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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 action roguelike, online co-op and multiplayer game developed by Hopoo Games and published by Gearbox Publishing.
Released on November 08th 2023 is available only on Windows in 11 languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Turkish and Simplified Chinese.

It has received 27,823 reviews of which 25,087 were positive and 2,736 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.8 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 14.99€ on Steam, but you can find it for 2.52€ on Gamivo.

The Steam community has classified Risk of Rain Returns into these genres:

Action Roguelike Online Co-Op Multiplayer 2D PvE Local Co-Op Looter Shooter Sci-fi Action Controller Arcade Space Rogue-like Class-Based Loot Pixel Graphics Singleplayer Atmospheric Co-op Combat

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System requirements

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Windows
  • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
  • OS: Windows 10
  • Processor: Intel Core i5-2400 or AMD FX-8350
  • Memory: 4 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GT 710, 1 GB or AMD Radeon R7 240, 1 GB
  • Storage: 350 MB available space

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Jan. 2025
As someone that played the original Risk of Rain for over 100 hours and got all the achievements, I can say that the remake's better in every way I can think of. The original game's bug where level collision broke and you just fell through the ground in certain areas is no longer, characters other than Huntress can finally move a little bit while they shoot, MINER IS BACK, and the game's got all sorts of new mechanics and item parity with the sequel. The pixel art's been redone beautifully, Chanson d'automne... is still the best song ever (Coalescence is still the 2nd best song ever this is the order of it shut up dummy shuyt the u), and the game's levels are exactly as I remembered them (but better). I don't have any frens to play with, but I've heard the multiplayer in this one even works, too. But if you haven't played Risk of Rain and you want to know what it's like, it's basically like a 2d platformer action roguelike sort of deal where you pick a character from your roster (they've all got unique attacks), take a run as far as it goes, die, and depending on what progression milestones you got in the run, it unlocks new content for future runs. Some of the items interact with each other in wacky, fun ways, as the items in any roguelike should, and all of the characters are unique and fun to learn. You spend your run scampering across the level, picking up items as you go, and looking for a portal that takes you to the next level (difficulty ramps up based on how long your run's gone, so you're encouraged to be quick). There's a bossfight when you activate the portal. The bossfights are ICONIC and COOL, and then it teleports you to the next level (the levels are iconic and cool). At the portal of the second-to-last level, you're given a choice to either move on to the last level and complete the run or loop back to the first level NG+ style. It was all very good in like 2011, but now Risk of Rain RETURNS, and oh man. Oh baby! What I'm trying to say is that, for what it is, this game's definitely worth paying full-price for (I can't believe this thing is 15USD), and if it's on sale, just get it. Just GRAB IT UP man I LOVE Risk of Rain! I frickin LOVE Risk of Rain, dude! It's got this soundtrack, right? It's the soundtrack, and it's done by this guy called Chris Christodoulou, right? He's got some ABSOLUTE BANGERS, man! You've got to look him up, man! You've gotta play Risk of Rain and then look this guy u
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Nov. 2024
One of my favorite games of all time. Though I may have spent less time with it than it's sequel, risk of rain returns shines so brightly in a sea of remakes and remasters. I hope it is a guiding light for the future of the games industry.
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Sept. 2024
This is everything a remaster should be. Risk of Rain Returns is such a fun game. They took all the good stuff they added in Risk of Rain 2 and transferred it over wonderfully into the styles of the the first game. It is a pure upgrade from the original which was already a fantastic game. Highly recommend.
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Aug. 2024
this is the gold standard what a remaster/rework should do new items, enemies, locations, and trials you can play with the old ruleset and items or the new you have acessability features and controller support its the old game polished, optimized and enhanced there is no reason to play the original one because this is everything the old game was but more and how is it ? its a 9/10 why 9/10 not 10/10 because Risk Of Rain 2 exists
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June 2024
Exactly what the series needed As a longtime fan of both Risk of Rain and Risk of Rain 2 I have found myself struggling to go back to the first game in recent years. Due to the radically different gameplay between the two games I have never believed Risk of Rain 2 to be a "replacement" for the original, however it is undeniably better designed and more polished due to a larger team with more experience and a higher budget. After all these years, Risk of Rain Returns finally brings Risk of Rain up to the same standards as its sequel. With Improved quality of life, remastered sounds and visuals, more survivors, balance changes, and a whole slew of other new content to keep things fresh- Risk of Rain now "returns" to its former throne as one of the greatest rogue-likes of all time. I'm glad you're back, Risk of Rain.
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Risk of Rain Returns is currently priced at 14.99€ on Steam.

Risk of Rain Returns is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 14.99€ on Steam.

Risk of Rain Returns received 25,087 positive votes out of a total of 27,823 achieving a rating of 8.83.
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Risk of Rain Returns was developed by Hopoo Games and published by Gearbox Publishing.

Risk of Rain Returns is playable and fully supported on Windows.

Risk of Rain Returns is not playable on MacOS.

Risk of Rain Returns is not playable on Linux.

Risk of Rain Returns offers both single-player and multi-player modes.

Risk of Rain Returns includes Co-op mode where you can team up with friends.

There is a DLC available for Risk of Rain Returns. Explore additional content available for Risk of Rain Returns on Steam.

Risk of Rain Returns does not support mods via Steam Workshop.

Risk of Rain Returns supports Remote Play Together. Discover more about Steam Remote Play.

Risk of Rain Returns is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.

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Risk of Rain Returns
14.99€ -84% 14.99€ 2.52€ -41% 14.99€ 8.99€
8.8
25,087
2,736
Game modes
Multiplayer
Features
Online players
223
Developer
Hopoo Games
Publisher
Gearbox Publishing
Release 08 Nov 2023
Platforms
Remote Play
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