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Create a frontier outlaw, ride alone or with a posse, and take on bounties, hunting, trading, and other roles.
Released 01 Dec 2020
Bring in Bounties
Run a Moonshine Still
Hunt Frontier Wildlife
Step into the vibrant, ever-evolving world of Red Dead Online and experience life in frontier America. Chase down bounties, battle outlaw gangs and other players, hunt, fish and trade, search for exotic treasures, run Moonshine, and much more to discover in a world of astounding depth and detail.
Developed by Rockstar Games · Published by Rockstar Games
Create your own character and make a life in a shared frontier world, riding between snowy mountains, swamps, farms, outposts, and towns. You can explore solo or form a posse with other players.
Take on missions and bounty hunts, battle lawmen and outlaw gangs, hunt and fish, trade goods, search for treasure, or run a Moonshine operation. You can also build a camp and pursue activities focused on wildlife.
Progress through role paths such as Bounty Hunter, Trader, Moonshiner, and Naturalist, unlocking additional activities as you go. The game also offers online story missions and player-versus-player modes.
Some players enjoy the freedom to explore the frontier at their own pace, especially riding, hunting, fishing, and taking on role activities; others value playing missions and roaming with friends. Many reviews also report disruptive cheating and griefing, and express disappointment about limited ongoing support and technical problems.
| Platforms | Windows |
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| Players | From 1 (maximum not specified) |
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| Multiplayer | Red Dead Online is an online-only multiplayer open-world game. The provided store data confirms Online PvP and Online Co-op. The text indicates players can play solo, with friends, or in a posse, and interact with other players in public sessions. Private lobbies are not an official feature in the provided store data, but many reviews describe using mods or file edits to create private or solo sessions. |
| Multiplayer & mods | Multiple reviews state that unofficial tools, mods, or file edits can create private or solo lobbies, sometimes allowing only invited friends or players using the same setup to join. Reviews also mention community-run roleplay servers. These are not presented as official in-game features in the provided store data. |
| Controller support | Xbox |
| Controller required | No |
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| Website | Official website |
