Risk of Rain Returns

    Up to four players pick complementary Survivors and fight through ever-growing enemy hordes together, online or on one couch.

    Hopoo Games · published by Gearbox Publishing, 2K

    Playing together

    Online co-op
    Confirmed
    Players in online co-op
    Sources disagree
    Local co-op
    Confirmed
    Free to play
    1 source
    Early access
    Confirmed
    Not known yet
    Online versus, Online multiplayer, Players online, Best with, How co-op works, Crossplay, Multiplayer through mods, One copy is enough, Plays in browser, Demo, Playtest

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    How you talk

    Not known yet
    Plays without voice or typing, Wordless tools, Public matchmaking, Friendly with strangers

    About the game

    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!
    From Steam

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    Why we rate it this way

    • 90% positive from 28,805 Steam reviews.
    • Critics rate it 81/100 from 2 reviews.
    Steam, checked 1 Nov 2026Num reviews: 1Review score: 8Review score desc: Very PositiveTotal positive: 25932Total negative: 2873Total reviews: 28805{"num_reviews":1,"review_score":8,"review_score_desc":"Very Positive","total_positive":25932,"total_negative":2873,"total_reviews":28805}IGDB, checked 1 Nov 2026Id: 229794Name: Risk of Rain ReturnsUrl: https://www.igdb.com/games/risk-of-rain-returnsCreated at: 1672316142First release date: 1699401600Total rating: 71.04496922420951Total rating count: 31Aggregated rating: 80.5Aggregated rating count: 2Release dates: [{"id":530507,"date":1699401600,"human":"Nov 08, 2023","status":{"id":6,"name":"Full Release"}},{"id":530508,"date":1699401600,"human":"Nov 08, 2023","status":{"id":6,"name":"Full Release"}}]Game type: {"id":8,"type":"Remake"}Involved companies: [{"company":{"id":1532,"name":"Hopoo Games"},"developer":true,"publisher":false},{"company":{"id":11262,"name":"Gearbox Publishing"},"developer":false,"publisher":true}]{"id":229794,"name":"Risk of Rain Returns","url":"https://www.igdb.com/games/risk-of-rain-returns","created_at":1672316142,"first_release_date":1699401600,"total_rating":71.04496922420951,"total_rating_count":31,"aggregated_rating":80.5,"aggregated_rating_count":2,"release_dates":[{"id":530507,"date":1699401600,"human":"Nov 08, 2023","status":{"id":6,"name":"Full Release"}},{"id":530508,"date":1699401600,"human":"Nov 08, 2023","status":{"id":6,"name":"Full Release"}}],"game_type":{"id":8,"type":"Remake"},"involved_companies":[{"company":{"id":1532,"name":"Hopoo Games"},"developer":true,"publisher":false},{"company":{"id":11262,"name":"Gearbox Publishing"},"developer":false,"publisher":true}]}

    Sources

    First listed 1 Nov 2026. Updated 3 Nov 2026.