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Risk of Rain 2

Escape a chaotic alien planet by fighting through hordes of frenzied monsters – with your friends, or on your own. Combine loot in surprising ways and master each character until you become the havoc you feared upon your first crash landing.

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SURVIVE AN ALIEN PLANET Over a dozen handcrafted locales await, each packed with challenging monsters and enormous bosses that oppose your continued existence. Fight your way to the final boss and escape or continue your run indefinitely to see just how long you can survive. A unique scaling system means both you and your foes limitlessly increase in power over the course of a game. DISCOVER POWERFUL NEW ITEMS More than 110 items keep each run fresh and full of new challenge. The more items you collect, the more their effects combine, the more surprising some of those combinations might be. The more items you encounter, the more lore (and strategy) you’ll discover through the logs. UNLOCK NEW WAYS TO PLAY Unlock a crew of eleven playable survivors, each with their own unique combat style and alternate skills to master. Learn the secrets of the Artifacts to toggle gameplay modifiers like friendly fire, random survivor spawns, item selection and more. With randomized stages, enemies, and items, no run will ever be the same. PLAY SOLO OR CO-OP…

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95%positive · Overwhelmingly Positive

241.3K English reviews · Oct 21, 2026

“Risk of Rain 2 is one of those games that starts simple and somehow turns into absolute chaos in the best possible way. The gameplay is fast, addictive, and every run feels different thanks to the huge variety of characters, items, enemies, and random events. Finding a powerful item combination and watching your…”

RoyXit

7.5h played · 59 helpful

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“SO FUN!! ABSOLUTELY LOVE ROR2 :D I prefer playing with a friend or friends, but sometimes it's nice to play solo with some music in the background. I do have chronic migraines though, so this game can sometimes be a bit much. I can't play it for too long in one sitting, but I wish I could. I actually am in the pro…”

finnzley

9.1h played · 3 helpful

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“in another effort to review every video game that has helped distract me from the crushing weight of my own mortality and the unavoidable horrors of the human condition: i'd give this game an [b] 8.2/10 [/b] with the footnote: [i] the first time i ever played this game was the same night doordash brought me someone…”

stevie

31.8h played · 209 helpful

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“This game has no business being as good as it is. Beautiful art style, every character feels different and unique, stupid amount of replayability, surprisingly deep gameplay, and honestly one of the best video game OSTs I've heard in a long while. Also one of the few roguelikes where the game always feels like it's…”

Xav-Tay-Tor-Tot

44.9h played · 7 helpful

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