci-fiControllerRogue-likeClass-Based

Census log

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

Recent updates

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