Risk of Rain 2
Risk of Rain 2 is a PC action game developed by Hopoo Games. It centers on movement and immediate actions, enemy and hazard responses, and stage objectives, with controls and information arranged around keyboard and mouse, with a controller where the game supports one.
- AI score · out of 10
- 8.7 / 10
About this game
Risk of Rain 2 is a PC action game centered on movement and immediate actions, enemy and hazard responses, and stage objectives. Stages build pressure through routes, enemy patterns, and changing objectives, with progress divided into stages, tasks, matches, or growth milestones that make immediate goals understandable. Its value depends on whether these rules continue to create judgment and room for mastery rather than on length, sales, or series recognition. Short campaigns are judged by repeat-challenge value, while longer ones are judged by variety, pacing, and recovery after failure. Animation, hits, camera behavior, and readable hazards determine whether feedback remains dependable, while resolution, graphics settings, frame rate, aspect ratio, audio, text scaling, and hardware performance need to preserve action, state, and text readability together. The genre-specific limitation is that camera behavior, collision rules, input mapping, and repeated ground after failure can raise the entry barrier. Platform conditions also include OS and hardware requirements, installation media, patches, drivers, DRM and launchers, key binding and controller support, save locations, mod compatibility, servers, and era-specific OS compatibility affect the current release. This description covers only this platform release and does not import features or conveniences from remasters, emulators, or other console editions.
Collected in series
Risk of Rain is an action roguelike series about surviving hostile alien worlds while time keeps raising the stakes. Items accumulate into powerful combinations, and each run asks you to weigh another search for loot against the danger of staying too long.
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Windows PCAI review
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Escalating builds and time pressure remain compelling, with useful free improvements to cooperative pacing.
Risk of Rain 2 keeps players moving between extraordinary power and escalating danger. Items alter attacks and movement rather than merely providing a better number, encouraging experimentation across characters. Quiet alien landscapes and hidden logs give the pauses between fights an exploratory identity, while late battles can become visually crowded. Free updates now let defeated cooperative players control an allied drone temporarily, reducing time spent watching until the next stage. Improved drone behavior also supports coordinated attacks. On PC, memory work and fixes to graphics settings improve usability, although patch documentation is not a benchmark for every configuration. This assessment covers the base game and its free 1.4.1 changes, excluding paid expansion characters, environments and bosses. It is rewarding for players who enjoy repeatedly testing builds and learning when to stop collecting and move forward, particularly in a cooperative group.
Strengths
- Items and characters create varied escalating builds
- Free drone mechanics improve cooperative participation
Weaknesses
- Late battles become visually dense
- Searching between encounters can slow momentum
Who it is for: Action roguelike players who enjoy builds and cooperative discovery.
Play notes: PC base game and free updates; paid expansions excluded and no new hardware benchmark claimed.
View scoring basis
| Dimension | Review state | Score | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dimension Free mechanics improve cooperative pacing rather than merely adding volume. | Reviewed | 8.7 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Escalating builds and active combat reinforce each other across repeated runs. | Reviewed | 9.0 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Distinctive exploration atmosphere comes with visual density in crowded combat. | Reviewed | 8.6 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Improved settings and maintenance help, without establishing universal performance. | Reviewed | 8.1 / 10 | Not provided |
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Core information
- Developer
- Hopoo Games
- Publisher
- Gearbox Software
- Release date
- Aug 11, 2020
- Platforms
- Windows PC
- Content kind
- Game
- Release state
- Released
- Region
- Worldwide
- Official website
- Not provided
- Offline minimum players
- Not provided
- Offline maximum players
- Not provided
- Online minimum players
- Not provided
- Online maximum players
- Not provided
- Categories
- Action · Primary genre
- Tags
- PlatformingLinear LevelsSolo-friendly3D GraphicsDodgeMain Story Under 10 HoursReal-time CombatReplayableFast-pacedThird Person
- Supported game languages
- Not provided
- Requires base game
- Not provided
- Standalone
- Not provided
- Age ratings
- Not provided
- Play modes
- Not provided
- Perspectives
- Not provided
Release editions
- Windows PCWorldwideAug 11, 2020
- Nintendo SwitchWorldwide2019
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Sources
- www.nintendo.com