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Risk of Rain Returns
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!
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.
What reviewers agree on
42 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“While I loved RoR and RoR2 this one was fun but I would not recommend buying it. I don't like the way you get the other abilities, I really wish they added on to what RoR had, instead of changing a few things and…”
“I love this game. I might even say this is better than Risk Of Rain 2. The final boss is my favorite boss of ANY game I've ever played. 12/10”
“Love this game. Something like a comfort game and even though it's kinda difficult in a different way than 2, I think it has a lot of charm and replayability.”
15 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“brings back the same feeling as playing classic ror1, could do great with a dlc of some sort, but perfect for what it is trying to be. the animations too are just so visually pleasing to look at, major props to the…”
“It's harder to get stupidly overpowered in this Risk of Rain entry, but the artstyle is every bit as appealing to make up for it. Great game to play with friends and experiment in.”
“Great remaster of the original, it really is night and day with the way things work and how characters feel. Glad they ported aspects of ror2 into this as it really just adds more to the game as a whole, i really like…”
14 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“its cool! it could be better but its as faithful to the original as possible while still adding a LOT of extra content to be worth your time. online multiplayer, the trials, new items, 4 new characters and much more,…”
“this is a remake of a game i already own and i almost have as many hours as i do the original yes it's really good buy it please also they added new content that wasnt in the original game so like GO DO IT BUY IT ITS…”
“The most satisfying, rich, complete, remake I have ever played! I loved the first Risk of Rain, its simplicity, small size, while at the same time being huge, full with wonder, packed with content! You'd buy the game…”
10 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“Love this game. Something like a comfort game and even though it's kinda difficult in a different way than 2, I think it has a lot of charm and replayability.”
“this is a remake of a game i already own and i almost have as many hours as i do the original yes it's really good buy it please also they added new content that wasnt in the original game so like GO DO IT BUY IT ITS…”
“its like risk of rain (2013) but it doesnt feel as janky and awkward. the new classes are fun to play around with and overall it feels very faithful to me, as a person who played the original back in 2015 or so. just a…”
7 of the 102 reviews raise this.
“Runs great on the deck. Great arcade style fun. Lots to unlock, and the challenge runs provide a great test of your skills. Buy it!”
“Die a bit, get used to how to fight, and risk your eyes as it might rain with music like this. It's surprisingly fun for a game I didn't think I'd enjoy the genre of (specifically the 2D fighting style). Personal view…”
“while being rather hard this game is incerbible rewared with what i would say is the best chacter system in the seires”
9 of the 102 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“Risk of Rain 2 blows this game out of the water. I don't see any reason to play this if you have Risk of Rain 2 ❌ 2D side-scroller gameplay where you can't see a damn thing on the screen once enemy starts swarming you…”
“Love this game. Something like a comfort game and even though it's kinda difficult in a different way than 2, I think it has a lot of charm and replayability.”
“It's harder to get stupidly overpowered in this Risk of Rain entry, but the artstyle is every bit as appealing to make up for it. Great game to play with friends and experiment in.”
8 of the 102 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“Risk of Rain 2 blows this game out of the water. I don't see any reason to play this if you have Risk of Rain 2 ❌ 2D side-scroller gameplay where you can't see a damn thing on the screen once enemy starts swarming you…”
“Although I personally think this game is mundane/lacking for a roguelike, I do think that this is an astronomical improvement from the first game. It's worth trying out on sale.”
“shoutout everyone except pilot drifter chef sniper and engineer”
Counted across 102 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 90.2% positive rating · as of 2026-05-20
“Basically the definitive version of RoR 1. Get this over the original as it supports higher resolutions has more characters and other improvements.”
— a player, Steam review · 14 hrs played“A pretty good remaster that outshines the original in every way, The pixel art is really really good here, every character and environment has received a massive glow up, The UI is so much better and there's a bunch of new gameplay options you can mess around with. Unfortunately…”
— a player, Steam review · 41 hrs played“absolutely phenomenal. I love how much more intentional your choices have to be in this game. its so much easier to get swarmed and die, you slowly see the game over materalize in front of you where as in ROR2 you kinda just get one shot and die.”
— a player, Steam review · 29 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 13:33 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.
| Genres | Action |
| Player tags | Action Roguelike · Online Co-Op · Multiplayer · 2D · PvE · Local Co-Op · Looter Shooter · Sci-fi · Action · Controller · Arcade · Space (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Multi-player · Co-op · Online Co-op · Shared/Split Screen Co-op · Shared/Split Screen · Steam Achievements · Full controller support |
| Languages | English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Turkish, Simplified Chinese |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 155 |
| Estimated owners | 1,000,000 – 2,000,000 (SteamSpy) |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: 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