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Risk of Rain Returns

On the alien planet Petrichor V, play as a survivor battling through dangerous stages in an attempt to make it off the surface. The game uses side-scrolling, two-dimensional movement and combat. Fight varied monsters, explore each stage for items, and combine pickups that can change how your attacks work. Play solo or team up with up to three others in online or local co-op. Choose from 15 survivors with distinct abilities, then improve your runs with unlocks and discovered secrets. Artifacts let you alter run rules, while challenge trials offer another way to play.

Choose a survivor and fight across 2D alien stages, collecting items to outlast escalating hordes alone or in co-op.

Released 08 Nov 2023

90%positive of
28k player reviews
$14.99 $7.49
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Build Item Combos

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Fight Through 2D Stages

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Play Four-Player Co-op

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!

Developed by Hopoo Games · Published by Gearbox Publishing, 2K

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Common Player Critiques

  1. Trial Unlock Grind
  2. Steep Difficulty
  3. Few Content Updates
  4. No Run Saves
90%
positive of 28k player reviews

Back of the Box

Platforms Windows
Achievements 155
Age ratings
  • ESRB T — Drug Reference Fantasy Violence Mild Blood
  • ClassInd (Brazil) 14 — Linguagem imprópria Drogas ilícitas Violência
  • IGRS (Indonesia) 18 — Rokok dan/atau rokok elektronik, minuman beralkohol, narkotika, psikotropika, dan/atau zat adiktif lainnya Penggunaan bahasa Kekerasan
  • Steam (Germany) 14 — Drogen Gewalt Derbe Sprache
Players 1–4
Play modes
  • Online co-op
  • Co-op campaign
  • Local co-op
  • Split screen
Other modes
  • Online co-op
  • Couch co-op
  • Shared/split screen co-op
  • Remote Play Together
Multiplayer Risk of Rain Returns supports solo play and cooperative multiplayer. The provided store text explicitly states up to four-player online co-op and couch co-op. Reviews repeatedly describe built-in online play, local co-op, improved lobby/network features, and easier play with friends compared with the original.
Multiplayer & mods No mod support for multiplayer is confirmed in the provided official text. One review contrasts the original game as having mod support while Returns has streamlined online multiplayer. A review also mentions drop-in multiplayer as a mod example for Risk of Rain 2, not Returns. Another truncated review mentions '16 player lobbies and mod support' without enough context to confirm this for Returns.
Controller support Xbox
Controller required No
DLC / extras 1 listed on Steam
DRM / EULA
  • Requires agreement to a 3rd-party EULA Risk of Rain Returns EULA
Content notices
  • Drug Reference
  • Fantasy Violence
  • Mild Blood
  • Interactive Elements
  • Users Interact
  • Age rating for: ESRB

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