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Risk of Rain 2

Risk of Rain 2 is a third-person roguelite where item stacking fundamentally alters character behavior over each run, with hundreds of items combining in often unpredictable and intentionally overpowered ways by late game. Difficulty scales with time rather than deaths, creating pressure to progress quickly through each level. The Survivors of the Void DLC adds new characters, items, and a final act.

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Risk of Rain 2

Steam reviews

333,922 of 355,805 Steam user reviews are positive (93.8%) and Steam's own label is “Very Positive”, according to Steam's review summary for Risk of Rain 2 at the last data refresh.

What Steam reviewers mention

18 of the 20 sampled reviews recommend it, though most texts are jokes or one-liners. Substantive ones praise snowballing item builds, an addictive run loop and steady DLC and updates, while one negative review says the first boss stayed unbeatable on the easiest setting.

Sample: 20 reviews from Steam's English filter (10 most helpful, 10 most recent, ), 18 recommending · how Claude counts topics

  • Item Stacking Power Fantasy (praised in 4 of 20): Reviewers enjoy snowballing into absurdly overpowered builds, recounting explosive item combinations that wipe out bosses, while joking that runs still end in sudden deaths.
  • Updates, DLC and Mods (praised in 3 of 20): Reviewers praise regular updates and DLC that follow community feedback, with one also citing a good mod scene and optional new content.
  • Addictive Replay Loop (praised in 4 of 20): Reviewers describe repeatable runs that are hard to stop, with one losing sleep to extra runs and another putting many hours in solo or with friends.

Games like Risk of Rain 2

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Good for

  • Players who enjoy build diversity and emergent power scaling in roguelites
  • Co-op multiplayer — 4-player online cooperative is well-supported and changes run dynamics
  • Those who like games that reward learning item synergies over many runs

Avoid if

  • Item pool complexity and late-game RNG variance can feel uncontrollable at high difficulty
  • Solo play can feel lonely — the game shines most in cooperative multiplayer
  • You disliked Risk of Rain 1's mechanics — the sequel doubles down on the same design philosophy

Is Risk of Rain 2 an indie game?

Yes. Steam lists Risk of Rain 2 under the "Indie" genre, and its publisher is not on this site's major-publisher list.

  • Steam genre tags on record: Action, Indie — includes "Indie".
  • Developer: Hopoo Games.
  • Publisher: Gearbox Publishing — not on this site's major-publisher list.

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