Posted on: June 18, 2025
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Games: 87 Reviews: 1
great classic.
i started with risk of rain 2 in its beta but wanted to see where it started.
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Risk of Rain
Description
Risk of Rain is an action platformer with roguelike elements. With permanent death as a primary feature, players will have to play their best to get as far as possible. Fight on a mysterious planet with randomly spawning enemies and bosses, either alone or with 3 friends in online co-op. With over 100 items at your disposal, you will find the tools you need to find the teleporter back home. Discover a myriad of randomly chosen stages, from the desolate forest to the frozen tundra.
- Risk of Rain is a randomly generated roguelike game that keeps replayability high and fresh.
- Time = difficulty. The higher the in-game time gets, the harder the difficulty gets. Keeping a sense of urgency keeps the game exciting!
- No more fussing with complex and non-intuitive gameplay patterns. You can fully enjoy the game whether you win or lose.
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Compatibility notice: Risk of Rain is NOT compatible with Mac OS X 10.10.
Mac notice: The game is 32-bit only and will not work on macOS 10.15 and up.
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Compatibility notice: Risk of Rain is NOT compatible with Mac OS X 10.10.
Mac notice: The game is 32-bit only and will not work on macOS 10.15 and up.
Time to beat
4.5 hMain
22 h Main + Sides
51 h Completionist
17.5 h All Styles
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Polygon
8.5/10
Risk of Rain is a great blend of difficulty and approachability
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9/10
While frustrations will arise, they're quickly subsided by accomplishment, joy, and amazement that you were really able to live for that long against seemingly insurmountable odds.
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85/100
Whatever downsides Risk of Rain has are absolutely outweighed by the many things the game does right. The gameplay is refreshing and fun, the graphics are charming, the setting is unique, the music is pleasant to listen to. On top of all of this, there's a slew of unlocks on offer that make the game an achievement-addict's dream, and each of the ten available classes (which, I stress, require unlocking in order to acquire) are wonderfully distinct, giving Risk of Rain some serious replay value.
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Posted on: October 22, 2016
ts14ic
Verified ownerGames: 143 Reviews: 4
Great with little quirks.
Love the game, especially when you get a ton of upgrades and everything starts to explode all over the place (and the game spawns bosses, like they were regular mobs to compensate :D ) There are some quirks though, like, lack of keyboard control in menus (while the games is played with keyboard) and menus are inconsistent (like sometimes the back button is in the upper right corner, and than it's down in the center). Also, of important note, you can't save. It's not only about permadeath (permadeath is fine), you just can't really start a game and close it to continue it later. So if you have 10 free minutes, well, you either die sooner or get disappointed, because you won't be able to continue it later. These quirks are why I couldn't decide on mark (more like 4.5/5). But considering it's price, it's a 5/5.
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Posted on: December 11, 2022
Fangwulf5
Verified ownerGames: 151 Reviews: 3
Tough to beat a classic
The game that got me into "roguelikes". Simple, fun, local co-op support, and a great soundtrack. I remember playing this on my old potato laptop with my brother, but this game doesn't need nostalgia to carry it.
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Posted on: July 14, 2021
Mecharuva
Games: 113 Reviews: 2
Worth Every Penny
I have bought Risk of Rain on Steam, on PlayStation, and on the Switch, and I will probably buy it here on GoG in the future just because it's that good. I fully recommend playing with friends. Also Acrid is the best, do not @ me.
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Posted on: November 8, 2016
ScumCookie
Verified ownerGames: 165 Reviews: 1
Satisfies Addictive Personalities
This game allows you to collect powerups for however long you like, which is good if you absolutely love that feeling of clawing your way up the food chain. You can become unstoppable, with some luck in the start. And there are options which make late game even more interesting like the artifacts and new character unlocks. There is a lack of variety in levels though. All levels have a randomized element and they change up a little bit each time you play but it still has the same layout, and there are around 10 themes. However I still managed to get over 40 hours out of this game thusfar so this issue exceeds irrelevancy as far as it's price goes. It is a great game with great multiplayer and even local multiplayer if you can figure that out
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